IM use as a government tool? You bet
The commercial world may be ahead of the government in adopting instant messaging for business, but feds aren't lagging far behind, one IM industry official says.<br>
Senate to review Defense CIO nomination tomorrow
The Senate Armed Services Committee is expected to consider key Defense Department nominations tomorrow, including Francis Joseph Harvey's as the next CIO.<br>
Tax industry says its involvement is key to IRS increasing e-filers
Tax professionals are essential to ensuring that more returns are filed electronically, the chairman of the Council for Electronic Revenue Communication Advancement said.<br>
DHS seeks bids to build secret network
The Homeland Security Department is soliciting vendors on the General Services Administration's Millennia contract to build and run the Homeland Secure Data Network, a network for communication across DHS.<br>
NSF launches first phase of TeraGrid
The National Science Foundation has declared its grid-computing project, known as TeraGrid, open for business.
Open-source Samba takes on enterprise
The latest release of Samba, a widely used open-source application for file sharing on networks running Microsoft Windows, is specifically targeted at large-scale deployments.
OPM preparing online learning contract
The Office of Personnel Management by early March will release a request for proposals for online training services for its E-Learning e-government project.<br>
FAA awards $100 million in support contracts
The Federal Aviation Administration has awarded BAE Systems two contracts totaling $107 million to support its surveillance systems programs.<br>
OMB names insider to oversee g-to-g e-gov projects
Kamela White will head the government-to-government Quicksilver projects.<br>
Online extra: Congress keeps an eye on FTS
Lawmakers are promising to do whatever is necessary to right the Federal Technology Service's listing ship.
Online extra: DHS setting up support systems
The Homeland Security Department is working to wean itself of IT support services provided by DHS component organizations' former parent agencies.
Tactical radio architecture ready to roll
The Defense Department is edging closer to delivering new DOD-wide digital radio systems.
GIG-BE gains tech stethoscope
The Defense Information Systems Agency selects InfoVista Foundation 1.0 software to monitor network performance and service levels in the Global Information Grid-Bandwidth Expansion project.<br>
E-Gov fund shortchanged again
The $820 billion Omnibus Appropriations Bill that the Senate passed last night allocated only $3 million for the E-Government fund'$2 million less than last year and $42 million less than the president's request.
Limits ease on foreign IT buys
Congress has lifted some restrictions on agency purchases of commercial IT items from foreign companies, even as it seeks more information about such buys.<br>
Another Opportunity for Mars landing
As the Mars Exploration Rover named Opportunity glides toward its expected landing on the red planet this weekend, it will draw on earthbound simulations of landing sites and procedures.<br>
Defense tests grid for weather forecasts
A grid computing initiative will link two powerful Defense Department weather modeling systems in hopes of predicting regional weather conditions better.<br>
Personal Space: Grace note'
'Music has always been a big part of my life,' says Ronald E. Miller, the Small Business Administration's program executive officer for e-government. 'My father has a huge collection of reel-to-reel tapes and albums, and the stereo was always playing jazz, the blues, R&B, gospel'you name it.' A choir singer since childhood, Miller rehearses at the Chesapeake Church in Huntingtown, Md.
Packet Rat: The Rat rover strays off course
'There's something so ... retro about all this,' remarked Mrs. Rat as the family gathered around Father Rat's monitor to don 3-D glasses and watch the stereo images from NASA's Spirit Mars rover.
GSA retirees get bon voyage
The General Services Administration held a sort of aggregate goodbye for a group of departing employees with a retirement party this month in Arlington, Va. From left: Sherry Conner, Bill Rivers, Linda Wagner, Ellen Wagner, Mary Lehman and Sandra Batton.
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