Online catalog will hold all federal forms
A key component of the Business Gateway project, the eForms Catalog, will compile all public federal forms into an online collection, according to officials working on the project. <br>
Red Hat scales up Enterprise Linux
Linux vendor Red Hat Inc. has increased the number of hardware architectures for its open-source operating system and has boosted performance with databases and other large applications. <br>
Army gets new deputy CIO
The Army has named Vernon M. Bettencourt Jr. to be its deputy CIO.<br>
Dell launches faster Axim
The new Axim X3 handheld computer from Dell Corp. is designed for the executive user who needs more power and speed.<br>
Personal Space: GSA's hat guy
<b>Hats off to the IT Schedule</b>Charles Popelka has spent seven years marketing the General Services Administration's IT Schedule far and wide to grow its yearly sales from $1.6 billion in 1995 to $13 billion last year. He gave hundreds of agency and vendor presentations, wearing different baseball caps as an icebreaker. Popelka's motto: 'It's all because of the hats.'
Packet Rat: Revenge, a dish best served cold'and wet
Information just wants to be free, as the freeware freaks say, but there are limits. Armed with camera-equipped mobile phones and weblogs, digital voyeurs have been posting snapshots of health club locker rooms and personal pimples, complete with Global Positioning System coordinates.
Executive Leadership Conference on a roll
The Industry Advisory Council's Executive Leadership Conference last week had a bit of everything.
People on the Move
Veteran federal IT manager <b>Deborah Diaz </b>has been named CIO of the Homeland Security Department's Science and Technology Directorate.
Feds say first responders lack data-sharing tools
The homeland security effort needs an 'interstate information expressway' paid for by the federal government but that state and local first responders can use to share information, Steve Cooper said.
Gateway tablet gets full keyboard
Gateway Inc.'s Tablet PC, which started out as a pen tablet, now has a keyboard tray.<br>
Single small-business contract goal gains favor
Defense Department and NASA procurement officials are backing a plan to create a single small-business contracting goal.
Be more like Land's End, Army chief tells Materiel Command
Let soldiers order their desert camouflage uniforms just like they'd place an order for a parka online with the Land's End clothing company. That's the challenge Gen. Peter Schoomaker, Army chief of staff, has issued to the Materiel Command.
Veterans Affairs says it has turned IT operations around
About two years ago, staff at the Veterans Affairs Department did not have the information they needed, when they needed it. But they did have information they didn't want.
Fitting new IT into architectures proves tough
Here's a new enterprise architecture wrinkle: How, if at all, should agencies incorporate emerging and new technologies?
Bundling rules call for more contract reviews
A new procurement rule will subject more federal contracts to review as the government tries to crack down on the bundling of requirements.<br>
Loy named deputy DHS secretary
President Bush today nominated Adm. James M. Loy, administrator of the Transportation Security Administration, to be deputy secretary of Homeland Security.<br>
Microsoft launches XML-aware Office 2003
Microsoft's Office 2003 is not just a desktop client anymore, but an ecosystem of interacting Web services, according to company officials who released the program suite this week.<br>
Spirit'not deadline'of GPEA met
The deadline for the Government Paperwork Elimination Act came and went last week with the government falling short of 100 percent compliance.
NOAA extends Raytheon lab deal
The Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, has extended Raytheon Co.'s contract to manage the Princeton, N.J., lab's high-performance computing cluster.
GSA will link many pieces of e-procurement
By spring, the General Services Administration will begin to connect some of the pieces of the Integrated Acquisition Environment e-government project.
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