Senator asks AMS for thrift contract records
The Senate Governmental Affairs chairwoman is broadening an inquiry into contracting practices that led the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board to pay $36 million for a new record-keeping system and get nothing in return.<br>
AF system could send classified parts astray
GAO says faulty internal controls in an Air Force system that monitors the foreign sale of military spare parts and services could sidetrack classified items to unauthorized governments.<br>
Macromedia simplifies Web accessibility kit
In the most recent release of its Web development kit, Macromedia Inc. has made it easier to handle cascading style sheets and other tools for building sites that are accessible to the disabled.<br>
Army knowledge pioneers win honors
Awards presented for programs that promote knowledge management across the Army enterprise and that incorporate process re-engineering.<br>
Matchup: Solid state systems
Match each CIO in the left column with the state in the right column whose systems he or she oversees.
Packet Rat: The Rat retreats behind an e-moat
Fresh back from New York and sporting an'I Survived the Blackout' T-shirt over his button-down and tie, the Rat entered the networkcontrol bunker to try to do an honest day's work in between boondoggles.
'Did you hear...'
<b>Can you spell vomit?</b> 'FCC Finally Completes the BARF Process,' the Competitive Enterprise Institute of Washington announced in a truly flushable e-mail headline. There's no excuse, in our opinion, for making an acronym of the Federal Communications Commission's Bureau Approval and Review Form for official decisions. The BARF in question, 'Review of the Section 251 Unbundling Obligations of Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers; Implementation of the Local Competition Provisions of the Telecommunications Act of 1996,' drew comments that probably made some of the carriers want to ... well, you know. FCC chairman Michael K. Powell called it 'bad law, bad policy and ultimately bad for consumers.' Commissioner Michael J. Copps complained, 'This is not a brave new world of broadband, but simply the old system of local monopoly dressed up in a digital cloak.'
What's where at Homeland Security
As part of the federal government's response to the 2001 terrorist attacks, the Homeland Security Department on March 1 absorbed nearly 180,000 employees from a variety of agencies and offices.
People on the Move
President Bush has nominated <b>Michael D. Gallagher</b> as the next administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration.
Can you handle the truth?
Thou shalt not lie. It's a simple rule, but everyone breaks it at some point, even if only with harmless white lies such as, 'Gee, your new haircut doesn't look bad.'
DOE simulations study what triggers a blackout
When an electrical power grid is operating close to capacity, small fluctuations in demand can easily trigger a blackout.
IT changes will boost shuttle safety, panel says
The Columbia Accident Investigation Board last week recommended management changes and technical fixes to overhaul NASA's culture and shuttle systems. The board has been evaluating the deadly Feb. 1 accident for seven months and tracked down dozens of organizational and technical factors that led to the disaster.
Info overload reaches the exabyte range
The cost of magnetic storage will drop to $1 per gigabyte by 2005, according to a new university study, and the drop is fueling growth in the world's yearly output of unique information.<br>
GSA and OPM develop new toolkit for telework, counter auditors' criticism
The Office of Personnel Management and the General Services Administration are spending $500,000 to help 20 agencies improve their struggling telework programs.
Air Force IT chiefs ponder outsourcing, wireless
One way to gauge IT trends in the Air Force is to listen to the top information systems officers at the major commands.<br>
Global Hawk set for U.S. skies
The Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle, famed for precision targeting in Iraq and Afghanistan, last month received Federal Aviation Administration approval to make routine flights in U.S. airspace with preprogrammed flight plans.
NSA plan calls for changes in IT development
The National Security Agency has begun streamlining its acquisition processes, and that includes doing away with its Signals Intelligence Programs Office.
Stenbit stumps for Defense's vision of IT
MONTGOMERY, Ala.'To make sure there's no confusion among lawmakers about the Defense Department's fiscal 2005 IT budget, CIO John Stenbit said the department will distinguish requests for tactical systems from those for administrative systems.
DOD examines results of first net-centric test
The Defense Department is reviewing results of a test of prototype network-centric applications.
OPM defines 'project manager'
OPM this week defined the functions of IT project manager and gave agencies guidance on how to classify them.<br>
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