DOD effort to consolidate its financial IT draws fire
The Defense Department has invested two years and $100 million in modernizing its financial systems, but many experts are questioning the results.
GSA promotes Coleman
The General Services Administration yesterday promoted Casey Coleman to deputy associate administrator for the Office of Citizen Services. <br>
Dell Axim glitch found to slow performance
Dell Corp. today announced a firmware glitch in the Axim X5 handheld computer which can compromise system performance when users try to perform several simultaneous operations. <br>
Calendar
<b>24-28 Air Force Information Technology Conference</b><br>Montgomery, Ala. Contact the Air Force; Web: <a href= "https://web1.ssg.gunter.af.mil/afitc">https://web1.ssg.gunter.af.mil/afitc</a>; phone: 334-416-4319.
Executive suite: Refreshing thoughts for summer
Don't look now, but the end of summer is near. You still have a few more weeks before the onslaught of the official Washington IT season that arrives after Labor Day.
Will execs buy in to telework?
The Office of Personnel Management wants to address managers' resistance to telework with tools and educational seminars to help executives plan, implement and run telecommuting programs.
From XML to wireless, office suites move with the times
Office suites are even more indispensable than paper at government agencies. Probably 90 percent of every work task starts within an office suite and combines elements of e-mail, word processing, databases, graphics, spreadsheets, networking, instant messaging and presentations.
TWIC smart card testing starts on both coasts
Testing for a nationwide ID card for transportation workers is under way.<br>
The lowdown on firewalls
<b>What are they?</b> Firewalls are network devices or a combination of hardware and software that control the flow of network traffic. They stop intruders and malevolent code, while allowing authorized users and applications to send data unmolested.
Internal security
A few years ago, the focus of network security and firewall technology was on the perimeter'keeping bad guys on the outside from getting to systems on the inside.
With latest version, DOD thinks it's got DTS right
A new version of the Defense Travel System'described by Defense Department and vendor officials as speedier and easier to navigate'began operating this month.
Major programs within GSA
<b>Federal Procurement Data System'Next Generation. GSA</b>, as a part of its Integrated Acquisition Environment e-government project, awarded a $24.3 million contract to Global Computer Enterprises Inc. of Gaithersburg, Md., in April. GCE will build a new system to collect and report data in real time through the Web. The system will be more accurate and easier to use than the current FPDS, and provide agencies and vendors with more information than the current system. GSA officials expect to launch the system in October.
DHS seeking Callahan replacement
The Homeland Security Department has started advertising for a person to fill Laura Callahan's position, but an agency spokeswoman said that Callahan remains on administrative leave.
Quicksilver team puts pieces together
In some ways, the job facing Teresa Sorrenti and Earl Warrington is like putting together a vast puzzle. The brain-teaser they are working on is the federal government's new procurement system.
Agency systems reflect app evolution
Instantaneous communications made the war in Iraq unlike any other in history, said David H. Crandall, assistant deputy administrator for research, development and simulation at the National Nuclear Security Administration.
DOD's high-performance computing program gets its annual tune-up with purchases for two centers
The Defense Department gave the High-Performance Computing Modernization Program its annual technology upgrade with high-end purchases from Cray Inc. of Seattle, IBM Corp. and SGI Federal.
Model details federal 'information factory'
A consultant known for conceptualizing the data warehouse for the private sector now wants to do the same thing for government.
@Info.Policy: Red tape is threat to FOIA
Is the Freedom of Information Act as we know it near the end of its useful life?Don't get me wrong'the case for open government is just as strong as it ever was, or stronger. The question is whether the FOIA is being proceduralized to death.
Raytheon gets two deals under FCS
Raytheon Co. has won two major contracts under the Army's $14.92 billion Future Combat Systems program.<br>
Microsoft source code gets a look
Microsoft Corp.'s Government Security Program has made more than 100 million lines of Windows operating system source code available for national governments to study.
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