Energy lab buys Linux supercomputer
The Oak Ridge National Laboratory has bought a new a 256-processor SGI supercomputer for scientific simulations that require huge data sets.<br>
Portal puts TRICARE in the transaction game
For Navy Capt. Brian Kelly, Web portals are happening. 'Information is great but the real value of portals'the real return on investment'is when you begin to move things to a self-service model,' said Kelly, director of e-business, policy and standards for TRICARE, the Defense Department's military health service.
At the crux of collaborative projects: joint business cases
Agencies quickly found out how tough it is to meet the business case requirements the Office of Management and Budget laid out in its Circular A-11 guidance.
Forman: The changes will touch feds, citizens and businesses
Mark Forman, the Office of Management and Budget's administrator for e-government and IT, joined the administration in June 2001 to lead efforts toward e-government. Since then, his office has developed the first wave of consolidation projects, called Quicksilver, and set the table for others by demanding that agency leaders submit business cases that adhere to the President's Management Agenda and reflect Forman's familiar rallying cry of 'unify and simplify.'
In Phase 2, online is just the starting point
The road to e-government might look like an uphill climb to government managers. But it's not like they have a choice.The 25 Quicksilver projects that have dominated the Office of Management and Budget's push toward e-government for the last couple of years are nearing completion. Now it's time for managers across government to join the march.
Transactions are a precursor to achieving transformation
Can agencies deliver?The Government Paperwork Elimination Act, which requires agencies to provide the means for citizens and businesses to submit documents electronically, was signed into law five years ago. Now, its October deadline looms.
Some see 'business as usual' in homeland security IT efforts
Policy lags behind the desires of federal officials striving to integrate disparate systems to share data to support the nation's war on terrorism, speakers and attendees at the Information Sharing for Homeland Security conference said yesterday.<br>
Hill, GSA crank up heat on WorldCom federal reviews
The referral of a negative report by the General Services Administration's inspector general earlier this month has initiated suspension proceedings against troubled telecom company WorldCom Inc.<br>
What's thwarting the sharing of homeland security information?
Scanty funding, turf rivalries, congressional inaction and policy clashes are holding homeland security information sharing hostage, current and former political leaders said today.<br>
Administration OKs plan for health programs IT architecture
Health and Human Service will begin work on a Federal Health Architecture that will incorporate multiple agencies' health-care programs.<br>
Senator seeks tuition-reimbursement investigation
Sen. Susan Collins is calling for an investigation of whether the government pays tuition reimbursement to employees who burnish their academic credentials at unaccredited organizations.<br>
CIOs face challenges that involve more than IT
CIOs are finding that they no longer are managing only the IT aspects of projects. They also face the need to get employees to think differently about e-government.<br>
OPM adds two executives to deal with procurement issues
After getting slammed by the General Accounting Office for how it ran the Recruitment One-Stop acquisition, the Office of Personnel Management is calling in the cavalry, hiring two senior procurement executives to manage agencywide and e-government acquisitions.
Do-not-call Web site gets plenty of calls
The Web site for the first nationwide do-not-call program to block telemarketers got flooded with virtual calls in its first day.<br>
Senate confirms Bolten for OMB
The Senate yesterday unanimously confirmed Joshua B. Bolten as Office of Management and Budget director.<br>
Joint Forces: with NMCI from the start
<font color="CC000"> (UPDATED) </font>Navy officials said they are working with the Joint Forces Command to speed up its two-year timeline for merging its 800 desktop systems into the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet.<br>
Education CTO Luigart heads to VA
Craig Luigart, Education's deputy CIO and chief technology officer, is joining Veterans Affairs as associate deputy assistant secretary for policies, plans and programs.
SSA workers win A-76 competitive sourcing
A Social Security Administration team underbid several private-sector competitors in the agency's first sourcing competition under OMB Circular A-76.
Davis: Labor knew about Callahan's degrees
The Labor Department knew Laura Callahan, its former deputy CIO, had suspect credentials, but took no action, according to a letter from a congressman pushing an investigation of Callahan and the use of diploma mills by government officials.<br>
In-Q-Tel investment proves its worth in Iraq
An equity investment by the National Imagery and Mapping Agency in 3-D imaging technology paid off when the tool was deployed during the Iraq War.<br>
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