GAO chief supports giving employees A-76 appeal rights
As the General Accounting Office considers whether to give federal employees appeal rights in competitions between industry and federal employees for government work, GAO's comptroller general says he believes there are some cases where feds should be able to appeal.
Senate hires first CIO
Greg Hanson, the first CIO for the Senate Sergeant at Arms, said his job likely will be more about management and less about technology.
Navy appoints IT officer
Steven Ehrler can drop the word 'acting' from his title; he was recently named Navy program executive officer for IT.
Dell announces new 64-bit server
Dell Computer Corp. has announced a two-way, 64-bit server intended for cluster computing and other high-performance applications.
Gates: Comm interoperability crucial to security
Calling it the biggest technological and cultural challenge the country has faced, Microsoft Corp. chairman Bill Gates said that communications interoperability must top the Homeland Security Department's to-do list.<br>
OMB sets data rules for announcing grants
OMB earlier this week issued a final set of 27 data standards for agencies to use when posting grant opportunities on Grants.gov.<br>
Davis wants review of OPM's credential-check measures
The House Government Reform Committee plans to ask the General Accounting Office to investigate the effectiveness of the government's hiring policies in guarding against the use of degrees from unaccredited schools to gain advancement in civil service.
How do you define your IT job? The CIO Council wants to know
The CIO Council is re-evaluating the definitions of IT positions and their place in organizations.<br>
Army and its Reserve agree to merge CIO shops
The Army Reserve's CIO staff will be integrated into the Army CIO organization.<br>
Defense collaboration gets into Groove
<font color="CC0000"> (UPDATED) </font color> The Defense Collaboration Tool Suite, assembled from commercial sources for secure sharing of military video and audio conferences and applications, today got a new addition.<br>
Agencies opt out of competing 500,000 of 850,000 jobs, OMB says
The Bush administration's goal of competing 850,000 federal jobs for possible outsourcing has hit a snag. <br>
Updated Defense Travel System takes flight
DOD users get access to a Web-friendly and speedy version of a departmentwide travel system that's been in development for five years.
OPM gives agencies direct-hire authority
Agencies needing to fill IT security positions quickly now have the authority to directly hire the workers.<br>
Microsoft unveils latest version of Pocket PC OS
Windows Mobile 2003 supports the Bluetooth standard, and can automatically detect and connect to wireless networks.<br>
GCN Photo Gallery: Lab PDA testing
Can you hear me now? GCN Lab technician Arthur Moser (left) and lab director John Breeden test connection quality of wireless phone-PDA combos on the roof of GCN headquarters in Washington.
Thrift Retirement Board, AMS settle lawsuit
American Management Systems Inc. Friday settled a $350 million lawsuit brought by the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, its former client.<br>
Sprint settles FTS2001 overbilling complaint
Sprint Corp. and the Justice Department have settled a whistleblower lawsuit that alleged the company knowingly overcharged the government under the FTS2001 long-distance contract.<br>
Section 508 needs a boost
On the second anniversary of the Section 508 deadline for IT accessibility, panelists on a national webcast said that enforcement and industry support are waning.<br>
Net-centricity gets a portal
Defense Department CIO has established the Rapid Acquisition Incentive-Net Centricity initiative to develop and test new technologies for rapid rollout to military personnel.<br>
More from the AFFIRM roundtable
The Association for Federal Information Resources Management and GCN hosted a roundtable by government program, IT and oversight managers in support of AFFIRM's annual hot topics white paper. Click for a copy of the transcript, PDF.
Do Not Sell My Personal Information
When you visit our website, we store cookies on your browser to collect information. The information collected might relate to you, your preferences or your device, and is mostly used to make the site work as you expect it to and to provide a more personalized web experience. However, you can choose not to allow certain types of cookies, which may impact your experience of the site and the services we are able to offer. Click on the different category headings to find out more and change our default settings according to your preference. You cannot opt-out of our First Party Strictly Necessary Cookies as they are deployed in order to ensure the proper functioning of our website (such as prompting the cookie banner and remembering your settings, to log into your account, to redirect you when you log out, etc.). For more information about the First and Third Party Cookies used please follow this link.
Manage Consent Preferences
Strictly Necessary Cookies - Always Active
We do not allow you to opt-out of our certain cookies, as they are necessary to ensure the proper functioning of our website (such as prompting our cookie banner and remembering your privacy choices) and/or to monitor site performance. These cookies are not used in a way that constitutes a “sale” of your data under the CCPA. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not work as intended if you do so. You can usually find these settings in the Options or Preferences menu of your browser. Visit www.allaboutcookies.org to learn more.
Sale of Personal Data, Targeting & Social Media Cookies
Under the California Consumer Privacy Act, you have the right to opt-out of the sale of your personal information to third parties. These cookies collect information for analytics and to personalize your experience with targeted ads. You may exercise your right to opt out of the sale of personal information by using this toggle switch. If you opt out we will not be able to offer you personalised ads and will not hand over your personal information to any third parties. Additionally, you may contact our legal department for further clarification about your rights as a California consumer by using this Exercise My Rights link
If you have enabled privacy controls on your browser (such as a plugin), we have to take that as a valid request to opt-out. Therefore we would not be able to track your activity through the web. This may affect our ability to personalize ads according to your preferences.
Targeting cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. They do not store directly personal information, but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device. If you do not allow these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising.
Social media cookies are set by a range of social media services that we have added to the site to enable you to share our content with your friends and networks. They are capable of tracking your browser across other sites and building up a profile of your interests. This may impact the content and messages you see on other websites you visit. If you do not allow these cookies you may not be able to use or see these sharing tools.
If you want to opt out of all of our lead reports and lists, please submit a privacy request at our Do Not Sell page.
Cookie List
A cookie is a small piece of data (text file) that a website – when visited by a user – asks your browser to store on your device in order to remember information about you, such as your language preference or login information. Those cookies are set by us and called first-party cookies. We also use third-party cookies – which are cookies from a domain different than the domain of the website you are visiting – for our advertising and marketing efforts. More specifically, we use cookies and other tracking technologies for the following purposes:
Strictly Necessary Cookies
We do not allow you to opt-out of our certain cookies, as they are necessary to ensure the proper functioning of our website (such as prompting our cookie banner and remembering your privacy choices) and/or to monitor site performance. These cookies are not used in a way that constitutes a “sale” of your data under the CCPA. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not work as intended if you do so. You can usually find these settings in the Options or Preferences menu of your browser. Visit www.allaboutcookies.org to learn more.
Functional Cookies
We do not allow you to opt-out of our certain cookies, as they are necessary to ensure the proper functioning of our website (such as prompting our cookie banner and remembering your privacy choices) and/or to monitor site performance. These cookies are not used in a way that constitutes a “sale” of your data under the CCPA. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not work as intended if you do so. You can usually find these settings in the Options or Preferences menu of your browser. Visit www.allaboutcookies.org to learn more.
Performance Cookies
We do not allow you to opt-out of our certain cookies, as they are necessary to ensure the proper functioning of our website (such as prompting our cookie banner and remembering your privacy choices) and/or to monitor site performance. These cookies are not used in a way that constitutes a “sale” of your data under the CCPA. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not work as intended if you do so. You can usually find these settings in the Options or Preferences menu of your browser. Visit www.allaboutcookies.org to learn more.
Sale of Personal Data
We also use cookies to personalize your experience on our websites, including by determining the most relevant content and advertisements to show you, and to monitor site traffic and performance, so that we may improve our websites and your experience. You may opt out of our use of such cookies (and the associated “sale” of your Personal Information) by using this toggle switch. You will still see some advertising, regardless of your selection. Because we do not track you across different devices, browsers and GEMG properties, your selection will take effect only on this browser, this device and this website.
Social Media Cookies
We also use cookies to personalize your experience on our websites, including by determining the most relevant content and advertisements to show you, and to monitor site traffic and performance, so that we may improve our websites and your experience. You may opt out of our use of such cookies (and the associated “sale” of your Personal Information) by using this toggle switch. You will still see some advertising, regardless of your selection. Because we do not track you across different devices, browsers and GEMG properties, your selection will take effect only on this browser, this device and this website.
Targeting Cookies
We also use cookies to personalize your experience on our websites, including by determining the most relevant content and advertisements to show you, and to monitor site traffic and performance, so that we may improve our websites and your experience. You may opt out of our use of such cookies (and the associated “sale” of your Personal Information) by using this toggle switch. You will still see some advertising, regardless of your selection. Because we do not track you across different devices, browsers and GEMG properties, your selection will take effect only on this browser, this device and this website.