GCN Photo Gallery: AFFIRM roundtable
The Association for Federal Information Resources Management (AFFIRM) and GCN hosted a roundtable by government program, IT and oversight managers in support of AFFIRM's annual hot topics white paper.
Union alleges new A-76 'trumped Congress'
The Office of Management and Budget's revised Circular A-76 ran into its first lawsuit yesterday, but it's not about what most observers expected.<br>
TSA's colorful vision 'is coming to be'
The first stage of the Transportation Security Administration's IT infrastructure is now in place and communicating, Unisys Corp.'s Tom Conaway said today. <br>
Packet Rat: To federal wooers'send flowers, not e-mail
In the world of business, Army Col. Kassem Saleh would have to be considered the ultimate mergers and acquisitions man. In diplomacy, he might have found a final solution to the Israeli-Palestinian schism, or at least a way to get the two sides in a mood to talk.
Cryptogram: Future-minded
This British soldier, politician and Nobel laureate in literature isn't commonly known as a proponent of technological R&D. In the early 1950s, however, a visit to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology convinced him that he should have placed more emphasis on developing his country's scientific expertise during his years in public office. He kicked off a fund-raising campaign to build a science and technology college at Cambridge University, which now bears his name and houses many of his personal papers.
'Did you hear...'
<b>Screen the screeners</b>. When the Transportation Security Administration let go thousands of airport security personnel'some had flawed background checks and even criminal records'it highlighted a scam not unlike diploma mills. Certain TSA hires presented 'breeder documents''authentic IDs obtained using fake docs, according to Imaging Automation Inc. of Bedford, N.H., which is helping Boston's Logan and the Dallas'Fort Worth airports match passports, driver's licenses and other documentation against bad-guy watch lists.
Sentel to build jam-resistant battlefield radio system
The Office of Naval Research has chosen Sentel Corp. of Alexandria, Va., to help sailors and soldiers on the battlefield communicate with fewer radio antennas across radio frequency bands.<br>
IT leaders reward Forman's efforts
Mark Forman, who has for the past two years led a sometimes unpopular effort to change the way agencies buy and manage IT resources, recently was honored by his peers for his efforts.
People on the Move
<b>Eric Jakobsson</b> has been named the first director of the Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology. The center is in Bethesda, Md., at the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, a component of the National Institutes of Health.
Microsoft Producer 2003 beta now downloadable
Microsoft Corp. has posted a downloadable beta version of Microsoft Producer 2003 as a free PowerPoint add-on.<br>
Can IT make Uncle Sam nimble and quick?
The Association for Federal Information Resources Management and GCN recently hosted a roundtable of government and industry officials to discuss just that. The discussion was part of research for AFFIRM's annual hot-topics white paper.
GAO mulls A-76 protest rights
By the end of summer, federal employees could have the option of appealing competitive-sourcing decisions made under new Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76 reviews.
AT&T pursues Web-hosting market
Sprint Corp. is getting out of the Web hosting business, while AT&T Corp. has begun an aggressive campaign to bring Sprint's federal and commercial business to its data centers.
DOD orders all systems to comply with IPv6 by 2008
Any military communications systems bought after Oct. 1 must comply with a new IP standard, Defense Department CIO John Stenbit mandated this month.
House panel boosts Homeland Security budget
The House Appropriations Subcommittee for Homeland Security has approved a fiscal 2004 spending plan that would pump up IT at the Homeland Security Department.
OMB revises architecture models
The Bush administration has penned a plan to fundamentally change the way agencies use systems to meet their missions, federal IT and industry executives say.
TSP retirement system is done despite delays
More than 3 million federal employees finally have a modern retirement record-keeping system. The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board last week launched its new computer system after five years of fits and starts.
USGS recycles data on DVDs
A new educational DVD on Alaskan glaciers, filled with archival images and data from the Geological Survey, is making its way into the instructional marketplace.
Air Force goes small for big PC upgrade
The Air Logistics Center at Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., has set a goal of installing 1,400 small-format PCs at 17 buildings by 2006.
Security must be top concern for wireless nets
'Technology is the simple part,' said Howard Stern, senior vice president of FSI of McLean, Va. 'It's all the other stuff around the technology''from setting business practices to educating users''that's the hard part.'
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