Share the spectrum, Bush says
President Bush unveiled a plan this month to better manage radio spectrum shared by government and industry.
Open-source software gets nod from DOD
Open-source software proponents last month cheered a memorandum from Defense Department CIO John P. Stenbit, freeing DOD agencies to use open-source software under certain conditions.
STARS begins slow ascent at FAA
The Federal Aviation Administration appears to have finally gotten the Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System on track, but budget constraints may hold back deployment.
OMB: Coordinate agency GIS buys
Agencies spend billions of dollars on geographic information systems, but as much as 50 percent is duplicative spending, a senior administration official told lawmakers last week.
Microsoft alters its pricing and service plans
Microsoft Corp. has cut retail prices for its products and added services for license deals.
GAO raps plan for U.S. Visit tracking system
The Homeland Security Department has done a poor job planning for its U.S. Visitor and Immigration Status Indication Technology System, according to the General Accounting Office.
A pair of rugged tablet PCs take on competition
The military-grade tablet PC market has a new vendor: JLT Mobile Computers Inc.
Defense agency gets a handle on its digital media
Up to 100T of military video footage and images is slated for consolidation on a digital media system at the Defense Department's American Forces Information Service.
Justice opens bandwidth clog with video tool
To ease its bandwidth bottleneck, a Justice Department bureau is testing VBXcast, a video-streaming MPEG-4 appliance.
GAO sticks by its ruling on protest of OPM e-gov buy
The General Accounting Office has pushed the Office of Personnel Management closer to reopening a procurement for Recruitment One-Stop'one of the 25 Quicksilver e-government projects.
Callahan will not seek a second term as the president of AFFIRM
The Association for Federal Information Resources Management last week said Laura Callahan, the embattled Homeland Security Department senior director in the CIO office, will not run for a second term as the organization's president.
Paper chase: Diploma buyers beware
The Justice Department has convicted dozens of diploma mill operators over the past 20 years, according to court documents and a former FBI agent who in the 1980s led a bureau task force on the problem.
Lawmakers probe use of trumped-up credentials
Lawmakers have directed the Office of Personnel Management to investigate whether there is a widespread problem of federal employees holding academic credentials from unaccredited colleges and universities.
OMB publishes reference models for enterprise architecture
The second version of the Federal Enterprise Architecture Business Reference Model and the first versions of two related frameworks were released yesterday. <br>
Calendar
<b>9 Building Trust in E-Government Conference.</b><br>Washington. Contact Digital Government; Web: <a href= "http://www.digitalgovernment.com">www.digitalgovernment.com</a>; phone: 202-624-1762.
Federal Contract Law: Much ado about GSA's federal supply schedules
The world of GSA Schedule contracting is rocking along, with a major new regulation and several proposals in the wings. The new regulation adopts rules for 'co-operative' purchasing use of IT schedules by state and local governments.
FTS merging business systems
The Federal Technology Service is consolidating systems that agencies and vendors must interact with daily.
General Dynamics gets $2 billion ICE2 contract
The Air Force awarded its nearly $2 billion ICE2 contract to General Dynamics Corp.<br>
After Iraq debut, handhelds get another test
This summer, the Army will continue testing ruggedized wireless devices that some soldiers used in Iraq to stay connected. <br>
The lowdown on Tablet PCs
<b>What is it?</b> A Tablet PC is a combination ultraportable notebook PC and pen-based tablet computer'with or without a keyboard'running Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition and supporting wireless connections.
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