New DOD intel office opens this month
As the head of a new organization intended to better share intelligence information across the Defense Department, Stephen A. Cambone is mostly concerned with avoiding surprises.
OMB expects A-76 circular to push management agenda
Senior administration officials today touted the new guidance for agencies to compete federal jobs with the private sector as bold, appropriately decisive and reflective in a careful way.<br>
OMB assesses next wave of e-gov projects
The Office of Management and Budget last month hired a contractor to help it evaluate prospective e-government consolidation efforts.
E-gov teams get creative
Project leaders working on the E-Grants Quicksilver initiative recognized early that they could overcome many e-government barriers by spreading the work among participating agencies.
Army network center moves to East Coast
A subordinate unit of the recently created Army Network Enterprise Technology Command (NETCOM) is relocating from Fort Huachuca, Ariz., to Fort Belvoir, Va.
Commerce, HSD sign a systems research pact
The Homeland Security and Commerce departments have signed a memorandum of understanding on how they will work together on some technology projects.
OMB reaches out to Silicon Valley for help
The federal government welcomes technology from Silicon Valley and plans to strengthen its ties with the California computer Mecca, according to Norman Lorentz, chief technology officer of the Office of Management and Budget.
SAIC to accept bids for GIG-BE support work
Science Applications International Corp. has issued a solicitation for hardware and software products to support the Global Information Grid-Bandwidth Expansion program.
Project managers must consult acquisition officers early, execs say
Program managers should give acquisition officials a seat at the table at the beginning of a project ' not after decisions have been made, executives said today.<br>
Ridge calls for better system for public alert
The Homeland Security Department supports media companies' efforts to improve emergency warning methods, secretary Tom Ridge said last week.
IG says EPA's clean-water IT project sinking
An Environmental Protection Agency plan to upgrade the Clean Water Act Permit Compliance System is over budget and behind schedule, the agency's inspector general reports.
Template tool helps agencies make their case, vendor says
OMB Exhibit 300, the capital asset plan and business case document that agencies must present to the Office of Management and Budget to win funding for their projects, has taken on heightened importance this budget season.
Defense committees must resolve IT spending gap
The White House has barked back at House lawmakers' attempt to slice $1.7 billion from the $28 billion in fiscal 2004 IT funding proposed for the Defense Department.
TSA takes novel e-gov approach
For its e-government projects, the Transportation Security Administration puts the government before electronic.
Success in Iraq due to better info sharing, Tenet says
The CIA's director says the agency should mimic how intelligence agencies collaborate and how they collected the signals intelligence targeting data that helped the day-to-day business processes of U.S. forces in Iraq.<br>
OMB gets down to business for 2005
As agencies prepare their fiscal 2005 budget requests, CIOs and senior IT chiefs are finding it more complicated to obtain funds for technology projects.
Bill to reform services buying nears passage
The government spends more than $135 billion each year on services, and the Services Acquisition Reform Act the House passed last month is intended to improve how agencies spend that money.
Army, MIT collaborate on military nanotechnology
The Army and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have opened the Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies.<br>
Calendar
<b>30-July 2 Government Symposium on Information Sharing and Homeland Security</b><br>Philadelphia. Contact the Government Emerging Technology Alliance; Web: <a href= "http://www.federalevents.com">www.federalevents.com</a>; phone: 301-596-8899
Executive Suite: Let's examine three IT myths
The quest for reliable, secure, and easy-to-use systems and infostructures remains a daunting one. It is made even more difficult because we can still be vulnerable to three IT myths. These myths plus suggested remedies are worth considering.
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