Agriculture signs a deal for digital radios
The Agriculture Department has purchased a digital radio system that will extend communications across a large geographic area and deliver voice over IP, eventually allowing for data applications.
Bush nominates Daniels' replacement to head OMB
President Bush today nominated Joshua Bolten to replace Mitchell E. Daniels Jr. as the director of the Office of Management and Budget. <br>
FTS moves forward with new financial system
The General Services Administration's Federal Technology Service expects to launch its new financial management system this fall'more than a year since it awarded a contract to Unisys Corp. <br>
Air Force awards Titan GIS support contract
The Air Force today announced it has awarded Titan Corp. of San Diego a $69 million contract for geospatial information support services. <br>
Web agent has the answers
The smiling face of Phyllis welcomes visitors to the Defense Logistics Information Service'even in the middle of the night.
HSD aiming to save on software
In a move that could significantly reduce how much it spends on software, the Homeland Security Department plans to negotiate with some three dozen vendors to forge enterprise agreements that will cover all sales to the department, sources said.
Lawmakers press HSD on technology, cybersecurity
Members of a subcommittee of the House Select Committee on Homeland Security quizzed the department's undersecretary for science and technology on how they could channel vendor requests to the department.<br>
FGIPC honors two Defense programs
Two Defense Department medical programs have received 2003 Intergovernmental Solutions Awards from the Federation of Government Information Processing Councils. <br>
OMB: Business cases must relate to enterprise architectures for 2005
The Office of Management and Budget is raising the bar for business cases for fiscal 2005: Agencies must show strong links between their business cases and enterprise architectures for OMB to fund IT projects. <br>
DARPA deflects concerns over TIA by changing name
Defense Department efforts to collect and correlate personal information have raised concerns about potential privacy and civil rights abuses. So the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency changed the project's name. <br>
Excellence pays off for DOD contracting officers
Two Defense contracting officers are the 2003 winners of $5,000 acquisition excellence awards.<br>
Army network center moves east
A unit of the recently created Army Network Enterprise Technology Command is moving from Fort Huachuca, Ariz., to Fort Belvoir, Va.<br>
Calendar
<b>17 Census Bureau Annual IT Security Day 2003</b><br>Suitland, Md. Contact the Federal Business Council Inc.; Web: <a href= "http://www.fbcinc.com/search_results5.php">www.fbcinc.com/search_results5.php</a>.<br>
Federal Contract Law: Judging past performance can be vexing
Since 1997, acquisition regulations have required agencies to include past performance as a specific evaluation factor in competitive awards. Ensuring the integrity and accuracy of past performance information is a joint responsibility of contractors and agency acquisition officials. When either fails to shoulder its share of this burden, the award decision is questionable, and often questioned.
The replacements: killer notebooks for the desk
Replacing your desktop PC with a high-end notebook system no longer means a step down in performance'as long as you choose the right notebook PC with the right chip.
The lowdown on handhelds
<b>What's new?</b> The trend in handheld computing is firmly toward color and communications. Palm Inc.'s newest devices are full-color'one features a built-in camera, the other IEEE 802.11b networking. Many Pocket PC devices available today can add WiFi communications using a CompactFlash card.
Handhelds target the next level
In an eerie continuation of a Dickens parody, last year was another 'best of times, worst of times' for handheld computing. Better times may or may not be in store this year, but better products almost certainly are.
Network-centric operations score big in Iraq, DOD's Frankel says
Network-centric military operations have moved from the concept stage into reality, a Defense Department executive said recently.
Intelligence analysts strive to share data
The volume of foreign intelligence information the CIA collects each day in Iraq and other hot spots around the globe pits the agency against a mountain of data.
EPA chief Whitman resigns
EPA administrator Christine Todd Whitman, who pushed a sophisticated IT agenda, is stepping down.<br>
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