GAO takes aim at financial, tax and battlefield-intelligence systems
In a flurry of activity yesterday, the General Accounting Office identified work that needs to be done to ensure the government's financial, tax-processing and battlefield-intelligence systems meet administration goals.
FOSE opening day photo gallery
The sights of the opening day at FOSE 2003, the first major event to take place in the new Washington Convention Center.
Chenok, DiPentima honored at FOSE
Two well-known figures in federal IT were honored last night at a Washington dinner during the FOSE trade show and conference.<br>
Enterprise architects tell what works
Enterprise architects from both the public and private sectors delivered pointers for designing a successful blueprint today at the GCN Management at FOSE 2003 conference.<br>
Videoconferencing network gives big picture of battlefield
Central Command is using Web conferencing to communicate in minutes with warfighters in Hummers, displaying inside the vehicles video feeds of the terrain around them, said a contractor who sold the backbone of the system to the U.S. Army.<br>
Top new products get awards at FOSE
And the winners are ... At FOSE 2003 today, the Best New Technology Awards ceremony honored new IT products exhibited during the show. Vendors submitted more than 100 entries this year.<br>
Funding shortfall is squeezing TSA's IT work
If the Transportation Security Administration does not receive some budget relief soon, parts of the second phase of its IT roll out could be jeopardy, its CIO says.<br>
No pain, no gain with performance based contracting
Agencies that want to see "green" - the highest rating in the President's Management Agenda scorecard - must first learn that effective performance-based contracting takes major management shifts beyond the mere contracting officer.<br>
OFPP to standardize program for performance-based contracting
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy is strongly considering making the seven-step guide to performance based contracting the governmentwide standard.<br>
EPA moving onto second part of Online Rulemaking project
The Environmental Protection Agency will release a task order later this week for the second phase of its Online Rulemaking e-government project.<br>
HSD looks to take steps forward without going back
The first rule IT leaders of the new Homeland Security Department are following as they establish the agency's systems makeup is 'Do no harm,' Steve Cooper, the department's CIO, said today.
Homeland Security Department to reshape Project Safecom
The Homeland Security Department is reconstituting Project Safecom, one of the Office of Management and Budget's 25 e-government initiatives, and moving it under the Science and Technology directorate in the agency.<br>
Defense veteran joins Lockheed Martin's naval team
The U.S. Joint Forces Command's recently retired deputy commander, Martin J. Mayer, has taken on a new C4I job at Lockheed Martin Corp.
More steps needed in e-government, Putnam says
The chairman of a House technology subcommittee urges better marketing of e-gov projects, progress.
Homeland Security juggles architectural challenges
Not only does the Homeland Security Department need to develop a unified IT architecture for its 22 component agencies, but it has to have something in place for developing the fiscal 2005 budget over the summer, a representative said today at the FOSE 2003 conference in Washington.
IT smoothes bumps in tax compliance road
At FOSE today, Mike Longhi, deputy treasurer for compliance for the Arlington County, Va., Office of the Treasurer, says the county has tried high- and low-tech ways to track debtors.<br>
Homeland department funds cities
The Homeland Security Department today unveiled a $100 million grant program for terrorism preparedness and response in big cities.<br>
Some handhelds now rugged enough to disinfect
At FOSE 2003, several vendors touted their handheld computers' resistance not only to the military essentials'dust, moisture and shock'but also to sterilization.<br>
E-government should stress customer service, report says
Accenture's latest e-government survey calls for greater use of customer relationship management techniques, metrics.<br>
Evans highlights CIO Council plans
The CIO Council's priorities for the coming year figured prominently in Energy Department CIO Karen Evans' presentation to the GCN Management Conference at FOSE today.<br>
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