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>
DOD taps CSC for high-performance computing assist
The Defense Department has awarded Computer Sciences Corp. four task orders worth more than $82 million to support the Defense High-Performance Computing Modernization Program.
Open-source directory seeks info about government projects
The Center of Open Source and Government this fall will publish a directory of open-source projects within agencies and large companies.
Expect tighter security at show
Visitors to the new Washington Convention Center can expect tighter security at FOSE this year, the event's organizers said Monday.
E-government, homeland security center stage at FOSE
How to take the next step in e-government portal services - including taxing, education and health-care records - is on the discussion agenda in the E-Town Theater sessions at FOSE's first day.
DOD procurement chief: DFARS grants special buying authority for war
As the military battles on, Defense Department procurement officials can apply a special rule in the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement to speed buys supporting overseas operations.<br>
Springer is new OMB controller
Linda M. Springer was comfirmed by the Senate as the new controller of the Office of Management and Budget.<br>
GAO finishing up IT investment framework
GAO is finishing up the first full release of its IT Investment Management Framework.<br>
Air operations center gets speedy IT accreditation
Information systems at the Combined Air Operations Center in Qatar had to be certified and accredited before the center could begin directing air activity in Iraq. For SecureInfo Corp., it was a rush job. <br>
Defense ready to unify financial architecture
IBM Corp. is expected soon to release a financial enterprise architecture that will underlie the merger of about 1,800 disparate Defense Department money systems. <br>
DOD intelligence unit will begin operating in June
Stephen A. Cambone, the Defense Department's former director of program analysis and evaluation, is setting up an organization to better share intelligence information across DOD and with other agencies.<br>
DOD lays out enterprise architecture plans
The Defense Department next year will start integrating a common set of information services over the Global Information Grid.<br>
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