Auditors scrutinize PDA, Net service buys
The General Accounting Office stepped up its oversight of government purchase card misuse yesterday with a report detailing questionable buys of personal digital assistants, portable computers and Internet service plans by Federal Aviation Administration employees.
Defense continues effort to reform its acquisition work force
The Defense Department has awarded a follow-on contract to Jefferson Consulting Group LLC to streamline its acquisition work force by developing an efficient method for identifying and categorizing the more than 132,500 employees that do contracting at DOD.
Navy labs want to help soldiers speak the language of war
The Office of Naval Research is supporting the development of speech translation technology that could help troops in the field communicate with foreigners and interpret text, signs and other graphics. <br>
FDIC studies how to manage its records better
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is studying how to merge two records management systems. <br>
Medical system debuts in Persian Gulf
The Army's Medical Service Corps has sent more than 140 notebook and handheld PCs to battlefield medics in Iraq as part of its Medical Communications for Combat Casualty Care program. <br>
New task force will examine critical uses of supercomputing
The government is establishing a high-end computing revitalization task force aimed at improving research and development, accessibility and procurement of high-end systems.<br>
Army council gives stamp of approval to small computer program
The Army Business Initiative Council has said procurement officers should look first at the Army Small Computer Program when buying IT services and hardware costing more than $100,000.<br>
Army plans release of RFP for $700 million project
The Army next month will issue a request for proposals for the IT Enterprise Solutions program, a $700 million project central to a larger initiative to consolidate information systems.<br>
Lawmakers hear of problems with INS student tracking system
Lawmakers are revisiting the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services' Student and Exchange Visitor Information System after numerous complaints of faulty technology.<br>
Revamped A-76 due before summer
A final version of a new Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76 will likely be published before summer, Angela Styles, administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, said today.
Wireless infrastructure goes unguarded
The national wireless infrastructure 'is one of the most important and least protected parts' of U.S. communications capability, a technology strategist said today.<br>
Defense continues effort to reform its acquisition work force
Through a follow-on contract, the Defense Department plans to keep refining the way it manages the large DOD acquisition work force.
Future software will shift weapons' directions in midair
Software allowing instantaneous communications makes the war in Iraq unlike any other in history, a federal executive said today.<br>
Handhelds and portable PCs provide fast battle info
Troops on the ground in Iraq are using ruggedized portable PCs and personal digital assistants to support operational and logistical applications.<br>
GSA will develop new strategy for Advantage site
At the behest of the General Accounting Office, the General Services Administration will make the business case for its online schedule buying system. <br>
Bush outlines war spending plans
President Bush today will ask Congress to approve $74.7 billion in fiscal 2003 supplemental funding to pay for the war with Iraq.<br>
Uncle Sam issues data-sharing standards for medical info
The government has issued governmentwide standards for coding and sharing medical records. <br>
Dunnington replaces Holcomb as NASA CIO
NASA has tapped its deputy systems chief, Patricia L. Dunnington, to take over as chief information officer.<br>
GoBooks go to Iraq
In the harsh deserts of Iraq, temperature extremes, sandstorms and bumpy terrain can be as hazardous to IT equipment as the enemy is.<br>
Vendor: 'War runs on IT'
Zebra Technologies Corp. of Vernon Hills, Ill., makes the 2-D bar code equipment that identifies and routes Humvees, tanks and helicopters on their way to battlefields in Iraq.<br>
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