NMCI contractor gets help for data-sharing push
EDS, the lead vendor on the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet program has tapped Convera to provide search and retrieval functions to roughly 411,000 NMCI users. <br>
DLA continues SurvIAC contract at Wright-Patterson
The Defense Logistics Agency has renewed a contract with Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. of McLean, Va., to operate the Survivability/Vulnerability Information Analysis Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. <br>
Packet Rat: Worst scenarios come in by the case
The ratlings' long winter school break, plus a few snow days, brought the whiskered one perilously close to casting his offspring out on a snowdrift and leaving them to their own devices. 'After all, they know perfectly well how to find food and shelter and build a roaring fire,' he grumbled to his spouse.
FAA modernization plan is delayed by three years
The Federal Aviation Administration has released a new modernization plan that has a 'crisper vision that emphasizes collaborative decision-making, required navigation performance and shared information systems,' FAA administrator Marion Blakey said. <br>
Bush names two for strategic DOD posts
President Bush plans to nominate former Pennsylvania congressman Paul McHale as assistant secretary of Defense for homeland defense, and Christopher Ryan Henry to be deputy undersecretary of Defense for policy. <br>
Sing in the new
Government and business IT leaders put their holiday spirits where their mouths were last month, providing the entertainment at a party and fund-raiser held by the Association for Federal Information Resources Managers. The event raised money for the group's college scholarship fund.
People on the Move
NASA deputy CIO David Nelson last month took over as director of the National Coordination Office for IT R&D. He replaced Cita Furlani, who had headed the office since October 2000.
Computer theft prompts reward offer
A government health care contractor has posted a $100,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and prosecution of thieves who stole computers containing personal data about more than 500,000 military members.
Chiefs resign, PCs 'lost' at Energy lab
Los Alamos National Laboratory faces multiple investigations by the FBI, the Energy Department and Capitol Hill following allegations of fraud and mismanagement.
108th Congress will focus on oversight
The 108th Congress will likely make its mark on federal IT more through oversight than legislation.
Navy can put 100,000 more seats on NMCI
Defense Department CIO John Stenbit has signed off on a plan to let the Navy move 100,000 more PCs to the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet environment.
GSA to put governmentwide contracts under FSS
The General Services Administration this week will begin the process of moving oversight of many of its IT governmentwide acquisition contracts to the Federal Supply Service from the Federal Technology Service.
GAO: E-gov projects don't make their case
The Office of Management and Budget and the General Accounting Office are at odds over what constitutes a complete IT business case.
Fledgling HSD pecks at its shell
The Homeland Security Department showed signs of quickening life during the early days of the New Year, in a foreshadowing of its ambitious IT agenda.
Filters block porn sites'federal sites, too
Pornography filters, required by law to be used on library and school computers, often block federal health-related Web sites, a new study has found.
Out with the old name, in with MPC
To lessen confusion with its original parent company, computer maker MicronPC LLC is changing its name to MPC Computers.
NASA orders partial freeze on IT purchases
NASA has imposed a partial IT buying freeze to gain more control over systems acquisitions, according to internal memoranda and agency staff.
Special Ops group awards IT support pact
The Army's Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command has awarded an IT services contract for WAN and LAN support to Ciber Inc. of Greenwood Village, Colo.
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