Navy portal keeps ship files up to date
The Navy early next year will expand a pilot portal to dispatch real-time files to its fleets at sea. Offshore officers now rely on months-long delivery of CDs to get personnel, inventory or other updates from their home bases. The Distance Support portal transmits data through Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server over low-bandwidth satellite connections.
How hot was it? NOAA knows
Working from a 1.4-petabyte database of weather readings, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Climatic Data Center has reported the weather highlights of 2002: widespread drought, a return of El Nino and global high temperatures.
DARS Council to put knowledge management online
The Defense Acquisition Regulations Council wants ideas from industry about how to move the Defense Acquisition Regulations System away from paper.<br>
Geospatial One-Stop will have first trial in May
Proposals are due Jan. 22 from vendors that want to build the Geospatial One-Stop Portal, one of the 25 e-government initiatives.<br>
GAO: Air Force should cut up credit cards
Using data mining and statistical methods, the General Accounting Office dug through Air Force purchase card records for fiscal 2001 and found a number of internal control weaknesses.<br>
GAO report finds flaws in OMB e-gov initiatives
The Office of Management and Budget did not collect complete business case information before selecting its e-government initiatives, according to a General Accounting Office study.<br>
GSA outlines realignment plan
The General Services Administration will take heed of at least two of a consultant's recommendations to better align the efforts of the Federal Supply Service and the Federal Technology Service.<br>
Setting up enterprise architecture seen as biggest IT challenge
Setting up an agency's enterprise architecture is the biggest challenge government IT workers face, according to a survey recently released by the Association for Federal IRM.<br>
INS system fingers murder suspect
Border Patrol officers near Douglas, Ariz., yesterday arrested a wanted man after stopping him at the border and matching his fingerprint with an INS Automated Biometric Identification System.<br>
GSA's Miller detailed to Homeland Security
Emory Miller, the director of professional development for the General Services Administration, yesterday started a 30-day detail with the White House's Office of Homeland Security, according to a government source.<br>
GSA awards wireless contract to Nextel
Nextel Communications Inc. has won a two-year contract from the General Services Administration to continue providing mobile radio services to goverenment agencies.<br>
Balutis negotiating IAC departure
Alan Balutis, the executive director of the Industry Advisory Council and the Federation of Government Information Processing Councils, is negotiating with the groups to be bought out of the remaining year of his contract, sources say. <br>
Bush signs E-Gov bill
President Bush has signed the E-Government Act of 2002, HR 2458, into law during a White House ceremony. <br>
OPM analyzes Homeland Security's work force
The Office of Personnel Management today is analyzing work force data for the Homeland Security Department on four job classifications to identify the new department's needs.<br>
MicronPC will become MPC Computers
Computer vendor MicronPC LLC will change its name to MPC Computers.<br>
TSA issues RFI on biometrics products
The Transportation Security Administration has released a request for information to all biometric technology vendors wishing to participate in the agency's test of biometric devices at 20 airports.<br>
Defense CIO approves next step in NMCI
Defense CIO John Stenbit said he is satisfied with the progress of Navy-Marine Corps Intranet testing and will allow the Navy to move 100,000 more seats to the NMCI environment.<br>
Evans lays out CIO Council's goals
With the federal CIO Council "at a crossroad," Karen Evans, the new vice chairwoman, spells out her goals.<br>
Hawaii installs fingerprint systems
Hawaii's Human Services Department this week installed 10 digital fingerprint systems as part of an initiative to increase the speed and accuracy of background checks for child and foster care providers working in the state.
VA will serve as a test bed for a travel system
The Veterans Affairs Department will pilot an enterprise travel management system as a precursor to a governmentwide system. <br>
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