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.
NIH adds single sign-on to its one-stop portal
Early next month, employees who log on to the National Institutes of Health's my.nih.gov data portal will need only one password to open protected applications.
Census will count county lines via Web
Under a Census Bureau contract, the Open GIS Consortium Inc. is working out ways for local and tribal jurisdictions to begin reporting their boundary changes electronically. <br>
NARA: Digital tape, FTP are OK for records
Agencies transferring permanent records to the National Archives and Records Administration can use digital tape or File Transfer Protocol, the agency said in a final rule published in the Federal Register.
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Executive Suite: Follow this 10-step program for success
Is it 2003 already? The New Year is an important time for CIOs and their staffs to refresh and rewire. Consider these 10 resolutions'some classic, some new'and plan for your most successful year ever.
Value chain aids business cases
The Labor Department has found a strategy it hopes to use to satisfy two of the Office of Management and Budget's more complicated requirements.
Armed services chairman will push for faster IT development
Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) was chosen last night to be the new chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. <br>
Cox to chair new House homeland committee
House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) has selected Rep. Christopher Cox (R-Ca.) to be the chairman of the new Select Committee on Homeland Security. <br>
FAA concedes to IG report, creates new plan for ITWS
When the Transportation Department's inspector general criticized the Federal Aviation Administration for mismanagement of its Integrated Terminal Weather System project, the agency didn't argue. <br>
Senate fray stalls homeland funding
Delays in negotiating the committee structure of the Senate have stalled the reprogramming of $125 million that would provide seed money for the Homeland Security Department.<br>
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