Sun rolls out enhancements for network products
Sun Microsystems Inc. is stepping up the services end of its network computing business, marketing to government customers four new programs that better support the company's technologies. <br>
GIS interface will help agencies build out 'spatial Web'
Government and industry members of the OpenGIS Consortium Inc. have forged a fast-track interoperability consensus that culminated recently in live international Web mapping via the OGC Web Services 1.2 interface. <br>
Navy taps service's e-gov advocate as new CIO
Dave Wennergren, champion of the Navy Department's e-business initiatives and smart-card deployment, will become the service's next CIO. <br>
NIH opens Electronic Commodity Store to 66
The National Institutes of Health's Electronic Commodity Store contract has been opened to 66 companies.<br>
FBI continues push to improve records management
At DocLab, the FBI is busy converting 750,000 documents a day to a common electronic format.<br>
Researchers take a new tack on supercomputing
Veteran computer designers are beginning a five-year, $13.5 million project to design a so-called OptIPuter that would eliminate traditional bandwidth bottlenecks of large servers.<br>
GSA to lower schedule fees by a quarter percent
Based on a recommendation by the Logistics Management Institute, the General Services Administration will lower the fee it charges to use the Federal Supply Service schedules to 0.75 percent from 1 percent of a contract's value. <br>
FedCIRC plans centralized software patch distribution
The General Services Administration is working to make it easy for agencies to stay up-to-date with software patches.<br>
TSA prepares large-scale biometrics tests at airports
The Transportation Security Administration is readying a pilot to test several types of biometric devices at 20 airports.<br>
At IT Development Center, vendors will pitch their wares to DOD
The Joint Chiefs of Staff is less than six months away from opening an IT development center where technology companies can market their latest technologies to Defense Department users.<br>
Thrift Investment Board director Mehle steps down
Roger W. Mehle, executive director of the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, has resigned and has been replaced by James B. Petrick.<br>
OPM and FEMA unveil e-gov sites
The Office of Personnel Management and the Federal Emergency Management Agency have launched Web sites for their e-government projects.<br>
Homeland security bill sets new IT agenda in motion
President Bush today signed the Homeland Security Act mandating a massive government reorganization that will focus billions in IT assets on the task of protecting the country from terrorism. <br>
Experts advocate standard public warning system
Government and industry public-safety experts say the nation needs a sophisticated national warning system that relies on IT to spread warning messages.<br>
Greg Woods, early e-gov advocate, dies
The former chief operating officer for the Education Department's Federal Student Aid Office, Greg Woods, died last week. <br>
Justice is slammed again on INS systems
The General Accounting Office has concluded that the Justice Department has failed to properly oversee major IT projects at the Immigration and Naturalization Service.<br>
Praise on the Hill for Forman, but more work remains
While praising OMB's Mark Forman this week, congressional staff members say the government's 25 Quicksilver e-government projects have a long way to go. And Congress will be paying attention.<br>
FAA continues smart card program without funding
The Federal Aviation Administration made small strides earlier this month in developing its smart card program, despite funding woes caused by the federal budget impasse.<br>
Navy CIO Porter sets sail for private sector
Navy Department CIO Dan Porter will retire from the Navy on Dec. 1 to become the senior vice president for strategic development at Vredenburg Inc. of Reston, Va. <br>
FBI names new CTO
The FBI recently named former Hewlett-Packard Co. executive Justin Lindsey as its new chief technology officer, bureau sources say.<br>
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