Lawmakers still hope to finish an e-gov bill this year
House lawmakers are making a late push to give agencies more than $200 million in e-government funds and to establish some type of governmentwide IT manager.
Davis says personnel shortage weakens agencies in A-76 competitions
When it comes to competing for federal jobs with the private sector, agencies must overcome hiring and retention problems if they want a fair shot at keeping the jobs within government, <b>Rep. Tom Davis</b> said.
The week's top stories forSept. 23 through Sept. 27
<p><a href="http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/20127-1.html">Agencies tie IT security to budgets</a><p><a href="http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/20123-1.html">Army honcho says there's more to biometrics than buying scanners </a><p><a href="http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/20120-1.html"> Prototype for USPS wins Lockheed sorting system contract </a><p><a href="http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/20117-1.html"> Load testing delays Online Rulemaking's debut </a><p><a href="http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/20116-1.html"> Coast Guard taps General Dynamics to modernize maritime 911 system </a>
Patent Office awards systems contracts
The Patent and Trademark Office today chose Signal Corp. and Project Performance Corp. for the Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance 3 procurement. The two vendors will replace incumbent Northrop Grumman Corp. in design and implementation of PTO's computer infrastructure.
SSA buys $50m worth of assistive technology
The Social Security Administration has chosen Integrated Concepts & Research Corp. for a five-year, $50 million contract to provide hardware and software support for 1,300 employees with disabilities.
Army biomedical center prepares new servers for cancer research
The Advanced Biomedical Computing Center at the Army's Fort Detrick in Frederick, Md., has purchased four SGI servers and a storage system to support the work of its biomedical researchers.
Prototype for USPS wins Lockheed sorting system contract
The Postal Service yesterday hired Lockheed Martin Corp.'s Distribution Technologies division to install an automated small-package processing system in 74 postal facilities by June 2005.
SPAWAR awards two narrowband contracts
The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command in San Diego has awarded two $40 million contracts to Lockheed Martin Corp. and Raytheon Co. to advance its next-generation narrowband satellite communications system.
Most agencies on track for competition goals
Angela Styles said she is impressed by the progress agencies are making in meeting President Bush's goal of subjecting government positions to competition.
OMB's revised A-76 is nearly ready
A pilot phase of the revised OMB Circular A-76 will likely involve IT functions, procurement czar Angela Styles said last week.
INS in holding pattern on entry app
Congress' willingness to pass appropriations bills will affect the development of the Immigration and Naturalization Service's Entry Exit System, the project's chief said.
Interior's IT woes worsen; Norton found in contempt
A federal judge last week found Interior secretary Gale Norton and assistant secretary for Indian Affairs Neal McCaleb in contempt of court and faulted them for failing to fix systems that manage trust fund accounts for American Indians.
Satellites route e-mail'and spam'through space easily
Navigators of yesteryear relied on the stars when crossing oceans and prairies. These days, they get their data'and voices, too'from a closer source: satellites.
WinBook J4 packs a desktop-full of power
No wonder the 2.39-GHz WinBook J4 desktop replacement is the flagship of WinBook Computer Corp.'s notebook PC line.
OPM gets into the nitty-gritty of federal work force strategies
The Office of Personnel Management's recent Strategic Compensation Conference 2002 addressed the bottom line in recruiting and retaining a skilled work force: worker compensation. But as attendees of the three-day event in Alexandria, Va., heard, there's more to it than just salaries.
PACKET RAT: Bada Bing! Rat's nodes get whacked
The Rat and his wife have eagerly awaited the return of 'The Sopranos' to television, if only because it's the only reason they can justify the expense of digital cable besides fulfilling the cyberrodent's basic home bandwidth requirements.
'Did you hear...'
<b>Life imitates art.</b> Have you seen the Al Pacino film 'Simone' about a virtual actress? From Scotland, home of Dolly the cloned sheep, comes the first virtual personality. This online creation, Seonaid, anchors daily broadcasts on a government Web site, delivering updates about Scottish health, education and transportation policy. Check out <a href= "http://www.scotland.gov.uk/pages/news/junior/jxa_22.aspx">www.scotland.gov.uk/pages/news/junior/jxa_22.aspx</a>. Seonaid's 28, has a virtual cat named Napoleon and lives with a virtual partner named Callum. Watch your back, Katie Couric.
People on the Move
Researchers at the Energy Department's <b>Oak Ridge National Laboratory</b> in Oak Ridge, Tenn., have won three of R&D magazine's R&D 100 awards.
DOD sifts 600 antiterrorism proposals to nine
In the days after Sept. 11, the Defense Department began a search for new technologies that it could field quickly for the war against terrorism.
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