The week's top stories for May 13 through May 17
<p><a href="http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/18685-1.html">Lockheed Martin gets $400 million Medicare IT consolidation work</a><p><a href="http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/18667-1.html">EDS: Despite report, NMCI project's on track</a><p><a href="http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/18640-1.html">State awards $160 million support contract to CSC</a><p><a href="http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/18631-1.html">Former corrections officer sentenced for misusing FBI system</a>
HP-Compaq federal strategy set
Government customers can expect more continuity than change from the newly merged Hewlett-Packard Co. and Compaq Computer Corp.
Army reviews bids for tactical net
Three Defense contractors this month submitted bids detailing how they would develop a tactical communications network for the Army to help today's soldiers fight smarter on tomorrow's battlefields.
DOD gives Navy OK to expand NMCI use
The Navy-Marine Corps Intranet program jumped two major hurdles this month, but it still faces significant challenges.
Navy prepares wireless LAN for testing at sea
The Navy this month will begin the final tests of a wireless shipboard network that service brass expect will lead to the use of such LANs across the fleet.
GAO: Most agencies fail in measuring performance
The Government Performance and Results Act still is a mystery to many agencies, according to a report released yesterday by the General Accounting Office. GAO found that 19 of 24 agencies GAO reviewed are having a difficult time detailing their performance data in achieving yearly goals.
A hard look at software
Several hundred civilian and uniformed software engineers and program managers gathered recently in Salt Lake City for the 14th annual Software Technology Conference.
Public service, with a smile
Public service got a public salute earlier this month on the National Mall in Washington as part of Public Service Recognition Week.
People on the Move
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Packet Rat: Rat watches the Domino fall
The Rat has often had to bridge various IT vendors' credibility gaps, but never has a gap gaped so wide as IBM Corp.'s over the future of Lotus Domino and Notes software.
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Council seeks 32 e-gov fellows to learn about leadership
The Council for Excellence in Government will choose 32 e-government fellows from among federal IT managers, up from 25 last year.
Lockheed Martin gets $400 million Medicare IT consolidation work
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services awarded Lockheed Martin Corp. a $400 million, eight-year contract to consolidate the agency's networks and systems.
MAA contract awarded for Seattle
The General Services Administration awarded a contract to Qwest Communications International Corp. of Denver for local phone service in the Seattle area.
OMB crackdown
Following a recent spate of reports about government credit card abuses, the Office of Management and Budget is asking agencies to review their card administration policies.
Federal site gains health accreditation
The National Library of Medicine's consumer-oriented health directory is the first government Web site to get accreditation from a Washington group that promotes standards in the health care industry.
Air Force picks contractor for XML forms
The Air Force earlier this month awarded PureEdge Solutions Inc. a contract to test software for converting the service's 14,000 electronic forms into Extensible Markup Language.
State awards $160m support contract to CSC
The State Department has awarded Computer Sciences Corp. a $160 million contract for IT services and products.
Corrections officer fined for NCIC misuse
Gary Piedmont of Reynoldsburg, Ohio, was sentenced to 30 days of community confinement, a $5,000 fine and a year of probation for using the FBI's National Crime Information Center system to check whether a warrant had been issued for a friend.
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