Adobe submits PDF to be an open standard
Adobe Systems Inc. has decided to make its Portable Document Format an open standard.
IHS practices for pandemic
Mass flu vaccination tests Indian Health Service's common environment for communication, information sharing.
What's in a name? GSA hopes USA.gov says it all
The General Services Administration is re-launching FirstGov.gov as USA.gov to improve the way citizens and others find the federal government's information.
Health info network takes another step
After prototypes share data, HHS gets ready for the real thing.
Hubble's successor will rely on software
NASA's next space telescope will fly or fail on the strength of its software.
Incoming
The House Armed Services Committee will consider how to increase DOD's acquisition work force, which is too small because Congress has reduced it too much.
Net-Centric changes on the horizon?
New leadership, troop build-up could hinder modernization programs.
The evolving role of the CIO
As the job changes, some struggle to climb out of the server room into the boardroom.
On the Hill, give them the business
Staff member says presentations should be honest, to the point'and in English.
Where CIOs boot up
Sessions prepare new IT managers for their three-pronged role as technologists, strategists and salesmen.
Database merger propels trusted traveler programs
DHS prepares to expand northern border credential.
DOD to allocate its IPv6 addresses
The Defense Department has acquired a block of 247 billion IP Version 6 addresses, about equal to 25 percent of the entire IPv4 address space. Only a tiny percentage of those addresses will be used, however.
Analysts are split on TWIC
Some claim flaws in credential security, while TSA and others back the program.
For HR LOB, GSA wants three core functions
GSA has laid out the specific functions a private-sector shared-services provider must meet to offer services under the Human Resources LOB Consolidation effort.
Neal Fox | Contracting in Perspective: Does the IG matter?
The recent flap between the General Services Administration's inspector general and GSA officials over IG procurement audits highlights a disturbing trend.
Warrick steps in as acting CAO at GSA
GSA has named Vince Warrick, associate administrator for the Office of Performance Improvement, to serve as its acting chief acquisition officer.
VA, DOD to use standards to share e-health record systems
Interoperability standards will let the departments accomplish collaboration between their separate e-health record systems.
GSA to stop paying for HSPD-12 vendor testing
GSA today announced that as of April 3 it will no longer pay for vendors to test their products and services to ensure they are interoperable under HSPD-12.
House approves stopgap funding for 2007
The House has passed a $463.5 billion continuing resolution to cover the cost of running the government for the remainder of the 2007 fiscal year.
OMB appoints new chairman for e-gov subcommittee
OMB has appointed the undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness as chairman of the President's Management Council Subcommittee on E-Government.
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