Sindelar heading to EDS Corp.
Sindelar, who in November announced he would retire from GSA, will be a client industry executive working in EDS' global government industry program.
Hill to consider boosting DOD's acquisition workforce
The Defense Department's acquisition workforce is too small because Congress reduced it too much, a House Armed Services Committee staff member said.
Lieberman expands Homeland panel oversight
Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) today named subcommittee heads and the formation of two new subcommittees.
Bush directs feds to be energy-efficient
Agencies should use environmentally sound and energy-efficient policies when they acquire electronic products under an order issued by the President today.
Sun pitches Project Blackbox to feds
Sun Microsystems is offering their Blackbox as a possible backup or primary for IT systems for use in disaster recovery and consolidation.
Google tailors Earth for DOD users
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Bush hits familiar IT notes in address
In his sixth State of the Union address, President Bush stuck to his usual technology themes of using IT to improve health care and secure the border.
Clapper to be nominated for Defense intel post
The White House announced today that President Bush intends to nominate James Clapper Jr. to serve as undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence.
VA, DOD to develop e-health record system
Joint inpatient electronic health record will let doctors share medical data seamlessly.
Regulations.gov to nearly triple number of rules posted
Only about 36 percent of all documents that support federal rules are posted on Regulations.gov, but that will change over the next 11 months.
Dix to direct Juniper s government affairs
The Capitol Hill veteran will act as a liaison between Juniper and Congress, the executive branch and federal agencies.
Intelligence on the fly
When do you need a data warehouse business intelligence software?
Power to the (Microsoft) people
Windows PowerShell could redress an imbalance of power between Windows, Unix administrators.
Draft requirements for new hashing standard open for comment
NIST is making an effort to upgrade the Federal Information Processing Standard for hashing algorithms, publishing for comment a draft of requirements for candidates.
Telework culture lagging: survey
The federal government has a way to go if it is going to establish a culture favorable to telework, according to a new survey of federal managers.
Treasury, Illinois pilot federal-state tax payment system
The Treasury and Illinois Revenue departments are testing the ability of state business taxpayers to be able to pay their state withholding taxes at the same time as their federal taxes through a single system.
Pentagon to contractors: Meet DOD InfoSec standards
The Defense Department wants to amend the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement to address training requirements that apply to contractor personnel who perform information assurance functions.
Biometric hardware gives agencies choice for authentication
The easiest way for agencies to comply with OMB's directive calling for two-factor security for remote devices would be to add biometric security to remote systems.
CDC awards $135m bioterror response contract
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention awarded a $135 million contract to Lockheed Martin Corp. to continue providing logistical and operational support to the agency's Coordinating Office for Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response.
DOD rolls out radio-over-IP net
Central Command is now using its new Radio-over IP Router Network (RIPRNET) for convoy operations in Iraq. The RIPRnet links analog radios to a network capable of transmitting signals regardless of distance or geography, using commercial technology.
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