No surprise: Rep. Davis ranking member of Government Reform Committee
As expected, the Republicans elected Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.) ranking member of the Government Reform Committee.
People on the move
<b>Robert Carey</b>, deputy CIO for policy and integration with the Navy and currently on duty in Iraq, has been tapped by Navy secretary Donald Winter for promotion to CIO.
GSA upgrades financial system
The General Services Administration, a financial management shared-services provider, has upgraded its system to CGI's Group Inc.'s Momentum 6.1.
VA finally gets its IT all in one basket
Between Dec. 18 and next April, the Veterans Affairs Department expects to complete what a chorus of administration, congressional and IT experts have been advocating for years'centralizing its IT organization.
DHS gets down to details on SBI
New technology plans include budget and staffing blueprints; the cost is put at nearly $8 billion.
William Goodson to lead fed sales at Autodesk
The seasoned exec was named vice president of sales for Autodesk Government, a unit of the company that serves federal, state and local government agencies.
Senate confirms new Defense secretary Gates
The Senate voted 95-2 to confirm Robert Gates as the Defense Department's next secretary.
Navy flight training deal takes off with L-3
The U.S. Navy has awarded L-3 Communications Inc. a $32 million contract for a flight simulation and training package.
DOD still struggling with radio-frequency spectrum use
More than a decade after a study examined DOD's use of radio-frequency spectrum, the agency still struggles with how to manage the finite resource.
11 trends from 2006
Readers can follow these links to GCN's 2006 coverage of a variety of information technologies, and how they could affect operations in the years to come.
DOD goes with Unisys for health care deal
The Department of Defense has awarded Unisys Corp. a contract to configure commercial software solutions for billing and accounts receivable operations.
WiMax threatens DOD radars, officials say
As commercial long-range wireless systems proliferate, DOD needs to find a way to share spectrum, both internationally and at home.
DOD needs more than a few good spectrum managers
The Army is developing a primary Military Occupational Specialty for spectrum managers and wants to have two managers in its brigade combat teams instead of one.
Tiered storage
Dividing storage resources into multiple layers offers both cost and performance advantages.
Browser Wars 2.0
New Explorer and Firefox versions take the field; both win.
And the best of the best is ...
The GCN Lab found one product that not only was the best in its class, but one that might just be on the forefront of change for an entire industry.
The top six of 2006
In 2006, the GCN Lab reviewed hundreds of products. Only 40 contenders received the coveted reviewer's choice designation. Of those, six really were the best of the best.
HHS call for e-health records answered
Several large companies are collaborating to develop Web-based employee personal health records.
USPS expands sorting technology to flats
The Postal Service today announced two new technology contracts and that it received approval to expand mail-sorting technology to flats from only envelopes.
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