Managing volunteers' safety
Web tracking app keeps Peace Corps' IG office abreast of cases around the globe
FBI signs on with Arabic translator service
The FBI now has access to an online service that its employees can use to screen TV broadcasts and receive alerts when specified words are used, either on English-language networks or networks broadcasting in Arabic.
Forest Service finalizes deal for Recreation One-Stop.gov
The Forest Service expects to provide consolidated reservation services by early next year, now that a bidder has settled the legal dispute over the award of the $97 million National Recreation Reservation System.
CMS hires vendors for claims, call center support
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has awarded a contract worth as much as $9 billion to six vendors for contact center operations covering general Medicare and claims inquiries among all CMS communications channels.
Feds reach for better readers
Current fingerprint technology is close, but agencies need smaller, faster machines.
PKI gets shot in the arm from HSPD-12
FIPS-201 and mandate give agencies means and motive to develop apps
OMB to grade agencies on health IT interoperability plans
The date reflects the timeline in an August White House executive order for agencies to include health IT interoperability standards, and quality and price transparency when they acquire and update systems for health data exchange.
OMB must sell e-gov to new 'in' party
If the White House couldn't sell e-government to its own party on the Hill, what chance will officials have now that the Democrats control Congress? According to industry observers and former government officials, it could be a pretty good chance.
Microsoft and Novell to play nice
Under a recently announced partnership between Microsoft Corp. and Novell Inc., agencies will benefit from Windows and Linux applications that will work together more seamlessly.
FAA telecom effort lifts off
More is riding on the Federal Aviation Administration's nearly $2 billion effort to upgrade its telecommunications network than just helping the agency save money and consolidate its existing communications systems.
Jeff Simpson | Another View: The Federal SOA Watershed
When it comes to looking at how to create new systems and processes to handle new requirements, government agencies won't be asking how to build or buy something new. Instead, they'll be asking what exists now that can be reused and shared among programs to get the best value for government dollars spent.
Attempts to recover money involve an uncertain legal landscape
Angela Styles is a partner and federal contract law specialist in the Washington office of Miller & Chevalier. She formerly was administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy. Her explanation of some of the intricacies of contract termination follows.
New rules for FBI's Sentinel project
The Senate Appropriations Committee's draft of the fiscal 2007 spending bill, HR 5672, that covers the Justice Department and the FBI, includes both legal requirements limiting the bureau's freedom in managing its biggest software project, and tart report language criticizing the bureau's IT performance and slow response to congressional information requests.
Senators to FBI: Get a VCF refund
The Senate's draft of the appropriations bill for the Justice Department and the FBI would order the bureau to use 'all means necessary' to try to recover funds from the vendor of its failed Virtual Case File project.
Interior launches FBMS in two bureaus, BLM next
The Department of Interior's Financial Business Modernization System is up and running.
Open-source intelligence moving to the fore
The development and sharing of open-source information may be the first arena where true collaboration among all the agencies in the intelligence community takes hold.
A younger federal workforce could influence tech choices
As younger workers come into the federal workforce, they will demand faster adoption of new technologies.
Education hires VeriSign to improve PIV card issuing
The Education Department already passed the Oct. 27 Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12 test, but now it wants to make issuing the cards easier.
Long view of IT oversight
FDA eases OMB 300 reporting requirements with portfolio management software.
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