Sun's McNealy eyes e-government
The new chairman of Sun Federal told GCN he's as busy as ever after stepping down as Sun's CEO: "The e-mail has been a little harder to keep up with."
Blade servers: Cutting edge
The market for blade servers is growing rapidly, especially for new installations, but also for those replacing older server farms. What's surprising is not that blades are soaring in popularity, but why it took so long.
Navy awards Sea Enterprise contracts
The Navy has awarded two contracts potentially worth more than $890 million for various IT support services under its Sea Enterprise program.
RFID resonates
Big organizations jump on board as radio frequency ID technology matures
Sun s McNealy to focus on e-government
Dressed in a hockey jersey and shooting pucks into the audience, Sun Microsystems chairman Scott McNealy said the biggest business opportunity is e-government.
Senate panel okays GSA reorg
The General Services Administration's pending reorganization inched closer to reality today after a key Senate committee cleared legislation that formally blesses the merger of the agency's Federal Supply and Technology services.
Air Force inks SmartBuy deal with Telos
The Defense Department late last week officially extended its enterprise software agreement with Telos Corp. for two of its titles to the rest of the federal government.
Feds may ask vendors to pay for security checks
<font color="CC0000">(Updated)</font> The federal government may ask contractors to help pay for processing security clearance applications for their workers, industry sources said following DOD's recent decision to temporarily stop processing clearances for contractors.
NOAA awards network ops work
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has awarded Merlin Technical Solutions a contract to install and maintain network operations hardware and software for the agency's Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services.
SAP launches new HR system
Targeting the increasingly complex task that federal agency human resources officials face, SAP Public Services today announced the release of SAP Human Capital Management for U.S. Federal Government Organizations (Federal HCM) as a new offering.
Management issues 'eroding' FAA telecom deal: IG
The Federal Aviation Administration's centralized telecommunications network is falling behind schedule and may not produce the savings and benefits the new system was expected to provide, the Transportation Department's inspector general said.
SBA names Liu CIO
The Small Business Administration has tapped 27-year government veteran Christine Liu as its new chief information officer.
FAA migrates traffic flow to Linux
The Federal Aviation Administration has migrated its Unix-based traffic flow management system to Linux, allowing the agency to purchase lower-cost commodity servers.
VA names supervisor for CIO's office
Veterans Affairs Department secretary James Nicholson named Robert Howard as supervisor of the Office of Information and Technology, effective today.
Avian flu could cripple telecom services, Internet
Results of a recent influenza pandemic simulation show that telecommunications systems could be overwhelmed, and the Internet could shut down within two to four days of an outbreak.
Air Force awards Wright-Patterson program work to DRC
The Air Force has awarded Dynamics Research Corp. contracts totaling $17.4 million sor support services at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.
DHS studies options for enterprise financials
The Homeland Security Department will decide in the next few months whether it will use existing legacy systems to establish an enterprisewide financial management system, according to a DHS procurement official.
As e-gov projects grow, feds seek performance metrics
If the White House's e-government initiatives are going to reach their stated goals, the government must establish new ways of promoting and touting the success of their initiatives.
Online Extra | New additions to the National Recording Registry
President Calvin 'Silent Cal' Coolidge now is keeping company with the likes of Fats Domino, Jimi Hendrix and the old fog horn at Kewaunee, Wis., in the National Recording Registry. These notables are among 50 subjects added recently by the Library of Congress to its registry of historically significant recordings.
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