Cadenas gets added VA responsibilities
The Veterans Affairs Department has named Pedro Cadenas Jr. acting deputy CIO and acting deputy assistant secretary for the Office of Information Technology, effective April 30.
The key word for successful cross-agency projects: governance
Tim Young, the associate administrator for IT and e-government for the Office of Management and Budget, wants agencies to put him out of a job.
Army awards contracts for standardizing desktops
The Army awarded nine contracts late yesterday under a $5 billion procurement vehicle designed to standardize desktop and notebook computer purchases.
Army awards $5B desktop, mobile PC buy
CDW-G, Dell and HP, and six small businesses have been tapped for the 10-year deal.
Symantec to leverage Intel's new virtual environment for security
Symantec Corp. of Cupertino, Calif., on Monday announced that it is building a virtual security solution that will use Intel Corp.'s new vPro technology to provide a layer of security outside of the desktop operating system.
States not prepared for '06 hurricanes
Eight hurricane-prone states still lack interoperable communications in the face of the 2006 storm season, according to a recent report from the First Response Coalition.
DARPA renews contract with CACI for program management
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded a four-year contract renewal to CACI International Corp. to continue providing acquisition, financial, programmatic and scientific technical assistance to the Information Processing Technology Office.
Energy promotes Hunteman to CISO
The Energy Department has picked a career cybersecurity expert as its new chief information security officer.
NIH taps BearingPoint for data warehouse work
The National Institutes of Health will rely on BearingPoint Inc. to support information systems the agency uses to produce business intelligence reports.
FTC, Apptis in deal for call center support
Apptis Inc. is expected to announce this week that the Federal Trade Commission has awarded a five-year contract worth more than $16 million to the company for a managed-service call center and related support.
Intel enterprise platform debuts
At a press conference held today, Intel CEO Paul Otellini unveiled their first enterprise platform brand. Named vPro, the new platform will include Active Management Technology, virtualization, the upcoming Conroe microprocessor and the Intel Core 64-bit processor into a business desktop.
In-Q-Tel head resigns
Amit Yoran resigned last weekend as CEO of In-Q-Tel, the CIA's independent venture-capital group, according to press reports today.
OFPP developing emergency contracting database
Robert Burton, acting OFPP administrator today said the Homeland Security Department and the General Services Administration are collecting information on contracts already in place that agencies could tap to buy products and services from in emergency situations.
USDA takes aim at infrastructure consolidation
Agriculture Department CIO David Combs' plan is to take the complex issues, worry and costs out of the hands of the department's agencies and offices, and let them concentrate on their mission priorities.
XO subsidiary looks for federal market
Nextlink is offering broadband wireless service to government agencies.
And another thing...
'This leaves me with no alternative but to challenge you to a public duel.'
THE COMMUNITY: Children's Inn benefit
The public and private IT sectors got together early this month at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington for 'A Night for the Children,' the ACFEA Bethesda Chapter's annual benefit for Children's Inn.
PACKET RAT: It takes a village to patch an OS
Microsoft's latest 'Patch Tuesday' fixes had the Rat and his crew scrambling to test the 10 patches before pushing them out to the unwashed masses, er, users.
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