DOD can't get out from under commercial satellites
In recent years, military leaders have been vocal about the need for the government to become less dependent on commercial satellites for communications. These days, however, the military appears to be singing a different tune.
IT managers eye multiple priorities: survey
Senior agency IT managers report their priorities are spread across a number of areas in fiscal 2006, including ensuring their agencies receive a significant return on investment for their systems, information security and the federal IT budget.
Agencies see value in EVM, but struggle to cash in on it
Although the government for the most part is embracing the concept of earned-value management, some agencies are going to be hard-pressed to meet upcoming Office of Management and Budget deadlines this month.
VA CIO resigns over pace of IT change
Veterans Affairs Department CIO Robert McFarland has often referred to his job at VA as that of a change agent. But with VA's leadership not moving fast enough for him on IT reorganization, McFarland has resigned effective April 30.
Agencies seek cure for project management woes
Project management challenges and the means of overcoming them remain at the forefront of senior federal IT leaders' agendas. Agency leaders soon will enjoy, or endure, additional oversight via the Office of Management and Budget's Program Assessment Rating Tool.
FBI to make Sentinel share information more easily
The FBI is taking steps to ensure its new case management system, dubbed Sentinel, will share information among the disparate systems at the Homeland Security Department, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and other agencies.
After delays, Senate set to move on GSA reorg bill
The General Services Administration's reorganization received some much-needed support last week when a key member of the Senate Appropriations Committee said he was satisfied with the agency's reorganization plan.
Defense's business transformation chugs forward
In sending Version 3.1 of its business enterprise architecture to Congress last week, the Defense Department took another incremental step toward better data standardization and interoperability.
Pragmatics lands Treasury deal
Pragmatics will provide IT services for the agency's Bank Supervisory Systems division.
Data sharing is the missing link to trapping money launderers
Agencies are beginning to share data they have collected and analyzed about money laundering and terror-financing activities, but they still have far to go, according to a recent Treasury Department report.
N.H. re-ups ACS for child support payment work
ACS will process support payments, handle employer electronic payments and offer full banking services through subcontractor Citizens Bank.
Utah counties, Tyler Tech seal deal for land records work
Tyler Technologies will integrate its EagleSoftware integrated land records solution to tightly integrate various county recorders, clerks, assessors, auditors and treasurer's offices.
Fla. city taps Intergraph for public safety needs
Intergraph will implement a multi-agency incident and response system that addresses records management, mobile computing and computer-aided dispatch.
When money moves
Investigating agencies, such as the Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network and IRS-CI, use analytic software that can dig deeper and more broadly through the sea of data to discern patterns of money laundering and terror financing.
Intelligence units mine the benefits of public sources
Sometimes the most useful information is in plain sight'as long as you know where to look for it.
Mercury Computer pitches game processor for military use
Although now chiefly known as the next-generation chip that will power the Sony PlayStation, the Cell processor may pick up additional duties in the U.S. military. Defense embedded systems vendor Mercury Computer Systems Inc. has incorporated the processor in a number of new blade servers and embedded units.
Capt. Fred Mingo: Calm heads prevail in crisis response
Mingo initiated a continuity of operations plan that kept Spawar in business when Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans.
FEMA officially taps Lee as acting deputy director of operations
The Federal Emergency Management Agency officially named Deidre Lee as its new acting deputy director of operations and said she will play a key role in the agency's procurement shop.
CMS awards $1.9 billion enterprise data centers contract
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services awarded a contract worth up to $1.9 billion over 10 years for the agency's new enterprise data centers.
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