Education extends contract supporting student aid program
The Education Department awarded Accenture LLP a three-year, $179 million contract extension for operation and maintenance of the Office of Federal Student Aid's Direct Loan and Pell Grant processing system.
WiFi tries double time
Tweaks to 802.11g access points make them better, but still not as fast as advertised
FDA is right at home with VOIP
The Food and Drug Administration has begun consolidating headquarters staff on a new Maryland campus that will provide state-of-the-art facilities for administrators and scientists.
GCN Insider: The un-BlackBerry
Good Technology Inc. has introduced Good Mobile Defense, a security platform for locking down handhelds running Good's wireless messaging services.
Tech brief: Wireless kit available
Members of the Digital Communities Initiative last month launched its first product, the Land Management Starter Kit.
When are supercomputers really super?
When the Energy Department's National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center went shopping for a new mid-sized supercomputer, processor speed was a critical factor, as expected.
INTERNAUT: LOB impact? You ain't seen nothing yet
Just when federal agencies thought they were catching up with the Office of Management and Budget's six existing Line of Business initiatives, they now have three more LOBs to consider.
THE COMMUNITY: Meagher makes a move, and 'Jump Start' gets a boost
Friends, colleagues and well-wishers marked Ed Meagher's move last month from the Veterans Affairs Department to the Interior Department with a reception in Washington. Above, Meagher, at right, and his wife, Toni, talk with former VA secretary Hershel Gober.
Life imitates art'not for the better
Presidents Day is more than a congressionally mandated excuse for zero-percent car financing. It's more than just a federal holiday acknowledging all our past commanders-in-chief.
Navy puts NMCI under a new program executive office
The Navy-Marine Corps Intranet program no longer needs the watchful eye of the assistant secretary of the Navy to ensure that the program is making progress.
NARA goes easy on 'transitory' e-records
The National Archives and Records Administration has issued a final rule on short-term electronic record-keeping, including e-mail, that seeks to maintain records without overburdening workers or e-mail systems.
When companies merge, agency partners change
Government officials often take the good with the bad when it comes to private-sector mergers and acquisitions.
Mass. still closing in on open standards
When Massachusetts CIO Peter Quinn resigned in December, citing political turmoil that threatened to derail the state's adoption of an open-standards format for software, the behind-the-scenes battle over open standards went public.
Revenue woes lead GSA to freeze its own hiring
A decline in business revenues, particularly in the IT Solutions program, has led the General Services Administration to impose an agencywide hiring freeze and consider offering early retirement packages in two divisions, according to administrator David Bibb.
GSA to link Alliant to enterprise architecture
After months of delays, reanalysis and industry speculation, the General Services Administration unveiled a few new tweaks to its highly anticipated governmentwide IT services contract, Alliant, last month and promised to award the vehicle by next summer.
FDA gets enterprising with new search tool
Scientists who review new drug applications for the Food and Drug Administration face a long, winding road in finding all the information they need. FDA has 23 searchable libraries or databases, containing more than 5 million documents and 34GB of indexes.
PTO ruling gives BlackBerry users hope
Although the threat of an injunction still looms, federal users of the popular BlackBerry devices are breathing easier after a federal judge decided not to impose an immediate shutdown of the wireless service for their beloved handhelds.
Proposed Defense HR system suffers setback
Judge Emmet G. Sullivan of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that several portions of the National Security Personnel System that dealt with labor relations were illegal.
Deals & Deadlines
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy is asking agencies about their use of interagency contracts, including the types and number of contracts departments are using.
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