Missile Defense Agency in pact with CSC for support services
The Missile Defense Agency has awarded a $243 million contract to Computer Sciences Corp. to provide engineering and technical support to the Ground-based Midcourse Defense Joint Program Office.
NFC's preparation paid off when Katrina hit New Orleans
Hurricane Katrina was bearing down on New Orleans just as the National Finance Center prepared to add 60,000 Transportation Security Administration and Coast Guard employees to the payroll system.
Will COOP mean more managed services?
Recent natural disasters have taught a harsh lesson about the possible risks of losing not only a primary data site, but also the people who run it.
DISA sustains DOD's communications when disaster strikes
The Defense Information Systems Agency is the IT backbone of the Defense Department's continuity-of-operations plan.
Disaster procurement rules are clear, but agencies are not always prepared
The government's ability to quickly recover from a disaster is, in part, reflected in how fast and how aptly agencies procure goods and services.
Shelter from the storm
The attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and this year's hurricane season are clear examples of the ripple effects a crisis can have on government operations.
Health IT network prototypes to try real-world data uses
The Health and Human Services Department this month awarded $18.6 million in contracts to four groups of health care and health IT groups to develop four prototypes for a nationwide health information architecture'the final piece of the health IT foundation.
OMB looks at shared-service plan for IT security functions
The Office of Management and Budget has lifted the veil on the next set of standardized functions that shared-service providers will supply across government.
GSA readies the gauntlet for agencies' smart cards
With a deadline for having interoperable smart cards a year away, most agency officials expected the General Services Administration to set up a lab to test cards and card readers.
System security is job one for new DOD CIO Grimes
Just two hours after he was sworn in as the new Defense CIO, John Grimes sat at a table in his Pentagon office, getting used to the constant rings of his BlackBerry.
People on the Move
<b>Tony Montemarano</b>, who guided the Defense Department's Global Information Grid-Bandwidth Expansion program to a successful conclusion, is moving on to a new job.
DOD transformation advocate Cebrowski dies
Retired Navy Vice Adm. Arthur K. Cebrowski, widely credited across the Defense Department for coining the term 'network-centric warfare,' died earlier this month after an extended illness
IG sees disaster lurking in FEMA data security
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is not adequately protecting its core databases containing sensitive disaster relief information, according to a new report from Homeland Security Department inspector general Richard L. Skinner.
GPO getting closer to digital storage system
The Government Printing Office is finalizing a solicitation for a chief contractor that will do the heavy lifting for the agency's massive content management and data storage modernization project.
HHS signs up Unisys to help standardize IT
The Health and Human Services Department has hired Unisys Corp. to guide the department toward IT standardization.
GAO says the USAjobs job goes to Monster
The Government Accountability Office may finally have ended the two-year saga surrounding the refurbishing of the <a href="http://USAJobs.gov">USAJobs.gov</a> Web site.
The automated fix is in for DOD patches
For the first time, 500 million Defense Department computers on the Global Information Grid will automatically have software vulnerabilities patched as soon as the fix becomes available.
Methods of Execution
Now that government agencies are getting a handle on aligning IT portfolios with business goals, here comes the hard part: execution.
DISA exec is upbeat about IPv6 and VOIP
The Defense Information Systems Agency is moving to a converged voice, video and data network, and spearheading the migration to the latest Internet protocol.
Appropriations activity heats up as Senate considers extension
The House passed a second continuing resolution that, if approved today by the Senate, will keep the government open through Dec. 17.
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