GAO launches new portal for Antideficiency Act reports
The Government Accountability Office has launched a new Web portal providing easier access to find and track Antideficiency Act reports.
Scales: Enhanced troop training central to future military
The next focus of military planning should be on the "human, cultural, cognitive era of warfare," according to a former president of the Army War College.
NFC IT heads back to New Orleans
National Finance Center director Jerry Lohfink moved back to his New Orleans office this week, but NFC's data center will remain at its backup location near Philadelphia until a new center is completed in June.
Census updates geospatial data with Avineon
The Census Bureau awarded Avineon Inc. of Alexandria, Va., a $3 million contract through the vendor's partnership with Harris Corp. to provide geographic information systems support to improve the accuracy of the bureau's address database.
Santana leaves DHS, joins Energy
Catherine Santana, formerly program manager for the foundering Emerge 2 financial management project at the Homeland Security Department, has moved over to the Energy Department.
OMB plans guidance for financial management LOB
The Office of Management and Budget will develop performance measures and guidance by the end of March for agencies moving to shared-services providers under the financial management LOB.
GSA awards FedBid contract for online auction services
The General Services Administration has awarded FedBid Inc. of Vienna, Va., a five-year contract to provide online reverse auction services for the government.
Admiral: 'Commonality of systems' vital to military communications
Among the problems revealed as a result of hurricanes Katrina and Rita was that the National Guard and Reserves struggled to communicate with other federal, state and local organizations, according to the assistant secretary of Defense for reserve affairs.
Pepoli elevated to acting CIO in Massachusetts
Bethann Pepoli, chief operating officer in the commonwealth's IT Division, will guide the agency until a permanent CIO can be found.
Texas city hires Northrop Grumman for wireless infrastructure
Corpus Christi, Texas, has awarded Northrop Grumman Corp. a contract to build citywide broadband wireless infrastructure and an automated meter-reading system.
PTO examiners to gain more access to open-source code
The Patent and Trademark Office has created a partnership with the open-source community to ensure that patent examiners have access to all available evidence relating to software code during the patent examination process.
Military brass convenes to discuss QDR
Top U.S. military commanders are in Washington this week to meet with senior Pentagon officials about the upcoming Quadrennial Defense Review.
Data Reference Model 2.0 and the role of metadata
GCN Senior Writer Joab Jackson will moderate an online forum today from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. EST with <b>Brand Niemann</b>, chairman of the Federal CIO Council Semantic Interoperability Community of Practice. Niemann helped draft the second version of the Data Reference Model, the Office of Management and Budget's own framework for interagency sharing of information.
OMB delivers report to better sell e-government
The Office of Management and Budget submitted its mandated report to Congress Friday detailing the spending and benefits of all 25 e-government and five Line of Business Consolidation projects, hoping to sell lawmakers on why these initiatives are important.
FBI terrorist task force director Tanner retires
Mark Tanner, the former director of the FBI's Foreign Terrorist Tracking Task Force, has joined Collabraspace Inc. of Annapolis, Md., as business director for law enforcement and homeland security.
Davis: When it comes to IT buys, Congress in a 'straitjacket'
House Republican leader touts competitive sourcing and laments IT procurement at the CES Government conference in Las Vegas.
Of Google, gadgets and government CIOs
At the first-ever CES Government conference in Las Vegas, information sharing and electronic health records were top-of-mind.
FAA names Bowen as new CIO
The Federal Aviation Administration has tapped David Bowen as its new CIO and assistant administrator for information services.
Online Extra: Data cleaning 101
So your office has three databases, and each one has a different spelling of one individual's name. Here's how to clean that data up:
Marines' Shea: Demystify net-centric warfare, keep threats in mind
Meeting the military's network-centric challenges must not trump vigilance toward IT threats, according to the director of command, control, communications and computer systems for the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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