USAID business systems deal awarded to four firms
Four companies won a five-year, $90 million contract from the U.S. Agency for International Development to provide business systems modernization and strategic management consulting services.
Oregon awards Medicaid information system deal to EDS
Under the $73 million, seven-year-three-month contract, which includes three one-year options, EDS will build and maintain a new Medicaid system that will replace a 30-year-old legacy system.
The lowdown on HCM
<b>What is Human Capital Management?</b> HCM supports the notion that workers are valuable resources you can develop for mutual benefit.
The Human Factor
Human capital management starts with the idea'radical to some'that workers have value.
Two Worlds Collide: PDAs and smart phones come together
The definition of a personal digital assistant is in a state of flux, as digital organizers and cell phones start converging.
USDA shrinks incorrect food stamp payments via e-debit card
The Agriculture Department cut $1.4 billion in improper payments over five years from its Food Stamp program by implementing an electronic benefits card and aligning state and federal benefit criteria.
DHS poised to begin immigration IT makeover
Citizenship and Immigration Services expects to begin an acquisition for systems integration of the agency's data and case management by the end of this month.
Administration balks at Senate limits on DHS funds
The White House is objecting to the Senate's elimination of funds for use of commercial databases in DHS's Secure Flight passenger screening program.
OMB asks lawmakers to loosen up on e-gov funding
The administration once again is making its case to appropriators about why e-government is important to modernizing federal agencies.
Power User: In search of better search engines and tools
As basic as online search may seem, it remains an important tool in a government worker's information arsenal.
EPA writes an in-house FISMA tool
Faced with the task of complying with the Federal Information Security Management Act, the Environmental Protection Agency developed a tool to automate the evaluation and reporting processes.
Cyber Eye: Standards are needed to handle personal data
In my last column I referred to the loss of financial data about 3.9 million people as the largest incident of its kind 'as of this writing.'
IT reliability at stake during NASA launch
Government information technology vendors will be under the microscope tomorrow, during the first NASA space shuttle launch since 2003's Columbia disaster.
Storage World: Lots of serial on the shelves
At last month's Storage World Conference near Los Angeles, the exhibit floor was rife with serial-attached storage solutions.
The little cable that could
Get out the red pens and mark up your enterprise storage RFPs.
Editorial Cartoon
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Another View: Commercial innovation fosters modern warfare
One of the remarkable qualities of the information technology revolution is its ability to disperse benefits across mass markets with great speed.
EDITOR'S DESK: The fallacy of limits on municipal WiFi
Let's hope that Rep. Jim Sessions' latest legislative gambit goes nowhere.
Other DOT IT Projects
<b>En Route Automation Modernization Program</b>'An FAA program that will replace software and hardware in the main computers at 20 en route air traffic control centers which provide separation, routing and advisory information.
White House calls for unified R&D spending
Agencies should look at ways to combine their individual R&D efforts, including projects involving networking and computer science, the White House says.
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