Feds feel bite of cybercrime
There is something about the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. that seems to attract cybercrime.
N.Y. controllers use new FAA system to reduce air space between transoceanic flights
An air traffic system that allows controllers to reduce space between aircraft flying over U.S. oceanic air space is now fully operational at the New York Air Route Traffic Control Center.
J-UCAS receives first release of common operating software
There are three build deliveries for the software, which keeps the Joint Unmanned Combat Air Systems program on schedule for its interoperability software demonstration later this year.
Defense extends videoconferencing contract with AT&T subsidiary
The Defense Department has granted a 22-month, $26 million extension of a contract with AT&T Government Solutions for videoconferencing services.
Satcom industry presses for long-term buying
Eighteen months after the Government Accountability Office urged the Defense Deparment to consider changing its procurement procedures for commercial satellite services, industry is still waiting.
New DHS IT chief faces big challenges, impatient Congress
As the Homeland Security Department's new CIO, Scott Charbo faces tougher and more immediate challenges than most agency technology executives.
Education CIO to leave
Education CIO Bill Leidinger announced today that he would be leaving the department as of July 31. No successor has been named.
Williams to become deputy CIO at Agriculture
The Agriculture Department is getting a new deputy CIO just as its current one is leaving. Jerry Williams, the Small Business Administration's acting CIO, will start June 27.
Justice served with IT systems, services from SRA
The task order was awarded under the ITES-3 contract, a multiple-award vehicle for providing system development lifecycle services to federal agencies.
FRITB calls on SI International for call center, support services
The new call center will initially handle 30 percent of the call volume for the Thrift Savings Plan, and eventually will handle half of all phone traffic for the plan.
New Jersey chooses ACS for electronic benefits deal
ACS will provide transaction processing, call-center services, account management, Web-based transaction inquiry, online reporting, retailer management for merchants and automated teller machine access.
ICOM Act aims to improve first-responder communications
A bipartisan group of senators is co-sponsoring legislation to authorize $3.9 billion for a national architecture enabling first-responder agencies to communicate wirelessly.
Enterprise storage - it's SAN-tastic
Whether you're part of a large agency that has long dealt with massive storage requirements, or a smaller agency just beginning to buckle under the weight of accumulated data, the storage area network'in all its increasingly varied flavors'remains a popular solution
When is BIG too BIG?
With LCD prices dropping and quality improving, the CRT may soon be like the record player: a groovy reminder of the past but far outpaced by modern technology.
GSA names Shelton acting commissioner of new FAS
<font color="CC0000">(UPDATED) </font color>The General Services Administration has named Barbara Shelton to be the acting head of the new Federal Acquisition Service.
GSA extends Networx deadlines
<font color="CC0000">(UPDATED) </font>The General Services Administration is extending the deadlines for companies to respond to its requests for proposals for the FTS Networx procurement.
Navy contract for automated warehouse to General Dynamics
The Navy has awarded a contract to General Dynamics Corp. for the development and demonstration of a land-based, automated warehouse system to be used aboard ships.
The long arm of the Army's cybercrime unit
For three months last year, an Army soldier stationed in Afghanistan installed on more than 200 computers illegal software that captured users' keystrokes and, ultimately, caused about $25,000 in damage.
Rule could add new component to FAR evaluations
The proposed rule would authorize evaluation of a contractor's management of subcontracts, including whether it met small-business subcontracting plans.
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