OMB, GSA to push for bulk buys of software
The Interior Department estimates it will save $78 million by 2007 through enterprise licenses it holds for four software programs. The Navy expects similar savings from the more than 600,000 licenses it bought for personnel support software from PeopleSoft Inc. of Pleasanton, Calif.
USPS lights its way to CRM
The Postal Service expects to save up to $137 million over a decade with an integrated customer care management network it expects to complete by the end of next year.
County finds an easier way to post on Web
Prince George's County, Md., is using Rhythmyx content management software from Percussion Software Inc. of Stoneham, Mass., to pump press releases and other information onto the county's Web site, at <a href= "http://www.pgcounty.com">www.pgcounty.com</a>.
MPC throws its hat into the storage market
Desktop and notebook PC maker MPC Computers LLC, formerly MicronPC, last week entered the external storage market with the DataFrame 310fc RAID device for Fibre Channel environments and the DataFrame 310s hot-swap SCSI unit.
Mainframe has on-off capacity on demand
IBM Corp. has given its high-end mainframe server a modular architecture and virtualization technology to handle up to 30 logical partitions.
NSF planning a vast upgrade to infrastructure
BOSTON'The National Science Foundation is planning up to a $1 billion upgrade of the computing infrastructure supporting its research and engineering activities.
IT in terrorism exercise gets mixed reviews
The Topoff2 simulated terrorist attacks on Chicago and Seattle generated mixed results in the after-action analysis of emergency responders' IT readiness in the case of biological and chemical attacks.
This food safety agency dices and slices data
Since November, the Agriculture Department's Food Safety and Inspection Service has used a reporting application from ProClarity Corp. of Boise, Idaho, to give 300 employees a hawk's-eye view of 6,500 meat, poultry and egg processing plants.
Agriculture signs a deal for digital radios
The Agriculture Department has purchased a digital radio system that will extend communications across a large geographic area and deliver voice over IP, eventually allowing for data applications.
Bush nominates Daniels' replacement to head OMB
President Bush today nominated Joshua Bolten to replace Mitchell E. Daniels Jr. as the director of the Office of Management and Budget. <br>
FTS moves forward with new financial system
The General Services Administration's Federal Technology Service expects to launch its new financial management system this fall'more than a year since it awarded a contract to Unisys Corp. <br>
Air Force awards Titan GIS support contract
The Air Force today announced it has awarded Titan Corp. of San Diego a $69 million contract for geospatial information support services. <br>
Bantu IM sails with the Navy
Sometimes even e-mail isn't fast enough. On the heels of the Army Knowledge Online portal, Navy Knowledge Online has adopted an instant messaging product from Bantu Inc. of Washington.
Web agent has the answers
The smiling face of Phyllis welcomes visitors to the Defense Logistics Information Service'even in the middle of the night.
HSD aiming to save on software
In a move that could significantly reduce how much it spends on software, the Homeland Security Department plans to negotiate with some three dozen vendors to forge enterprise agreements that will cover all sales to the department, sources said.
Lawmakers press HSD on technology, cybersecurity
Members of a subcommittee of the House Select Committee on Homeland Security quizzed the department's undersecretary for science and technology on how they could channel vendor requests to the department.<br>
FGIPC honors two Defense programs
Two Defense Department medical programs have received 2003 Intergovernmental Solutions Awards from the Federation of Government Information Processing Councils. <br>
OMB: Business cases must relate to enterprise architectures for 2005
The Office of Management and Budget is raising the bar for business cases for fiscal 2005: Agencies must show strong links between their business cases and enterprise architectures for OMB to fund IT projects. <br>
DARPA deflects concerns over TIA by changing name
Defense Department efforts to collect and correlate personal information have raised concerns about potential privacy and civil rights abuses. So the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency changed the project's name. <br>
EPA plans to recycle online rule-making systems
When the Environmental Protection Agency finishes migrating all online rule-making systems to the Regulations.gov portal, more than 20 could be obsolete. But agency IT officials are looking at ways to reuse some of those systems. <br>
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