FirstGov wins $100,000 innovations award
After relaunching the FirstGov Web portal earlier this week, GSA yesterday won a $100,000 grant from the Institute for Government Innovation at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. <br>
Homeland information sharing improving, officials say
The Homeland Security Department's emerging enterprise architecture is beginning to harmonize information sharing, officials told the House Government Reform Committee this morning.<br>
Government should make information easier to get, lobbyists say
New federal e-government laws don't go far enough to codify and protect the public's access to government information, two information industry lobbyists said at the InfoToday 2003 conference.<br>
Kellogg says he will step down from Joint Chiefs C4 post
Army Lt. Gen. Joseph K. Kellogg yesterday said he plans to step down from his post as the director of command, control, communications and computer systems for the Joint Chiefs of Staff later this year. <br>
Wireless is an Army priority, CIO says
The military will rely more and more on wireless IT devices to improve mobility and bring information to warfighters faster, said Army CIO Peter Cuviello.
House passes nanotech R&D act
The House this afternoon approved a bill establishing a National Nanotechnology R&D Program.<br>
Microsoft's new server OS may take time to catch on with feds
Microsoft Corp. threw a launch party in Washington today for its Windows Server 2003. Some federal users who attended said government adoption of it will likely be less than speedy.<br>
Food safety agency slices, dices data
The Agriculture Department is using reporting software to get a hawkeyed view of the nation's poultry, egg and meat processing plants.<br>
GAO ruling puts Recruitment One-Stop in limbo
The Recruitment One-Stop project hit e-government purgatory after the General Accounting Office sustained a protest of the $62 million contract to revamp the usajobs.opm.gov site.
State and local governments can use IT Schedule contracts
Starting today, state and local governments can buy IT products and services through the Federal Supply Service's schedule contracts. <br>
Tracking troops in battle is still IT problem, Marine Corps officer says
Despite the use of upgraded troop-tracking software, protecting warfighters from friendly fire incidents has been a problem for the forces deployed to Iraq, a senior Marine Corps official said today. <br>
IRS official will oversee HSD's entry-exit system
James Williams, an IRS deputy associate commissioner, now is on detail at the Homeland Security Department to help with a system to track border crossers.<br>
FGIPC and IAC hire new director
The Industry Advisory Council and the Federal Government Information Processing Councils today named Joiwind Ronen as the new executive director of the organizations.
Air Force makes aircraft maintenance tracking wireless
Hill Air Force Base is beta-testing a wireless environment for the logistics applications it uses to track equipment for its aircraft.<br>
Group works on e-forms standards
A new team of government and industry officials will spend the next five months evaluating standards for electronic forms, a CIO Council member said yesterday.
Online extra: Biometrics testing photo gallery
GCN Lab technician Arthur Moser records dimensions and features of the Precise Biometrics smart card.
AT&T will keep running Medicare network
AT&T Government Solutions has received a $76.6 million contract to continue managing the data network supporting the Medicare and Medicaid programs for the next four years.
Daniels resigns as OMB director
Mitchell E. Daniels Jr., a force behind President Bush's Management Agenda, will step down as OMB director.
Aggregating data doesn't equate to sharing it, one expert says
Gathering information alone will not result in intelligence agencies meshing data and sharing intelligence, one intelligence analyst says.<br>
OMB will release more EA models within days
The Office Management and Budget is ready to release enterprise architecture reference models for the fiscal 2005 budget cycle.<br>
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