E-government should stress customer service, report says
Accenture's latest e-government survey calls for greater use of customer relationship management techniques, metrics.<br>
Evans highlights CIO Council plans
The CIO Council's priorities for the coming year figured prominently in Energy Department CIO Karen Evans' presentation to the GCN Management Conference at FOSE today.<br>
DOD taps CSC for high-performance computing assist
The Defense Department has awarded Computer Sciences Corp. four task orders worth more than $82 million to support the Defense High-Performance Computing Modernization Program.
Open-source directory seeks info about government projects
The Center of Open Source and Government this fall will publish a directory of open-source projects within agencies and large companies.
Internaut: How agencies could use XML to ensure integrity of data
Who is the ultimate authority for government data quality? Chances are you trust the data you collect within your own agency. You 'sort of' trust other agencies' data, and you cross your fingers and hope for the best with everything else.
Expect tighter security at show
Visitors to the new Washington Convention Center can expect tighter security at FOSE this year, the event's organizers said Monday.
E-government, homeland security center stage at FOSE
How to take the next step in e-government portal services - including taxing, education and health-care records - is on the discussion agenda in the E-Town Theater sessions at FOSE's first day.
Oregon tests project to make data sharing easier
Geographic information system officials at the Oregon Geospatial Data Clearinghouse are testing a way to provide access to distributed data sets ' some of them geographic, some not ' over the Web.<br>
GSA and FGIPC launch newsletter
The General Services Administration and Federal Government Information Processing Councils produce a newsletter covering the latest procurement initiatives at the agency. <br>
Defense wants tool for fast access to enemy data systems
The Defense Department has awarded a research contract for a ruggedized portable system that warfighters would use to extract data from enemy forces' captured computers. <br>
DOD procurement chief: DFARS grants special buying authority for war
As the military battles on, Defense Department procurement officials can apply a special rule in the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement to speed buys supporting overseas operations.<br>
Springer is new OMB controller
Linda M. Springer was comfirmed by the Senate as the new controller of the Office of Management and Budget.<br>
GAO finishing up IT investment framework
GAO is finishing up the first full release of its IT Investment Management Framework.<br>
Air operations center gets speedy IT accreditation
Information systems at the Combined Air Operations Center in Qatar had to be certified and accredited before the center could begin directing air activity in Iraq. For SecureInfo Corp., it was a rush job. <br>
Defense ready to unify financial architecture
IBM Corp. is expected soon to release a financial enterprise architecture that will underlie the merger of about 1,800 disparate Defense Department money systems. <br>
DOD intelligence unit will begin operating in June
Stephen A. Cambone, the Defense Department's former director of program analysis and evaluation, is setting up an organization to better share intelligence information across DOD and with other agencies.<br>
Biometric standards gain more overseers
The International Committee for Information Technology Standards this week named four new task groups to rein in the proliferating methods and formats of biometric authentication.
DOD lays out enterprise architecture plans
The Defense Department next year will start integrating a common set of information services over the Global Information Grid.<br>
Packet Rat: Quel odeur! The Rat smells, well, a rat
'First we ate 'freedom fries,' ' the Rat growled. 'Now we've got congressional heartburn.'
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