DISA plans bandwidth expansion to 10 Gbps
A key component in the Defense Department's transformation plans is its project to increase communications capacity'by name, the Global Information Grid Bandwidth Expansion.
Enterprise architectures beginning to take shape
An enterprise architecture is, to some degree, in the eye of the beholder. 'It's a strategic knowledge base and planning tool,' said Debra Stouffer, chief technology officer of the Environmental Protection Agency.
A-76 isn't popular, but it saves money
You don't have to look far in government procurement circles to find someone with a bad word to say about the Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76.
Who's in charge of IT now?
Current IT leaders in the White House, cabinet departments and other key agencies:
FAA outsources, creates PBO
The Federal Aviation Administration has taken a significant step toward creating a performance-based organization (PBO) in its Air Traffic Services division with an outsourced collaborative business system.
When a crisis blows in, cool heads will prevail
Neal Shelley stopped in to see his boss, Michael Selves, at the Army's Information Management Support Center at the Pentagon for one of their regular morning meetings. It was about 8:30 a.m. that fateful Sept. 11. A little more than an hour later, after Shelley had returned to his office on the other side of the building, disaster struck.
NEA applauds a smooth upgrade
Mike Burke was surprised last year when the National Endowment for the Arts upgraded an obsolete Cobol system to a platform-independent, distributed computing environment.
DFAS tidies up stovepiped landscape
When the Defense Finance and Accounting Service was created in 1991, it took shape as an electronic Tower of Babel: 324 systems, dispersed around the globe and speaking in different tongues, to serve Defense Department agencies and the military services.
Bob Dickson leaves State for private sector
Robert B. 'Bob' Dickson has left his job as executive director of the State Department's Bureau of Administration to join Acquisition Solutions Inc. of Chantilly, Va.
Survey finds federal sites, while not perfect, are showing progress
Progress toward electronic government and e-commerce is often described as slow, being shackled with security concerns, technological hurdles and shallow funding pools. But it has nevertheless been steady, according to a wide-ranging study by Brown University's Taubman Center for Public Policy.
Edward Dancy Jr., a FGIPC founder, dies
Edward D. Dancy Jr., who helped pioneer remote access systems while with the General Services Administration and was a founder of the Federation of Government Information Processing Councils, died Tuesday in Pensacola Beach, Fla., where he had lived for the past 10 years.
Kansas outsources its Medicaid system
The state of Kansas will upgrade its Medicaid Management Information System under a six-year, $160 million outsourcing contract with Electronic Data Systems Corp.
Maryland opens a new portal
The state of Maryland today unveiled Maryland.Gov, an Internet portal to an array of state information, forms and services, as well as useful commuter and home owner tips.
DOD would share airwaves with emergency crews
The Defense Department is willing to allow limited use of its radio bandwidth by public safety workers, a department report told Congress yesterday.
Commerce will expand its R&D funding program
The Commerce Department has issued a six-point plan for improving its Advanced Technology Program, a public-private effort to develop high-risk technology projects.
Bush approves new panel for science advice
President Bush last week signed an executive order creating the President's Council of Advisers on Science and Technology, a group made up almost entirely of private industry and academic advisers.
Bush forming panel of science, technology advisers
President Bush yesterday signed an executive order creating the latest incarnation of the President's Council of Advisers on Science and Technology, a group made up almost entirely of private industry and academic advisers.
IRMCO plays out 40 years of the future
The Interagency Resources Management Conference celebrated its 40th anniversary recently by going 'Back to the Future' at its opening dinner in Hershey, Pa.
Hacker vs. hacker: a war over a word
When someone initiates a virus, defaces a Web page, breaks into a system or commits another computer crime, everyone knows what to call the perpetrator: a hacker.
E-bidding has USDA on a roll
When two agencies within the Agriculture Department decided to create an electronic bidding system, they used something old to make something new: an interactive Web application running on a Cobol mainframe system.
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