People

GILS could soon get the boot

Feds have proposed dropping little-used search standard

Digital Government

Bipartisan R&D bill arrives next week

Provisions include a grants program to provide graduate fellowships for scientists and engineers.

People

Preserving records in cyberspace

Experts say feds can learn from state archivists

Modernization

Sandia stocks up on supercomputers

Sandia National Laboratories dramatically increasing its computing capacity for national security with system called 'Thunderbird.'

People

Your inbox is full

Constituent e-mail and form letters flood Capitol Hill lawmakers

People

NARA earns accolades from GAO

NARA's effort to save government records in any format and make them available on future hardware and software is moving full speed ahead, a GAO report says.

Cybersecurity

OMB seeks R&D on supercomputing, cybersecurity

The Bush administration makes high-end computing and cybersecurity priorities in a memo on fiscal 2007 research and development goals.

Modernization

IT reliability at stake during NASA launch

Silicon Graphics Inc. and Nortel PEC equipment are vital components of the Discovery shuttle's mission.

People

GAO: FAA too tight-lipped on budget

A report released today states that Federal Aviation Administration officials should clearly identify trade-offs they are making to reach their budget targets.

Digital Government

G8 gives nod to U.S.-led project

World leaders endorse Global Earth Observation System of Systems for use in industrialized and developing nations.

People

Health agency ready for digital IDs

HHS to verify electronic documents' authenticity.

Modernization

Vendors await FAA telecom plan

Contractors say the FAA is delinquent in providing FTI transition plan.

People

House budget threatens DOT CIO

Last minute amendment takes money from CIO, R&D and other programs to cover Amtrak operations.

Modernization

Glitches in FAA system

An air traffic controller association alleges that there are safety problems in new information technology system are being ignored.

Digital Government

NASA, NOAA seek the origins of hurricanes

Research in Costa Rica could help forecasters understand why some oceanic thunderstorms become tropical cyclones.

Digital Government

President pulls the plug on PITAC

Failure to renew the IT advisory committee raises concerns about research budgets.

Modernization

Lose the file cabinets

New PDF/A standard preps electronic documents for long-term archiving.

Digital Government

NSF seeks broad Internet research agenda

Some science officials say it's time to rethink the Internet's architecture.

Digital Government

Bush dissolves IT advisory group

The President's Information Technology Advisory Committee has been shut down.

People

SEARCH sponsors try again

Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) and Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) reintroduced legislation that would fund a Servitude and Emancipation Archival Research Clearinghouse.