Modernization
Interior edges closer to voice over IP
Interior is finishing its first major installation of a hybrid voice-over-IP telephone system.
People
Content is king for fed webmasters
About 350 managers from more than 30 government agencies gathered to share best practices from standout sites.
Acquisition
GOP tech agenda includes health IT, acquisitions
Electronic health records and competitive acquisitions have formally appeared on the list of information technology priorities for House Republicans.
Modernization
Dell offers PC recycling bin
For a price, some companies will send "e-cycling" teams to dispose of old machines and destroy stored data.
People
Committee vice-chair: Fund e-records research
Lawmakers expressed strong backing for the 70-year-old National Historical Publications and Records Commission, said Bruce Craig, director of the National Coalition for History.
Modernization
Feds look, but don't touch
Free desktop search engines must be more secure before federal agencies adopt them en masse, analysts and government officials say.
People
Librarians air frustrations
Plans for the GPO's future digital system were an issue at the Depository Library Council meeting.
Modernization
House signs off on supercomputing
The measure would create a new federal supercomputing boss, but would not make any new money available.
People
Santorum: Keep NWS out of data distribution
Sen. Rick Santorum wants the National Weather Service to stop disseminating data that could be provided by commercial entities.
Acquisition
OFPP puts future of GWACs in doubt
The future of NASA's Scientific and Engineering Workstation Procurement III is cloudier than ever now that GAO has placed those inter-agency contracts on its high-risk list.
People
Feds set timetable for acquisition certification
The Federal Acquisition Institute will work with the Defense Acquisition University to develop a certification program by Jan. 1, 2006.
Digital Government
Interior shuts down BLM Web site
Interior’s inspector general issued a report warning that the agency’s information technology systems are vulnerable to cyberthreats.
People
Librarians face existential crisis
The rise of electronic documents has Federal Depository librarians questioning their rationale for being.
Cybersecurity
Land Management takes site down
Interior shut down the Bureau of Land Management Web site after an inspector general identified vulnerabilities.
People
USGS wants to breathe life into GILS
Some feds are pushing for a requirement that federal search vendors ensure their products work with the latest Global Information Locator Service standard.
Digital Government
SI International gets GPS work
The company will get $11.5 million for supporting the Global Positioning System.
Digital Government
NASA awards supercomputer work
Advanced Management Technology Inc. will get $49.4 million to provide technical support to Ames' Advanced Supercomputing Division.
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