Digital Government
Weather satellites to deliver better data
A triagency program office led by NOAA is preparing to test new weather satellite technology in fiscal 2005 to help improve forecasts
Acquisition
Commerce commits to desktop outsourcing
Agency to kick off pilot project by selecting a vendor from a small business services contract
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Commerce commits to outsourcing
The Commerce Department, preparing to launch a desktop outsourcing pilot project this month, has decided to select a vendor from one of its own services contracts, rather than use the existing governmentwide seat management programs.
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NSF puts IT work force under the microscope
The National Science Foundation is funding research to help explain why women and minorities are underrepresented in the information technology work force and find out what might be done to change that inequity.
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Doing e-gov homework
You've slaved for months mapping out an ambitious e-commerce project that will both save the department money and deliver programs faster. Now comes the hard part: finding the money.
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Reform scores big with feds
Federal employees' overall job satisfaction is on a par with privatesector workers but is particularly strong among feds who work for agencies that have made 'reinventing government' a priority, according to the results of a new federal employee survey released last week.
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Feds feel job satisfaction
A survey shows that federal employees are especially happy in offices where reinvention is a priority
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Report: Keep NTIS open ? for now
The Commerce Department should keep its National Technical Information Service open at least for the shortterm a report released this month recommended to Congress and the administration
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Alan Balutis heads to NIST
Commerce deputy CIO will become director of NIST's Advanced Technology Program
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CIO czar concept gains momentum
Lawmakers last week announced support for a federal chief information officer to oversee how agencies create a digital government.
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'My GSA Advantage' coming this summer
Attention, government shoppers! The General Services Administration's online shopping site is getting personal starting Aug. 1.
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GSA details auction plan
Online auctions and socalled reverse auctions that allow multiple users to aggregate buys to get lower prices are all the rage in the private sector. The General Services Administration plans to test the online auction waters beginning next month, but it will have to convince vendors and users that it's a good move for government.
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Report calls for e-gov fund
A report by the Democratic Leadership Council's Progressive Policy Institute calls for a $500 million annual digital government fund and a federal chief information officer
Digital Government
SSA to test online service delivery
SSA and CommerceNet are working on the Government Services Channel Convergence Study/Pilot, which will be a foundation for future suites of services that SSA plans to take online.
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Government, industry conclude catalog pilot
Project shows it's possible for government users to search, order and pay for products from different online catalogs
Acquisition
Online auction plan gains momentum
Site would sell surplus collected from sources such as drug bust property seizures, assets from housing foreclosures and overstocked government inventories
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Agriculture CIO gets keys to IT
In a move designed to improve management of the Agriculture Department's modernization program, the department's chief information officer has been given direct responsibility for the success of key IT modernization programs.
Acquisition
GSA readies online auction site
The agency hopes to launch an online auction site by next month that will make it easier for agencies to buy IT
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Military tech workers fall out
Civilian agencies aren't alone in their trouble trying to retain technical workers in today's hot job market: The Defense Department is experiencing some of the same challenges.
Digital Government
Agriculture CIO gets keys to IT
In a move designed to improve management of the Agriculture Department's modernization program, the department's chief information officer has been given direct responsibility for the success of key IT modernization programs.
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