People

NARA readies e-archiving RFP

NARA will post the RFP for its massive Electronic Records Archive project next month.

Acquisition

ACS wins $1 billion education deal

The company will create a single system for the Federal Student Aid program.

People

Industry input sought for DHS tech infrastructure

Homeland Security officials want companies to comment on the department's enterprise architecture.

People

Homeland Security network solicitation planned

Officials expect the Homeland Security Data Network to be running by the end of 2004.

People

DHS to fund state, local pilots

Federal officials seek proposals from state and local governments for small, collaboration pilot projects.

People

DOD develops acquisition management system

It's supposed to help officials oversee IT investments.

Acquisition

OMB tightens business case requirements

The business cases for fiscal 2005 are better than the ones from the previous year, but there will still be plenty of instructions for improvements, an official said.

Acquisition

Politics threatens procurement reforms, Kelman says

The man who once led federal purchasing policy fears improvements could be undone.

People

USDA tests new ways to listen

E-gov advisory council will help agency with system development

Digital Government

FDA moves food data faster

New system registers food distributors

Digital Government

Agriculture to create e-gov advisory group

Nine people will sit on the USDA Technology and eGovernment Advisory Council.

Digital Government

Feds need coordination on high-end computing

So say a panel of experts at an IBM-sponsored event.

People

DHS tech group goes full throttle

Moves fill R&D jobs for anti-terror tech

People

IRS: What ails modernization?

Four external reviews will help agency officials diagnose management problems

People

GovBenefits.gov expands offerings

Now it also has data on benefits in 20 states.

People

DHS workers brace for change

Plans in flux for pay and personnel system

People

IRS starts tax pro Web service

The agency says it can speed up the processing of a tax preparer application and cut down on errors.

Digital Government

Bush asks for Agriculture IT funding

The White House wants the Senate to reinstate more than $75 million for IT and homeland security at the Agriculture Department in 2004.

People

Treasury seeks better management through IT

Portfolio management, enterprise architecture and asset management can save time and money, Treasury CIO Drew Ladner says.

Digital Government

In the USPS we trust

In DHS we do not. Or so says a Privacy Trust Survey.