People

Looking to fill TSA's HR gap

The agency may have to award an interim contract for a human resources management system

People

Inventories give insight to workforce

Agencies are releasing listings of jobs that could be outsourced and those that should stay in-house

People

Homeland e-learning group created

Group will focus on developing common e-learning tools for the Homeland Security Department

People

'FirstGov for Science' opens

Science.gov portal provides free access to a full range of science-related reports and databases

People

GSA tool to collect workforce data

GSA's Federal Supply Service is developing an automated tool to assess its employees' skills and training needs

Digital Government

OASIS forms e-gov XML group

A global standards consortium has formed a technical committee devoted to e-government XML standards

Digital Government

The Circuit

Homeland Shuffle; IT by the Numbers; No Purchasing Guarantee

Acquisition

GSA to lower fees

GSA is cutting fees by a quarter-percent for vendors selling products through Federal Supply Service schedule contracts

People

E-gov XML committee formed

New global technical committee is devoted to e-government XML standards

Acquisition

Fed rules may deter locals

Small biz procurement rules may make state and local agencies opt against using Federal Supply Schedules

Acquisition

GSA drums up e-Buy excitement

Agencies have posted RFQs on portal, but industry interest has been lower than expected

Acquisition

FSS fee reduction proposal due

GSA soon will issue proposed rule for lowering fee on Federal Supply Service schedules

Acquisition

SBA drafting classification rule

Rule would change the small-business classification period to a shorter term

Digital Government

New opportunities for NIST

Central to the Homeland and E-Gov bills is a potentially larger role for NIST

People

Bill pushes security, but no money so far

Funds to bolster security education and research are yet to come

People

Evans heads CIO Council

The federal CIO Council elected Karen Evans, CIO at the Energy Department, as vice chairwoman

Digital Government

GSA's center of activity

A long-term goal of FedCIRC has been to create a governmentwide security data analysis center

Digital Government

OMB finds security leverage

The Bush administration uses security law and funding threats to push agencies to offer security solutions

People

Homeland agency charged with outreach

Security strategy at risk if coordination fails

Digital Government

Infiltrating agency ops

Including security as a basic feature of every system and program isn't as easy as it sounds