Digital Government
Ruling sends agencies scrambling
A federal court ruling that blocks agencies from deleting important email and word processing files has government agencies hustling for ways to preserve their burgeoning digital archives. U.S. District Judge Paul L. Friedman ruled late last month that agencies cannot discard the electronic versio
Digital Government
EPA awards first pact to upgrade systems
The Environmental Protection Agency has awarded a fiveyear $259 million contract for telecommunications and computer support to Lockheed Martin Information Support Services the first of five contracts the agency plans to let during the next two years to maintain and upgrade its computing infrastru
Digital Government
GSA, Navy to test security of smart card applications
The General Services Administration and the Navy joined forces this month to develop new protocols for using smart cards. The agreement slated to be the first of several between GSA and other federal agencies is designed to test whether a single smart card a plastic card equipped with computer ch
Digital Government
Ten-year NARA plan could jeopardize preservation of government documents
The National Archives and Records Administration faces a long and difficult path to preserving the federal government's burgeoning computer records according to a 10year strategic plan published by the agency. According to the plan which was required by the Government Performance and Results Act i
Digital Government
Final revision to streamline, open up communications
A year after it was first proposed federal policymakers have issued their final revisions to Part 15 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation the rules that govern large negotiated procurements. The new regulations which become mandatory on Jan. 1 are designed to encourage more open communications be
Digital Government
Group drafts smart card plan
An interagency task force working on a federal policy for smart cards published last month a draft plan to deploy the cards governmentwide during the next four years. The Electronic Processing Initiatives Committee (EPIC) part of the President's Management Council of senior federal government execu
Digital Government
NIH details plan for online grants
The National Institutes of Health last week outlined a plan to automate the receipt of grant applications from researchers and the distribution of those applications to review panels. The plan described to a panel of scientists and grants managers from universities and research institutions is part
Digital Government
DOD to test IT system performance measures
The Defense Department last week launched a project designed to test its methods for measuring the performance of its information systems. Under the CIO Performance Executive Pilot Program Defense Health Affairs and the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) will spend nearly a year defining the best measu
Digital Government
Hewlett-Packard to ship plug-and-play CD drive
HewlettPackard Co. plans this week to begin shipping a new plugandplay compact disc drive designed to provide an alternative to floppy disks for storing large files. The HP SureStore CDWriter Plus would enable users to record data on CDRecordable (CDR) or CDRewritable (CDRW) discs. Although
Digital Government
GAO offers draft language for IT management guide
Before agencies can measure how well their information systems perform they should know what their goals are for the programs these systems support and be able to manage their internal information technology operations well according to a draft IT management guide that the General Accounting Office
Digital Government
NIH taps 45 to share $2B ECS II business
The National Institutes of Health awarded contracts last week to 45 vendors who will now compete for a potential $2 billion in business through the Electronic Computer Store II program. NIH chose the winners from an unprecedented 78 bidders who sought a piece of the governmentwide hardware and soft
Digital Government
White House promotes smart card app creation
The Clinton administration plans to convene a group of agencies that regularly work closely with the public to develop smart card applications for delivering frequently demanded services.'The problem is no one wants to go first " said Greg Woods deputy director of the National Performance Review i
Digital Government
Digital doc advice tops new agenda
The National Archives and Records Administration plans to reorganize its Office of Records Services and focus more attention on helping agencies to manage their electronic records. "We're trying to figure out the best way to get electronic records to permeate everything we do " said Michael Mille
Digital Government
Panel reaches accord to break GPO monopoly
The Office of Management and Budget has agreed with the Senate Rules and Administration Committee staff on a plan to revamp federal printing rules that would end the Government Printing Office's 102year monopoly on agency publishing. The proposed legislation which has not yet been drafted would le
Digital Government
IT feds ready to advise District of Columbia
When the District of Columbia financial control board hires a consultant to develop an information resources management plan for the city federal agencies are likely to be called on to help. 'We expect to participate in the crosscutting IRM discussion' that was mandated in the balancedbudget bill
Digital Government
NPR: Still more vision than reality
When Vice President Al Gore introduced the National Performance Review four years ago he envisioned federal agencies moving from 'an Industrial Age government to an Information Age government " reinventing themselves using information technology. Despite some progress the NPR still remains more a
Digital Government
Fed employees can test career skills online
A new system developed by the Office of Personnel Management would let federal employees and those who want to work for the government evaluate their skills and identify job opportunities in government agencies. Launched late last month USA Careers (www.usacareers.opm.gov) offers users online tests
Digital Government
NIH probes options for opening governmentwide contracts to D.C.
The National Institutes of Health is exploring whether it can allow the District of Columbia to buy information systems from NIH contracts after Department of Health and Human Services lawyers advised the agency it could not legally shepherd such purchases. The district wants to buy from at least t
Digital Government
SBA proposal would promote joint ventures
The Small Business Administration last month proposed waiving the rules that apply to small companies that form joint ventures in order to enable more of them to compete for large contracts. The plan included in proposed rules revamping the SBA's 8(a) minority business development program would app
Digital Government
EdgeMark inks BPA with NIH
The National Institutes of Health has awarded EdgeMark Systems Inc. Silver Spring Md. a blanket purchase agreement for highperformance workstations servers and scientific visualization software. Julia Kiraly a business development analyst with EdgeMark said the company will supply hardware from Si
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