Acquisition

Raytheon protests FAA competition

Raytheon has filed its second protest against an air traffic modernization project

Digital Government

Near miss no big deal

Like a car zooming past a driver's blind spot, a space rock whizzed near Earth last month without anyone noticing

People

Minerals Management gets go-ahead

Interior agency was disconnected from the Internet in December and has been unable to process payments

People

Interior contempt motion filed

American Indians maintain e-mail evidence destroyed in case over Interior's mismanagement of trust money

Digital Government

FAA opens contract for bids

The FAA opened competition for an air traffic modernization project, potentially worth $1 billion, that was the subject of a contract protest

People

FEMA.gov rises to the occasion

While many federal employees were evacuating their offices in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 11, the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Web team kept working. Within an hour of the terrorist attacks, the agency posted information on its site and updated it around the clock

People

Local connectivity

Officials in Arlington County, Va. -- home to the Pentagon, Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and 10 Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority subway stops -- are working to achieve regional interoperability

Digital Government

New math adds up to better landings

A better mathematical model will enable the FAA to guide pilots during landings in poor visibility with a level of precision not anticipated until 2005

People

FEMA's e-gov to-do list

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is the managing partner for the creation of a Web portal for all types of disaster assistance and crisis response, tentatively named DisasterHelp.gov

People

Reinventing FEMA

The agency has an expanded role after Sept. 11. State and city officials wonder if it's up to the task.

People

At a glance

FEMA's budget

People

NASA speeds up financial system

Decision acknowledges past problems with deploying an integrated financial management system

Digital Government

FAA opens contract for bids

Air traffic modernization project, potentially worth $1 billion, was the subject of protest

People

Vendors team up for airport security offering

Four vendors have teamed to offer a suite of applications to help secure the nation's airports

Digital Government

DOT to preserve GPS backup

DOT will maintain backup navigation capabilities to the satellite-based GPS

Digital Government

FAA refines guidance system

WAAS will provide precision guidance to 250 feet upon delivery in December 2003, two years earlier than expected

Digital Government

A smoother ride

Weather updates in the cockpit will help aircraft avoid danger spots

Digital Government

Norton embraces trust collaboration

While continuing to support a new Bureau of Indian Trust Asset Management, Norton has begun emphasizing the need for collaboration

Digital Government

DOT to maintain GPS backup

Transportation will maintain backup navigation capabilities to the Global Positioning System

People

FEMA creating central site for help

Web portal, one of the 24 e-gov initiatives, will pull together multiple systems for disaster help