Digital Government

Interior sites stay unplugged

About 6 percent of the department's systems remain disconnected from the Internet

Digital Government

Funding issues delay STARS' launch

Financial constraints may force controllers to wait to use STARS

Digital Government

FAA speeds e-mail transition

Agency moves 40,000 employees to a Lotus Notes-based system in nine months

Digital Government

Interior offices still disconnected

Several of the systems support the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Office of the Special Trustee

Digital Government

Funding slows STARS rollout

Financial constraints may force air traffic controllers to wait to use STARS

Digital Government

BLM workers to get smart cards

Bureau of Land Management plans to equip its 13,000 employees with smart cards

Digital Government

Small biz gets Energy support deal

National Nuclear Security Administration awards IT and support services contract

Digital Government

Air traffic control status changes

Air traffic control has lost its inherently governmental status in latest inventory under the FAIR Act

People

Biometrics urged for border

NIST report calls for security that incorporates fingerprint and facial-recognition technologies

Digital Government

IT aids NASA search for shuttle clues

IT is taking a prominent role in solving the mystery of what caused the breakup of space shuttle Columbia

Acquisition

DOT closes doors of service center

The Transportation Department has disbanded the Transportation Administration Service Center

Digital Government

Doing something about the weather

Highway agency's tool predicts impact of bad weather on road conditions

Acquisition

DOT transfers TASC duties

TASC handled the day-to-day operations of the department's $10 billion ITOP program

Digital Government

Energy IT budget stays flat

The plan includes $2.508 billion for IT spending, $21 million less than last year

Digital Government

FAA awards Nexcom contracts

ITT, Harris to work on first phase of program to upgrade communications between pilots and controllers

People

Homeland agencies' funding mixed

Agencies will maintain a spirit of uniqueness and will continue work on projects that are under way

Digital Government

Safety runs through DOT budget

Transportation earmarks $37.7 billion for intelligent highway systems and airspace modernization

Digital Government

Interior aims millions at trust fund

Budget plan allots nearly a half-billion dollars to continue efforts to fix the trust fund system

Digital Government

NASA plans spending on mix of IT

Proposal includes money for communications, satellite and aviation programs

Digital Government

EPA IT shop gets healthy boost

Agency's IT budget increases by $42 million