Digital Government

Energy managers get automated

The Energy Department has launched an integrated business management system

People

FAA, controllers strike tentative deal

Contract extension gives controllers the same raises as other federal employees

Digital Government

GAO: Tech plays homeland role

Creating a successful Homeland Security Department requires information technology and collaboration, according to the General Accounting Office

Digital Government

IG: FAA's bad projections costly

Poor cost estimating by the Federal Aviation Administration has delayed the deployment of a new weather system

Digital Government

Council advises architecture security

The CIO Council asks agencies to protect enterprise architectures and the information collected via EA tools

Acquisition

Coast Guard assessing enterprise ops

In Homeland transition, the Coast Guard is looking to get its IT infrastructure in order

Digital Government

Controllers protest privatization

National Air Traffic Controllers Association campaigns against 'commercial activity'

Digital Government

NASA contracts focus on Earth

Contracts awarded for investigations using remote sensing technology to study Earth

Digital Government

Indians seek delay of trust plan

Tribal leaders have asked Congress to delay approval of Interior's latest plan for the trust management system

Acquisition

GSA presents streamlining plans

Plans call for eliminating any overlap of contract and service offerings from FTS and FSS

Digital Government

Air traffic control center opens

Potomac Terminal Radar Approach Control eventually will manage about 5,000 flights a day

People

Allbaugh leaving FEMA in March

Director will depart after helping the agency move to the new Homeland Security Department

People

EPA steps toward e-rulemaking

EPA to unveil first stage of a system that will make it easier for the public to comment on proposed rules and regulations

Digital Government

Air traffic control at 'end of era'

Aerospace Industries Association leader calls for renewed modernization efforts

Modernization

NASA awards communications deal

Firms will develop high-speed network for secure communications among NASA facilities

People

Air traffic control 'commercial'

FAA declares air traffic control a commercial activity, instead of an inherently governmental function

People

Passenger ID system makes progress

TSA awards contract for system that will perform background checks and risk assessments

Digital Government

Airlines try new route

Subtle changes in the airline industry have potentially significant implications for the FAA's transformation

Digital Government

The FAA wants to avoid delays

But problems outside its control could slow modernization

Digital Government

In the works

Some of the major programs in the pipeline at the Federal Aviation Administration