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A bumpy landing?
The Federal Aviation Administration may have created expectations about satellite navigation that it cannot deliver, FAA officials say.
Modernization
The FAA Networks
Transportation's FTS 2001 strategy may dampen competition for $2 billion project
People
NASA restructures Mars management
Announcement comes after a report blames software problems and inexperienced project management for the loss of the Mars Polar Lander
Digital Government
DOT studying threats to GPS
In response to a presidential recommendation, DOT charged the Volpe National Transportation System Center with studying the vulnerabilities of its Global Positioning Systembased infrastructure
Digital Government
FAA goals may fall short
The cost and time needed to fix safety problems in the FAA's WideArea Augmentation System may lead users to decide the program is not worth continuing to a level that would permit landings in low visibility
Digital Government
Tuning up the warehouse
As government agencies cram their data warehouses with more information, federal information technology managers need to ensure those important decisionsupport systems don't get bogged down.
Digital Government
FAA slows GPS plans
The Federal Aviation Administration is pulling back the throttle on its muchbeleaguered satellite navigation program.
People
Feds' travel made easy
Federal workers will soon have an easier, faster and cheaper way to make travel plans, when the Transportation Department begins rolling out its new World Wide Web travel site in May.
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DOD takes loss in stride
The Defense Department is still committed to using commercial satellite services despite the loss of most of the Pentagon's multimilliondollar investment in the failed Iridium LLC satellite telephone system.
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Algorithm experts give WAAS advice
The panel will help solve problems with the FAA's $3 billion system
People
DOD out millions with Iridium
Defense had a contract with the satellite company for a telephone system, which won't happen because the company ceased business Friday
People
Transportation steering toward e-government
The agency announces several new World Wide Web sites where people can take care of business online
People
Navy takes pass on hot e-publishing technology
Saddled with an outdated electronic document system that wouldn't survive the Year 2000 rollover, the Navy's Trident II missile assembly contractor had to make a choice.
Digital Government
NASA's giant leap
NASA is taking a step in a new direction in replacing its financial information system, which has been unable to get past Step One for more than a year.
Digital Government
Security steers DOT plans
Transportation Department information technology investments should include risk criteria that specify how a security plan factors into an investment's cost and management, according to a version of the agency's Capital Programming Manual under review by DOT's operating units.
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NASA defends failures
NASA Administrator Dan Goldin said he blames himself for failures that may have resulted from his trademark 'faster, better, cheaper' approach.
Digital Government
A change in weather
The human factor will play the largest role in the Clinton administration's plan to reduce the number of weatherrelated delays that plagued air travelers last summer.
People
A work force at risk
Trouble attracting information technology workers while a large part of the federal work force nears retirement has raised concerns about the government's future work force.
People
Faster, better, cheaper OK
But two NASA reports recommend strengthening people, processes and technology used to carry out the philosophy
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