People
The key to ERP success
Federal Prison Industries Inc. will lock up its aging distributed financial management system May 30 and fire up a new enterprise resource planning system. No matter what. No contingency plan.
Digital Government
Easing financial reporting
The failure of many agencies to receive a clean audit statement this month has not necessarily been the lack of improvement to their financial information systems.
Digital Government
FAA plan clears air
Technology that will bring better information to pilots, air traffic controllers and airline passengers is a top priority in a plan announced March 10 by President Clinton and Transportation Secretary Rodney Slater.
People
FAA's spring plan clears the air
Technology that will bring better information to pilots, air traffic controllers and airline passengers is a top priority in a plan announced Friday by President Clinton and Transportation Secretary Rodney Slater
Acquisition
USAID taps AMS for financial software
The U.S. Agency for International Development on Thursday awarded American Management Systems Inc. a potential 10-year contract to install and support a global financial management system.
People
GAO stresses human factor
Without the proper tools to assess, attract, train and manage the federal work force, 'human capital systems' likely will earn GAO's highrisk designation
Digital Government
FAA says airlines must share strains of soaring air travel
The Federal Aviation Administration forecasts sharp increases in commercial air travel over the next 12 years and calls on airlines to add capacity, ease congestion
Acquisition
FTS 2001 not FAA's route
The Federal Aviation Administration plans to outsource its air traffic telecommunications, but it is unable to use the governmentwide FTS 2001 telecom contract.
People
Trillions and trillions of computations
The first components of one of the world's fastest computers, the terascale supercomputer funded by the National Science Foundation, should be operational by February 2001
People
Curiosity counts
Ask Ruzena Bajcsy what she likes to read, and expect her to leap to her feet and grab a hefty book from the shelves in her office. On this occasion, 'The Universal History of Numbers: From Prehistory to the Invention of the Computer' by Georges Ifrah has her excited.
Acquisition
Internet procurement a 'go'
NASA is harnessing the Internet to simplify contract management and keep contract managers aware of the latest in acquisition rules and regulations.
Digital Government
NASA deal to ease FAA integration
CSC, Raytheon win a $150 million contract to integrate NASA's air traffic management products at the FAA
Digital Government
People factor critical, FAA says
To get the most out of advanced technology, it's important to consider how people will handle it, an agency official told a House subcommittee Wednesday
Digital Government
Prisons lock up ERP implementation
Federal Prison Industries, also known as Unicor, will be the first organization to implement the latest version of SAP America's ERP software
Digital Government
FAA telecom contract worth nearly $2 billion
The agency's Telecommunications Infrastructure program will replace its scattered networks with a consolidated, leased service
Digital Government
Interior opts for SAP's ERP
The department joins a growing number of federal agencies adopting commercial enterprise resource planning solutions for human resources and financial systems
Digital Government
Federal navigation plan released
The 1999 Federal Radionavigation plan calls for two more Global Positioning System signals for civil use and integration of GPS into aviation navigation
People
Air Force takes another look at GPS deal
Changes to Boeing Co.'s current contract could open the door for competitor Lockheed Martin Corp.
Digital Government
NASA's outsourcing effort influences Navy
NASA's Consolidated Space Operations Contract is setting an outsourcing example for other agencies, including the Navy.
Digital Government
No more working on the WAN
One major accomplishment during the first year of NASA's 10year outsourcing plan was turning over its widearea network to a private contractor.
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