Acquisition
NASA's outsourcing gamble a winner
NASA's intention to get out of the operations business and invest in cuttingedge technology is evident throughout the agency's 2001 budget proposal.
Digital Government
Network security problems at EPA "serious and pervasive"
Congressional auditors uncovered improperly configured firewalls, insecure password controls and other security gaps on Environmental Protection Agency systems that hold sensitive national securityrelated information
Digital Government
Can NSF become a model for paperless government?
National Science Foundation director Rita Colwell said the agency plans by the end of the year to have migrated 95 percent of all research proposals from paper to electronic form
Digital Government
Clinton budget to fund enhancements to civil GPS
If passed, a $66 million boost will accelerate deployment of new Global Positioning System capabilities and civil signals
People
$1.8 billion Air Force deal enters final phase
Lockheed Martin Corp. and TRW Inc. will go headtohead in the final selection phase of the Air Force's Integrated Space Command and Control contract
People
Air Force issues software BPAs
Twoyear, $300 million contracts are the latest offerings from the Air Force Standard Systems Group's Information Technology Tools program
Digital Government
The camera doesn't lie
FAA considers installing video recorders in certain planes to record information critical in case of a crash
Digital Government
Treasury shopping for software to manage Public Debt
The department has issued a request for information on commercial offtheshelf software packages that will manage administrative accounting and budgetary business functions
Digital Government
A CFO for the White House?
The Clinton administration's fiscal 2001 budget proposal, the last of President Bill Clinton's term, calls for the appointment of a chief financial officer to oversee the White House's finances
Digital Government
Science agencies in line for ultra-modern research tools
The nation's science agencies received a major boost in the president's fiscal 2001 budget proposal for basic research and information technology tools to conduct it.
Digital Government
FAA IT delays mount
A critical system that is part of the Federal Aviation Administration's plan to use satellite navigation is again behind schedule, FAA Administrator Jane Garvey told Senate members last week, adding to a growing list of modernization delays and funding concerns.
Digital Government
VA seeks cure for accounting woes
Facing the nightmare of transferring data from 48 software packages into its central accounting system, the Department of Veterans Affairs is planning a drastic move to replace its patchwork system with a single commercial financial management system.
Digital Government
VA's time line
The VA's current financial management system is a conglomeration of 48 systems.
Digital Government
FAA navigation system running late again
TWAAS, a system to improve aircraft's ability to make precision approaches and landings, has been delayed once again
Digital Government
Another airport seeing STARS
The FAA's new system to update air traffic control workstations is now up and running in Syracuse, N.Y.
Digital Government
Financial management upgrades a priority for OMB
Official says the federal government has a long way to go in its effort to keep track of money
Digital Government
Lockheed Martin announces cutbacks and corporate shuffle
The eightyear contract will provide a host of telecommunications services to federal agencies in and around the nation's capitol
Digital Government
Students to develop plans for Mars base
Competing over plans for a manned base on Mars, high school students will perform an exercise in technology development and government procurement at NASA's Johnson Space Center, Houston.
Digital Government
Robot finds four meteorites
With four days left to explore a remote area in eastern Antarctica, a robot using artificial intelligence software has identified four meteorites.
Digital Government
NASA, Carnegie Mellon to team on new IT
NASA's Ames Research Center has signed an agreement to work with Carnegie Mellon University to tap the school's computer science expertise as it develops new information technologies at Ames' NASA Research Park in Silicon Valley.
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