Modernization

Qwest eyes next move in FTS protest

Qwest may ask a higher government authority to review a GSA decision to deny the company's protest of lastminute FTS contract extensions for Sprint and AT?#038; Amp;T.

People

Radio system might track military assets

The military may use small radio devices to keep track of equipment

Digital Government

FAA likely to stay course on STARS

The FAA and Raytheon have come so far that the agency is unlikely to accept Lockheed Martin's alternative

Digital Government

Deal could keep tab on assets

Unisys, WhereNet agreement could help the military track assets in preparation for deployment

Modernization

GSA denies Qwest telecom protest

Qwest protested lastminute contract extensions with Sprint and AT?#038; Amp;T for FTS 2000 services

Digital Government

Lockheed offers air traffic alternative

Proposal lacks the human factors changes required by controllers and incorporated in Raytheon's STARS

People

FAA IT workers pursue pay raises

The Federal Aviation Administration will go to arbitration by June with a union that represents 800 computer specialists

People

FAA, union head to arbitration

Union calls for FAA computer specialists to receive the governmentwide IT pay raise

Modernization

Draft GAO report skewers FTS 2001

Delays in switching federal agencies to the FTS 2001 telecommunications contract jeopardize the government's ability to get the best service for the best price

Digital Government

EdgeMark exiting federal biz

The reseller will focus on consulting and business applications for the commercial market

Digital Government

GTSI forms team of storage experts

New technology team to provide expertise in high-capacity storage solutions

Digital Government

Study eyes terascale road map

Millimetersized sensors could one day give every frog an IP address.

Digital Government

To catch a thief

Lockheed Martin to market theft-recovery services for computers

Digital Government

FTS 2001 delays may hurt service, price

Draft GAO report says problems may prohibit the government from receiving maximum cost savings and quality service

Digital Government

FAA may reverse Lockheed choice

The FAA will consider Raytheon's qualifications to work on modernization program

People

FAA denies IT raises

Because the agency already pays marketlevel salaries, the special raise is unneeded, officials say

Digital Government

NSF forms cyber panel

A new advisory committee at the National Science Foundation will report this summer on how the agency's research instruments, supercomputers and high-performance networks could be integrated into a more powerful cyberinfrastructure.

Digital Government

DOT complying with cookie rules

Agency cleans up Web sites found to be using unauthorized persistent cookies

Digital Government

Microsoft: .Net eases database offices

Company officials speaking at Federal Solutions Day say their XML-based system can help users tap into multiple large databases.

Digital Government

Lockheed deal brings tracking headquarters into states

A new facility for tracking wayward laptop computers will be based out of Gaithersburg, Md., the first U.S. center for Computrace software.