People

SPIRIT to move DHS contracts

The $10 billion SPIRIT procurement vehicle will award contracts in four performance areas for the Homeland Security Department.

People

Aviation CIO stresses security needs

Good cybersecurity requires multiple layers, system monitoring and effective quarantining of network intrusions, says the FAA's chief information officer.

People

TSA official honored for airport tech

Paul Polski, chief of staff to the Transportation Security Administration's chief technology officer, will get a Service to America Medal.

People

McFarland nominated for VA post

The man who once led Dell's government business is Bush's choice for the VA's assistant secretary for information and technology.

Digital Government

Starlight paints info constellation

The software creates 3-D visualizations of trends and relationships in large amounts of data.

Digital Government

Stillman: 'This is...the way to do business'

Rear Adm. Patrick Stillman, executive officer for the Coast Guard's Integrated Deepwater System program, extolled the virtues of performance-based acquisitions at a conference last week.

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EPA taps vendor for E-gov portal

Lockheed Martin won the $98 million contract to work on E-Rulemaking.

Acquisition

NASA awards $2 billion in contracts

The space agency announced the winners of three deals.

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Interior site gets new look

The revamped home page has quick links to Interior's bureaus and major initiatives.

Acquisition

MPC adds Sun vendor for VA

The company reached an agreement with subcontractor Paragon Systems to offer a full range of Sun systems to the department.

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Parkes leaving FEMA for Energy

Rose Parkes goes from one CIO job to another.

Acquisition

Stillman touts performance-based business

The executive officer for the Coast Guard Deepwater program extolled the virtues of so-called performance-based acquisitions.

Digital Government

NASA selects small business projects

NASA selected 145 research proposals Phase 2 of the agency's Small Business Innovation Research program.

Digital Government

NOAA extends Raytheon contract

The extension adds three years to the company's original deal to provide high-performance computing for the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Lab.

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Park Service highlights Hispanic heritage

The National Park Service has launched a new Web site to honor the importance of Hispanic Heritage Parks throughout the country.

People

Keeping his eye on the hurricane

NOAA's Hernandez tries to move agency's Web site beyond mere forecasts

Digital Government

EPA info network taking shape

Agency will exchange information with 20 states by year's end

People

Indians win full accounting

U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth ordered the federal government to complete a full accounting of all assets in the Indian Trust fund since 1887.

People

Grants awarded for bomb detection

The Transportation Security Administration announced five cooperative agreements to develop systems for airports.

Modernization

NASA will Webcast Mars talk

Scientists from NASA, U.S. universities and the Spanish Centro De Astrobiologia will take part in the Mars Analog Research and Technology Experiment.