Feds look for common thread among medical info exchanges
When Jan Root talks about the potential of regional health information exchanges, it doesn't take her long to get to the possibilities of the real dollar savings.
Agencies find there's no single path to IPv6
The FAA plans to set up three test beds to see how well data packets travel through its administrative network using IP Version 6. The Education Department, meanwhile, is linking its move to IPv6 to more than 200 IT business cases and using them to explain the impact of the new technology on each investment.
How exactly will you get your IPv6 addresses?
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration is devising a plan to make sure agencies get their share of the billions and billions of addresses that will become available under IP Version 6.
Bolten to be new White House chief of staff
The Bush administration today announced that Joshua Bolten, director of the Office of Management and Budget, would become the White House chief of staff after Andrew Card resigned.
Grants LOB managers out to prove consortia model works
While there are no stated goals for agencies to migrate to the three consortia under the Grants Management Line of Business, the agency lead managers for the initiative are strongly optimistic that at least one agency will prove this year that the shared-services provider concept works.
GSA to release RFIs for new Lines of Business
The General Services Administration plans to release requests for information and hold industry days for the three news lines of business'IT infrastructure, geospatial and budget formulation'in mid-April.
Interior hires Oberthur for HSPD-12 cards
The Interior Department has awarded Oberthur Card Systems a multiyear contract to provide smart cards for all their employees.
In the trenches of the CIO Wargame
I recently found out what it really means when a CIO's IT projects' risks outweigh their rewards.
IT managers eye multiple priorities: survey
Senior agency IT managers report their priorities are spread across a number of areas in fiscal 2006, including ensuring their agencies receive a significant return on investment for their systems, information security and the federal IT budget.
FBI awards Lockheed $305 million Sentinel contract
As expected, Lockheed Martin officially won the contract to build a case management system that will hopefully make people forget about the FBI's failed Virtual Case File project.
DOD delivers BEA Version 3.1 to Congress
The Defense Department will meet its second congressionally imposed deadline today when it hand-delivers the latest iteration of its business enterprise architecture and enterprise transition plan to several congressional Defense committees.
DOD's work in health IT among projects recognized at FOSE
The Federal Leadership Councils recognize projects in the Defense Department, Homeland Security and Enterprise pavilions for their innovation and impact on the federal government.
Antivirus SmartBuy deals in final negotiations
GSA officials leading enterprise software licensing program expect to have in place by the end of the month at least the first of five governmentwide deals with antivirus software vendors.
Evans, Barksdale honored with Azimuth Awards
Karen Evans, the Office of Management and Budget's administrator for E-government and IT, and Jim Barksdale, president and CEO at Netscape Communications, received the eighth annual Azimuth Award for government and industry for their ongoing commitment to improving the way the government uses technology.
FedTeds to become mandatory for sensitive procurement data
Eight agencies currently use the Federal Technical Data Solution system, an online temporary repository of sensitive but unclassified technical procurement data that is linked to the FedBizOpps.gov Web site. But soon every agency will be required to use the system, also known as FedTeds.
OMB reviewing agency EAs for usefulness
The Office of Management and Budget has started to assess whether agencies are using their enterprise architectures rather than just showing they are completed.
Can OMB's new centers of excellence really compete?
The Office of Management and Budget's strategy for moving agencies to consolidated financial and human resources management systems is about to be put to the test.
On second look, '07 IT budget up only 0.5 percent: OMB
At first glance, the administration heralded its commitment to technology in the fiscal 2007 IT budget, raising the request by more than 2.8 percent over this year.
Deals & Deadlines
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy is asking agencies about their use of interagency contracts, including the types and number of contracts departments are using.
OMB driving the IPv6 market
A long-delayed Commerce Department report suggests that the federal government is walking a thin line in its push toward IP Version 6 traction.
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