Status quo is a barrier to OMB's e-gov plans
An observation circulating in Washington is that you can make progress on e-government initiatives'if you have more power than the president.
SBA's new portal portrays OMB's idea of e-gov
The Small Business Administration has become the first agency to accomplish one of the goals of the Office of Management and Budget's 23 approved electronic-government initiatives. Through its newest Web site, aimed at helping small companies understand and comply with regulations, SBA will combine the resources of federal, state and local governments to provide a one-stop shop.
With mail safety still iffy, Hill upgrades e-mail
A great influx of e-mail to Congress never materialized after the Sept. 11 and anthrax attacks, but officials in both houses expect the use of e-mail and other digital technologies to grow. To accommodate the increase, the House and Senate are upgrading their e-mail systems.
OMB lists 126,000 jobs for possible outsourcing
The Office of Management and Budget yesterday released a third inventory of agency jobs under the 2001 Federal Activities Inventory Reform Act. The jobs deemed not inherently governmental are potentially open to public-private competition.
FAR blacklisting rule revoked
The Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council late last month rescinded a controversial contractor responsibility rule, which would have required contracting officers to consider a bidder's compliance with multiple laws before making an award.
USPS gives $93 million upgrade contract to Lockheed Martin
The Postal Service will replace its optical imaging cameras and software to improve mail sorting'the second mail systems upgrade in two weeks [see <a href="http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/17643-1.html">www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/17643-1.html</a>].
FBI puts police chiefs in the security loop
The Justice Department will let police chiefs from cities, counties and other municipalities apply for national security clearance that would put them in the information-sharing loop during national emergencies.
USPS hires Lockheed to improve mail reader system
The Postal Service has hired Lockheed Martin Corp.'s Distribution Technologies division to upgrade its computer reader system to increase the percentage of mail that is automatically read and processed.
GSA prepares to upgrade Firstgov
The Firstgov.gov portal will get a new look before the General Services Administration overhauls it. GSA released a request for proposals earlier this month to find a vendor to conduct focus groups and develop an interim redesign of the site.
GSA to solicit HUBZone governmentwide contract
The General Services Administration plans to help agencies meet the governmentwide Historically Underutilized Business Zone contracting goal. The agency, through the Federal Technology Service, announced it would release a request for proposals for a HUBZone governmentwide acquisition contract next month.
Terrorism spurs law enforcement cooperation
The nation's defense against terrorism starts on the local level. And its success could depend on law enforcement officials embracing the idea of information sharing not as an intrusion into bureaucratic fiefdoms, but as a large piece in the puzzle of combating international crime.
Funding, IT aimed at aviation safety
Establishing public trust in the nation's airways isn't only a matter of national security, it's critical to the nation's economic recovery from the terror attacks. State and federal officials are pursuing the effort with IT, using new and existing funding sources to improve safety.
Federal e-gov initiatives to benefit state, local health care programs
If the Social Security Administration's vital statistics reporting and searching pilot programs are any indication of what is to come, state and local governments can expect significant help from Uncle Sam over the next two years in improving electronic information sharing.
COUNTY LINES
Arlington County, Va., fire chief Edward Plaugher can detail every square mile, building and land feature of the Washington, D.C., suburb, which covers 26 square miles and has a population of 189,000.
PDAs cut social workers' paper
Bill Duffy, chief of the Information Management Office for the Cecil County, Md., Social Services Department, jump-started social workers' productivity when he bought 40 personal digital assistants.
Online, On Time
The phones at the Fairfax City, Va., Transportation Department are quieter now. Residents no longer deluge agency workers with questions about when the next CUE Bus will arrive at the Vienna subway station.
OMB says PKI is the key to success of agency initiatives
Officials in the Office of Management and Budget are urging IT managers to consider public-key infrastructures to enhance security for new programs.
FedBizOpps will be sole source of solicitation info
The federal government will complete the first step in making procurement a one-stop electronic process on Jan. 1, when FedBizOpps.gov becomes the only comprehensive federal online source for listing and finding solicitations.
Forman promotes e-gov resource sharing
Mark Forman, the Office of Management and Budget's associate director for IT and e-government, has been holding face-to-face meetings with agency program managers to persuade them to share funds for OMB's 23 approved e-government initiatives.
Sen. Wyden proposes volunteer tech guard
A technology force of federal, state, local and private volunteers, similar to the National Guard, would be available in national emergencies under a proposal by Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.).
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