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Lloyd Batzler

Digital Government

EDS gets NMCI contract modifications

The lead contractor on the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet project announced today the Navy has agreed to contract changes that will allow it to move more quickly to reduce legacy applications.

Digital Government

Building a 'results environment'

OMB's Clay Johnson reminds federal IT managers 'the federal government is results oriented.'

Digital Government

Standards groups take shape

New organization to help showcase evolving business process sector

Digital Government

Analysts see turbulence ahead for some vendors

Push for better services, cost savings means change for the sellers of management software

Digital Government

Marching toward business process transformation

New generations of software are helping major institutions map, manage and streamline operations

Digital Government

E-government advances 'only a first step'

Despite advances, disconnects remain between federal agencies and users, e-government leaders and watchers said today.<br>

Digital Government

Justice Department moves to block Oracle-PeopleSoft deal

<font color="CC0000">(UPDATED) </font color>In one of the sharpest blows yet to Oracle Corp.'s hostile attempt to take over software rival PeopleSoft, the federal government sued to block the deal. Oracle says it will fight the lawsuit.<br>

Digital Government

IT advances, leaders are saluted

Information technology's role in homeland defense, individual efforts are honored at the annual GCN gala.

Cybersecurity

Group says industry should adopt FISMA standards

Federal IT security standards can serve as guide to private sector, an industry group recommends.<br>

Digital Government

CIA's project management program nears launch

The nation's spy agency opens its arms to project management.<br>

Digital Government

Murphy's Law in project management

Suggestions for coping with muddy definitions and erratic funding when managing government projects.<br>

Digital Government

Institute maps government, global growth

Project management group looks to boost membership, support for government executives.<br>

Cybersecurity

Legislation takes aim at spyware

A resolution introduced in Congress last month would force companies to lift the cloak on their use of spyware to collect information secretly from Internet users. <br>

Digital Government

PeopleSoft wraps up Edwards deal

Rival software giant Oracle vows to continue bid for PeopleSoft.<br>

Cybersecurity

Leading AIDS researcher touts role of IT in biotechnology

NIH's Anthony Fauci says IT has revolutionized gene discovery and research.

Infrastructure

Broadband lines approach 20 million mark

Pace of high-speed connections to the Internet remains steady, FCC reports.<br>

Digital Government

Oracle makes bid for PeopleSoft

Four days after application software provider PeopleSoft Inc. signed a $1.7 billion deal to buy J.D. Edwards & Co., an even bigger fish announced this morning it wants to swallow PeopleSoft. <br>

Digital Government

Better data sharing key to fighting terrorism, former CIA boss says

Stansfield Turner says intelligence 'is truly a first line of defense' against terrorist attacks, and federal agencies must make greater efforts to collect, digest and share data.<br>

Cybersecurity

PKI momentum builds, program manager says

New applications in development to help move public key infrastructure closer to the mainstream.<br>

Digital Government

GAO urges beefed-up reports on cell call quality

As cellular telephones become commonplace, the General Accounting Office says statistics about the quality of calls should be included in annual federal reports on the wireless industry.<br>