Customs will e-mail personnel change info
The Customs Service will retire its decades-old SF-50 personnel action form in October.
Agencies can now name names
Shakespeare asked, 'What's in a name?' To 28 federal agencies that use the Interagency Border Inspection System (IBIS), it's a particularly vexing question.
Thrift revamp begins anew
Materials, Communication and Computers Inc. expects to finish its analysis of the computerized record-keeping system for the Thrift Savings Plan by September and begin upgrading it, but the company will likely have to start the project from scratch, an official with the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board said.
Panel: Monitor Internet use by employees, judges
Employees and judges at the nation's federal courts soon might face computer use monitoring.
IRS chooses PeopleSoft CRM software
The IRS has awarded PeopleSoft Inc. a contract worth more than $10 million to provide customer relationship management software.
FAA lets fly with version of STARS
The Federal Aviation Administration this summer has been getting its billion-dollar, five-year-old Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System program off the ground.
SAMHSA site tells how to keep offices drug free
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has launched a Web site to help agencies and companies keep their workplaces free of drug abuse.
BTS releases nationwide geographic database
The Bureau of Transportation Statistics last month released a set of nationwide geographic information system data about transportation facilities.
USDA puts research on menu
The Agriculture Department last month launched a new Web site to provide information about food safety research.
Web software zeroes in on real-time
The Federal Aviation Administration recently began using aircraft situation displays at operational centers in Atlanta, Kansas City, Mo., and San Diego.
HUD plans for a major IT tune-up
The Housing and Urban Development Department next week plans to issue a final solicitation to overhaul and run HUD's systems infrastructure.
IG's qualms stall DOT financial system rollout
The Transportation Department has delayed the rollout of a new financial system based on critical findings by its inspector general.
Leaving VA, Bubniak offers IT wisdom
Robert P. Bubniak ended what he called a long ride in public service last month when he retired as the associate deputy assistant secretary for telecommunications at the Veterans Affairs Department.
U.S., U.K. find suspected worm author
The FBI announced this week that a 24-year-old man was arrested in the United Kingdom in connection with propagating the so-called W32-Leave.worm, or Leaves worm, to Internet-connected PCs running 32-bit Microsoft Windows operating systems.
VA awards services contracts for data center
The Veterans Affairs Department last week awarded a $650 million contract to Logicon Inc. and a $34.55 million contract to Research Dynamics Inc. for systems services at VA's Austin Automation Center.
IRS reaches first modernization goal
When its $74 million Customer Communications Project 2001 went live July 27, the IRS achieved the first goal of its modernization blueprint.
FirstGov adds access to 50 states, D.C.
NEW ORLEANS'The General Services Administration recently relaunched its FirstGov portal with the added capability for searching and linking to 16 million pages from the 50 states and the District of Columbia.
IRS communications project goes live
The IRS' $74 million Customer Communications Project 2001 went live on July 27 and handled up to 68,000 calls in one three-hour period last week, officials said.
OMB chief stresses competitive sourcing, not outsourcing
The Bush administration wants better financial management, a serious movement toward electronic government, and competitive sourcing to provide citizens better and faster service, a top government executive said this week.
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