USPS adds international feature to Mailing Online
The Postal Service is expanding the capabilities of its Mailing Online program to let customers use the service for international deliveries.
HSPD-12 Web site to post vendor products in approval queue early
The General Services Administration is tweaking an existing Web site to give agencies a preview of products being evaluated that could help them comply with the presidential mandate.
GSA issues governmentwide guidance on telework
The General Services Administration issued official guidance for agencies as they implement telework arrangements for their employees.
Agencies see value in EVM, but struggle to cash in on it
Although the government for the most part is embracing the concept of earned-value management, some agencies are going to be hard-pressed to meet upcoming Office of Management and Budget deadlines this month.
After delays, Senate set to move on GSA reorg bill
The General Services Administration's reorganization received some much-needed support last week when a key member of the Senate Appropriations Committee said he was satisfied with the agency's reorganization plan.
FEMA officially taps Lee as acting deputy director of operations
The Federal Emergency Management Agency officially named Deidre Lee as its new acting deputy director of operations and said she will play a key role in the agency's procurement shop.
Lee departs GSA for key procurement spot at FEMA
Deidre Lee will leave GSA's Integrated Technology Solutions shop early next month to take a top acquisition spot at the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
OMB offers guidance on competitive-sourcing reports
As the Office of Management and Budget begins taking stock of how many government workers are performing inherently commercial tasks, the administration has made things a little easier for agencies with fewer than 100 full-time employees.
Transportation re-ups with CSC for IT support
The Transportation Department has awarded Computer Sciences Corp. a five-year, $178 million contract to continue providing IT services at the agency's John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center.
Data shows savings from LOB initiative
New data from the Office of Management and Budget suggests that considerable savings and efficiencies are being realized from the Lines of Business consolidation initiative.
Senate seeks provider for Web-based learning management system
The Senate wants to know whether there vendors that can deliver a Web-based commercial learning management product.
Agencies should embrace private outsourcing of HR services: panel
Federal agencies should get out of the human resources business and focus more exclusively and intensely on performing their core missions, according to some government and private-sector officials.
Benavides: Air Force looking beyond Netcents
As the 2004 $9 billion Network Centric Solutions contract nears its middle and end stages, the service is mulling its options for the future.
Davis taps Marin for chief of staff
House Government Reform Committee Chairman Tom Davis (R-Va.) tapped David Marin, the committee's deputy staff director and communications director, to serve as the committee's staff director.
Survey finds federal telework increasing
More federal employees are participating in telework programs this year that provide substantial benefits to both the government and its workers, according to a new study.
GAO says HSPD-12 deadlines may be tough to attain
Agencies are making progress in meeting personal identification verification standards under FIPS 201, but the government still faces several hurdles in implementing many of the requirements, according to congressional watchdogs.
NARA goes easy on 'transitory' e-records
The National Archives and Records Administration has issued a final rule on short-term electronic record-keeping, including e-mail, that seeks to maintain records without overburdening workers or e-mail systems.
Revenue woes lead GSA to freeze its own hiring
A decline in business revenues, particularly in the IT Solutions program, has led the General Services Administration to impose an agencywide hiring freeze and consider offering early retirement packages in two divisions, according to administrator David Bibb.
GSA to link Alliant to enterprise architecture
After months of delays, reanalysis and industry speculation, the General Services Administration unveiled a few new tweaks to its highly anticipated governmentwide IT services contract, Alliant, last month and promised to award the vehicle by next summer.
PTO ruling gives BlackBerry users hope
Although the threat of an injunction still looms, federal users of the popular BlackBerry devices are breathing easier after a federal judge decided not to impose an immediate shutdown of the wireless service for their beloved handhelds.
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