FEMA's Miller joins Homeland Security planning team
Ron Miller, chief information officer of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, started work Aug. 15 at his new job as part of the Transition Planning Office for the proposed Homeland Security Department. Miller said he will remain with the planning office for an indefinite period of time.
White House drops controversial Section 803 language
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy does not plan to include time and materials language in the final Section 803 rule after all.
OMB: Agencies progress on president's e-gov agenda
In the last four months, 16 agencies have made significant progress toward the president's e-gov goal.
GAO gives White House passing grade on IT efforts
But there is still room for improvement in the Executive Office of the President, the GAO told lawmakers.
Stouffer is EPA's first chief technology officer
Debra Stouffer has become the Environmental Protection Agency's first chief technology officer. She previously was deputy CIO at the Housing and Urban Development Department, a position she had held since May 1999.
GSA's IT leasing moratorium close to an end
By early next month, agencies will be able to resume leasing IT equipment via the General Services Administration's Federal Supply Service Schedule 70.
Microsoft .Net, J2EE could build e-gov structure
The Office of Management and Budget is recommending Microsoft's .Net and Java2 Enterprise Edition as possible architectures for its 24 e-government projects.
OMB allocates $4.1 million of e-gov fund
The Office of Management and Budget soon will dole out $4.1 million to a trio of e-government programs, the FirstGov project and to an effort to educate agencies about managing change.
Quad Council salutes cutting-edge initiatives
At least five e-government projects are on the cutting edge of information technology, said Mark Forman of the Office of Management and Budget, who honored the five initiatives with awards from the Quad Council.
OMB expands its e-gov team
The Office of Management and Budget has put the final leadership pieces in place for its 24 e-gov initiatives.
GSA searches for a new FirstGov engine
The General Services Administration released a request for proposals for a new search engine for the database portal.
OMB: 126,000 fed jobs could be outsourced
More than one-fifth of 556,000 jobs identified in an inventory of government activities can be outsourced, according to the Office of Management and Budget.
Lockheed Martin Scores Postal Service Upgrade
The U.S. Postal Service will replace its optical imaging cameras and software to improve mail sorting, the second mail systems upgrade in two weeks.
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 clearances that would put them in the information-sharing loop during national emergencies.
Lockheed Hired to Improve Mail Reader System
Lockheed Martin Corp.'s distribution technologies division has been tapped by the Postal Service to help increase the percentage of mail automatically read and processed.
GIS, Web Deployed in New York After Attack
The New York State Technology Office and New York City IT officials are using the Web and geographic information systems to disseminate information and coordinate resources during rescue operations following the World Trade Center attack.
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