Digital Government

Donation supports biz centers

Microsoft is providing software at Small Business Administration centers nationwide

Modernization

GSA nears opening telecom pacts

Vendors prepare questions for GSA on FTS 2001

Modernization

Revenue timetable updated

FTS 2001 contract holders WorldCom Inc. and Sprint should meet their minimum revenue guarantees of $750 million each in fiscal 2003 and 2004, respectively, according to a July 2 letter from Linda Koontz, General Accounting Office director of information management issues.

Modernization

Qwest FTS protest dismissed

Upholding a previous decision by the General Services Administration, the General Accounting Office dismissed a protest by Qwest Communications International Inc. against GSA's extension of FTS 2000 longdistance contracts held by AT?#038; Amp;T and Sprint.

People

Wildfire system rolling out

Two of three main components of an application to manage firefighting resources are being deployed

Digital Government

Qwest FTS protest dismissed

Merger with a Bell company prevented Qwest from competing for FTS 2000 bridge contracts, GAO finds

Digital Government

FAA officials defend NexGen

FAA says its Lotus Notes-based e-mail system won't cause disruptions, isolation

People

Storing answers for the future

Soon, before reference librarians submit a question to the Collaborative Digital Reference Service, they will have a potential timesaver at their fingertips: a tool that will tell them whether the question has already been asked and answered.

People

Information, please

Reference librarians can use the Collaborative Digital Reference Service to research patrons' questions after they've exhausted their own library's resources.

People

The road less traveled

Karen Siderelis maps out GIO role

Digital Government

FAA runway system won't be 'cure-all'

The FAA's delayed and overbudget radarbased warning system came under the gun on Capitol Hill last week.

People

A need to know

Library of Congress creates global network to track down answers to tough questions

Modernization

FTS 2001 competitors briefed

GSA gives guidance to companies wanting to join Sprint and WorldCom as contractholders

Digital Government

FAA runway system faulted

AMASS, whose mission has already been altered, still may not work as planned

People

SBA launches HUBZone Gateway

Webbased search tool will help contracting officers find information on HUBZone businesses

Digital Government

FAA picks IBM for messaging

NexGen system, based on Lotus Notes, will shrink the number of server locations and save money

People

Road maps to the future

Web service gives planners a new view of transportation data

Acquisition

FAA regroups after protest is upheld

The Federal Aviation Administration is pondering its options after being told it jumped the gun in deciding to award an air traffic modernization contract without putting it out for bid

People

Labor teams with Monster.com

Job bank partnership, part of a new workforce initiative, offers job seekers more opportunities

People

FAA names modernization leader

Free Flight director Charlie Keegan will head the agency's 10-year plan to boost airspace system growth