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Porn Still a Fed Problem
September 16, 2010
FROM NEXTGOV
It seems that viewing pornography is still a problem for some of those among the Federal ranks. At the National Science Foundation, whistleblowers told Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, there are continuing pornography viewing problems at the agency, The Washington Times reported on Wednesday. Then at the Defense Department the Pentagon ...
GSA issues first contract for satellite program
September 15, 2010
FROM NEXTGOV
The General Services Administration awarded its first contract for a governmentwide satellite communications program to Artel Inc., the agency said on Wednesday. "We reviewed the proposal and [Artel] met the stringent requirements," said Kevin Gallo, a GSA project manager for the Future Comsatcom Services Acquisitions program. A joint project between ...
OPM Seeking Input on Cybersecurity
September 14, 2010
FROM NEXTGOV
The Office of Personnel Management is conducting a cybersecurity survey to "identify the critical tasks and competencies for cybersecurity work in the federal government," it said on its website. The surveys will be e-mailed out between Sept. 13 and Oct. 11, and OPM advises in a posting that should you ...
To text or not to text during emergencies
September 14, 2010
FROM NEXTGOV
As part of National Preparedness Month, a group that promotes health and safety programs has launched an initiative to tell the public to use text messaging to communicate with friends and families immediately after an emergency or disaster before calling on the phone. But some telecommunications experts warn that might ...
GSA grants dozens of agencies deadline exceptions for Networx
September 14, 2010
FROM NEXTGOV
Faced with continued delays in moving to the government's massive new contract for telecommunications services, the General Services Administration has granted exceptions to more than 40 agencies that give them until next year to transition to the program. Federal managers now have until Aug. 31, 2011, to transition to the ...
From Nextgov.com: GSA grants dozens of agencies deadline exceptions for Networx
September 14, 2010 Faced with continued delays in moving to the government's massive new contract for telecommunications services, the General Services Administration has granted exceptions to more than 40 agencies that give them until next year to transition to the program. Read the full story on Nextgov.com
Communication among public safety agencies like talking into a brick
September 10, 2010
FROM NEXTGOV
Public safety agencies lack the ability to communicate with each other and with callers to the emergency 911 system, experts said on Friday. R. David Paulison, former administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, said during the past 50 years the nation has created a communications system that makes interoperability ...
From Nextgov.com: Communication among public safety agencies is like talking into a brick
September 10, 2010 Public safety agencies lack the ability to communicate with each other and with callers to the emergency 911 system, experts said on Friday. Read the full story on Nextgov.com.
Despite a rocky start, sales on GSA's Alliant contract top $1.2 billion
September 9, 2010
FROM NEXTGOV
After a troubled start, officials at the General Services Administration said they are pleased with first-year sales on the signature multibillion-dollar contract federal agencies can use to buy information technology services. Alliant, which GSA launched on May 1, 2009, has posted $1.2 billion in sales as of Sept. 3, for ...
One of the Silliest Things
September 8, 2010
FROM NEXTGOV
California Secretary of State Debra Bowen is a big proponent of open source voting machines, which developers say are more secure and less buggy than the proprietary devices made by various manufacturers and in use nationwide. (Here's a helpful article published in IEEE Spectrum magazine explaining open source vs. closed ...
