Army PEO goes for the edge
Emerson Keslar has memory sticks on the mind.
The bottom LINE
For government agencies today, technology evaluation isn't the sole province of the IT shop.
The business end of new IT
In an era when IT is treated as a capital investment whose principal purpose is to support agency goals, no technology is an island.
Everybody has a role in evaluating technology
You just got out of a long meeting and could use a bit of a stretch.
Honorees show their mettle
It was a night for winners at GCN 2004 Awards Gala last month'from agency and individual honorees, to an Olympic champion and a certain baseball team whose last title was hailed by President Woodrow Wilson.
Feds are divided on administration's goals
Regardless of the outcome of last week's election'tallied after this page went to press'President Bush's Management Agenda will have a lasting impact on the way agencies conduct their business.
At GCN Gala, sports and IT mix it up
How do sports and government IT mix? Swimmingly well, if the GCN Awards Gala last night is any indication.
User feedback keeps services on the move
Maine secretary of state Dan Gwadosky wants to change the relationship people enjoy with government'emphasis on the word enjoy.
Points of order
Agencies struggling to manage their electronic records are getting some direction from the E-Government Electronic Records Management initiative.
Records are records, no matter what the format
A case a few years ago involving the Bureau of Indian Affairs underscores what can happen when an agency hasn't implemented effective policies and procedures to preserve and protect electronic correspondence.
Built-in protection
If you've already got comprehensive security and privacy practices in place at your agency, you're ahead of the game in electronic-records management.
Beat the E-Records Glut: Agencies dig in to get control of a mounting pile of e-records
It's no secret that agencies face a growing mountain of electronic records, but they don't have to wind up buried beneath it. But in a series of studies in recent years, the Government Accountability Office has found that most electronic records remain unscheduled and their disposition has not been determined.
Sharing-in-savings leaves many in the dark
There's been much talk this year about the potential in government for share-in-savings contracting, in which a vendor provides some or all development funds for a project and gets paid out of the resulting savings.
Net-centricity has many moving parts
The Defense Department faces a full row of hurdles in its quest for IT gold: to achieve systems interoperability and seamless information-sharing and fulfill its vision of a network-centric department.
DOD networks the future
Somewhere in time, the Army is fighting wars with a super-agile, lightning-fast force of manned and unmanned ground vehicles, air vehicles, sensors and munitions'a networked suite of weapons interoperating effortlessly with other military networks.
Managers face familiar hurdles: security and funding
What do government IT managers worry about the most? 'Our biggest challenge is security,' said an IT manager at the Patuxent River Naval Air Station in Maryland, reflecting the opinion of nearly half the respondents in a GCN telephone survey.
The funding equation starts at 300
Agencies used to give their IT business cases the casual treatment. 'A few years ago, agencies could fill out a 300 in a few days without doing their homework and get passing grades,' said management consultant Jim Kendrick, president of the P2C2 Group Inc. of Kensington, Md.
There's more to the game than knowing the rules
To win the funding game, you've got to know the rules. But knowing the rules isn't enough'there's much more to getting your IT initiative underwritten. Knowing the rules never hit a ground-rule double or put a 20-foot putt in the hole.
Feds have mixed views on value of academic credentials
To many government managers, on-the-job IT experience counts more than formal education. Yet they think a degree is a good predictor of ability.
WiMax aims to expand the reach of wireless networks
It's a gorgeous spring day and you feel like doing a little work outside the office. So you grab your notebook PC, head down to the park or wander across the plaza to the caf', log on via WiMax and continue to work on that big PowerPoint presentation for your agency's next executive meeting.
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