washingtonpost.com - Gov't ITGov't ITNASA Postpones Shuttle Launch by a Week- April 24, 2005 NASA has moved the target date for launch to May 22 to enable engineers to complete the analysis and review of critical changes made to the orbiter in the aftermath of the Columbia disaster.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6040-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_technology/govt... EDS to Manage Online Travel System for NASA- April 24, 2005 EDS Corp. has been picked by NASA to manage the space agency's travel arrangements under a $20 million contract.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42663-2005Apr10.html?nav=rss_technology/gov... Report Criticizes OMB Oversight of IT Projects- April 24, 2005 The Office of Management and Budget has not done enough to oversee $22 billion worth of critical federal information technology projects that it previously flagged as deficient, according to a government report set for release today.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6274-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_technology/govt... Army Study Finds Transport Vehicle Faulty- April 24, 2005 The Army has deployed a new troop transport vehicle in Iraq with many defects, putting troops there at unexpected risk from rocket-propelled grenades and raising questions about the vehicle's development and $11 billion cost.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14284-2005Mar30.html?nav=rss_technology/gov... Military Jet Faces a Long Struggle to Fit In- April 24, 2005 The question facing the Pentagon and Congress is whether the FA-22 Raptor's advanced features are enough to justify a more than $70 billion investment at the same time the military is stretched thin.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63909-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_technology/gov... As Government Cap on Work Visas Rises, So Does Confusion- April 24, 2005 The two engineers have been ready for months. One waits in Colombia, the other in Argentina.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35832-2005Apr7.html?nav=rss_technology/govt... Army Picks Tamsco to Build Iraq Infrastructure- April 24, 2005 Technical and Management Services Corp. of Calverton is building command and control infrastructure for the multinational forces in Iraq under a new contract with the U.S. Army. The contract has initial funding of $12.2 million, with a ceiling of $279 million over three years, the company said.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61611-2005Apr17.html?nav=rss_technology/gov... SRI to Develop Robotics for Battlefield Medical Care- April 24, 2005 Call it Robodoc.SRI International Inc. won a two-year, $12 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop a robotic surgical system that would let doctors operate on a wounded soldier on the battlefield from a remote location.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23899-2005Apr3.html?nav=rss_technology/govt... Lasers to Signal Airspace Violations- April 24, 2005 The U.S. military will begin using an elaborate network of cameras and lasers next month to scan the sky over Washington and warn aircraft that enter the nation's most restricted metropolitan airspace.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57641-2005Apr15.html?nav=rss_technology/gov... Wounded Vets Tapped For New VA Program- April 24, 2005 Experimental program at the Veterans Affairs Department provides skills, work experience and the prospect of a VA job for wounded soldiers whose injuries will force their exit from the military.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13972-2005Mar30.html?nav=rss_technology/gov... |