<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Gov't IT</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/technology/govtit?nav=rss_technology/govtit</link><description>Gov't IT</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[NASA Postpones Shuttle Launch by a Week]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6040-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_technology/govtit</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6040-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_technology/govtit</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:27:57 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description><author> Guy Gugliotta</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Report Criticizes OMB Oversight of IT Projects]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6274-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_technology/govtit</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6274-2005Apr20.html?nav=rss_technology/govtit</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:27:57 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ 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.]]></description><author> Griff Witte</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Military Jet Faces a Long Struggle to Fit In]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63909-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_technology/govtit</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63909-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_technology/govtit</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:27:57 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The question facing the Pentagon and Congress is whether the F/A-22 Raptor's advanced features are enough to justify a more than $70 billion investment at the same time the military is stretched thin.]]></description><author> Renae Merle</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Army Picks Tamsco to Build Iraq Infrastructure]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61611-2005Apr17.html?nav=rss_technology/govtit</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61611-2005Apr17.html?nav=rss_technology/govtit</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:27:57 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description><author> Doug Beizer</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lasers to Signal Airspace Violations]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57641-2005Apr15.html?nav=rss_technology/govtit</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57641-2005Apr15.html?nav=rss_technology/govtit</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:27:57 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description><author> Sara Kehaulani Goo</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[McCain Seeks Review Of Pentagon Buying]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55132-2005Apr14.html?nav=rss_technology/govtit</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55132-2005Apr14.html?nav=rss_technology/govtit</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:27:57 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) called for a broad review of the Pentagon procurement system yesterday, citing the Air Force's recent contracting scandals as evidence of larger problems. The Air Force's problems are a "glaring example of a management and oversight failure in our acquisition process," said McCain.]]></description><author> Renae Merle</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nominee Backs a Review  of NASA's Hubble Decision]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47810-2005Apr12.html?nav=rss_technology/govtit</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47810-2005Apr12.html?nav=rss_technology/govtit</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:27:57 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Michael D. Griffin, President Bush's nominee to become the new NASA administrator, told senators at his confirmation hearing yesterday that he would reassess the agency's decision to cancel a space shuttle mission to service the aging Hubble Space Telescope.]]></description><author> Guy Gugliotta</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Engineers Present Plan to Service Hubble]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45041-2005Apr11.html?nav=rss_technology/govtit</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45041-2005Apr11.html?nav=rss_technology/govtit</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:27:57 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[NASA engineers have shown they could service the Hubble Space Telescope using only robots, implicitly challenging the plan to abandon the controversial $470 million mission.]]></description><author> Guy Gugliotta</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Physicians Outrun Poor Records, Pasts]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44899-2005Apr11.html?nav=rss_technology/govtit</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44899-2005Apr11.html?nav=rss_technology/govtit</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:27:57 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Facing problems in one state, hundreds of  doctors simply moved and restarted their careers despite a system designed to prevent just that.]]></description><author> Cheryl W. Thompson</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Probe Finds Huge Flaws In U.S. Border Monitors]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42516-2005Apr10.html?nav=rss_technology/govtit</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42516-2005Apr10.html?nav=rss_technology/govtit</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:27:57 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A critical network of cameras and sensors installed along the Mexican and Canadian borders has been hobbled by defective equipment and by lax oversight by government officials who failed to properly supervise the project's contractor.]]></description><author> John Mintz</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[EDS to Manage Online Travel System for NASA]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42663-2005Apr10.html?nav=rss_technology/govtit</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42663-2005Apr10.html?nav=rss_technology/govtit</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:27:57 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[EDS Corp. has been picked by NASA to manage the space agency's travel arrangements under a $20 million contract.]]></description><author> Nick Wakeman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[At FOSE, English as a Second Language]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36827-2005Apr8.html?nav=rss_technology/govtit</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36827-2005Apr8.html?nav=rss_technology/govtit</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:27:57 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Cool technology is always on display at the annual FOSE trade show, but some attendees need an interpreter to appreciate it. <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-Robert MacMillan</B></FONT>]]></description><author>TechNews.com</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[As Government Cap on Work Visas Rises, So  Does Confusion]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35832-2005Apr7.html?nav=rss_technology/govtit</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35832-2005Apr7.html?nav=rss_technology/govtit</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:27:57 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The two engineers have been ready for months. One waits in Colombia, the other in Argentina.]]></description><author> S. Mitra Kalita</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Army Will Restructure Modernization Contract]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28493-2005Apr5.html?nav=rss_technology/govtit</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28493-2005Apr5.html?nav=rss_technology/govtit</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:27:57 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Army announced yesterday it would restructure its $120 billion modernization effort after facing questions from Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) about whether taxpayer interests were being protected.]]></description><author> Renae Merle</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Soldiers Defend Faulted Strykers]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22009-2005Apr2.html?nav=rss_technology/govtit</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22009-2005Apr2.html?nav=rss_technology/govtit</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:27:57 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[MOSUL, Iraq, April 2  --  An internal U.S. Army report detailing flaws in a new $11 billion armored personnel carrier known as the Stryker has come under criticism from soldiers who use the vehicle in combat.]]></description><author> Steve Fainaru</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Historic Voyager Mission May Lose Its Funding]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23500-2005Apr3.html?nav=rss_technology/govtit</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23500-2005Apr3.html?nav=rss_technology/govtit</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:27:57 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In a cost-cutting move prompted by President Bush's moon-Mars initiative, NASA could  put an end to Voyager, the legendary 28-year mission that has sent a spacecraft farther from Earth than any object ever made by humans.]]></description><author> Guy Gugliotta</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[SRI to Develop Robotics for Battlefield Medical Care]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23899-2005Apr3.html?nav=rss_technology/govtit</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23899-2005Apr3.html?nav=rss_technology/govtit</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:27:57 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Call it Robodoc.<br>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.]]></description><author> Roseanne Gerin</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Consolidation Is the New Focus of IT Contracts]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23555-2005Apr3.html?nav=rss_technology/govtit</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23555-2005Apr3.html?nav=rss_technology/govtit</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:27:57 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[With a couple clicks of a  mouse, you can  file your taxes, join  the Army, reserve a cabin at a national park or  apply online for a student loan.  The feds, it seems, have successfully gone online.]]></description><author> Ellen McCarthy</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Army Study Finds Transport Vehicle Faulty]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14284-2005Mar30.html?nav=rss_technology/govtit</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14284-2005Mar30.html?nav=rss_technology/govtit</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:27:57 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description><author> R. Jeffrey Smith</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wounded Vets Tapped For New VA Program]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13972-2005Mar30.html?nav=rss_technology/govtit</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13972-2005Mar30.html?nav=rss_technology/govtit</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:27:57 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description><author> Christopher Lee</author></item></channel></rss>