Digital Government
Navy picks pair for shipboard network support
Contracts are for CANES program, designed to streamline and consolidated Navy information technology networks aboard its ships.
Digital Government
E-Retirement System on the Way?
Modernizing the federal government's retirement system, including moving from paper to electronic records, has long been a priority of the Office of Personnel Management. But as I <a href="http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/1008/101608b2.htm?oref=rellink">reported</a> back in 2008, modernizing the system has not been without its challenges.
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IT companies strut their stuff for feds
Kathy Ireland hosted a federal information technology fashion show on March 4.
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Kaiser official defends security practices for veterans health data
Electronic data exchange safer than U.S. Mail, Kaiser official says.
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More details emerge on Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative
The White House on March 2 released a summary of the 12 parts of a classified, expansive computer security initiative that was started in January 2008.
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Geospatial apps help temper Mother Nature's fury
Government agencies find that linking sensors to other geospatial data could improve emergency management, environmental monitoring and homeland security.
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No cyberwar? Say it ain't so, Howie!
Is there such a thing as a cyberwar? Some top officials say no, but others disagree. Who wins the war of words?
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A mappable mashup
The National Weather Service's Ridge 2 system fuses ground-based radar and human-created weather alert data with geospatial data and makes it available to other agencies and the public.
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Navy awards contracts to build prototypes for shipboard network
Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman will compete to produce what the service terms a revolutionary change in its information technology systems.
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Regulations could bog down financial system modernization
Analyst says agencies could have difficulty finding technology that can be implemented quickly, given thicket of rules.
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Screening of all U.S.-bound air cargo still years away
Acting head says TSA might be able to screen only 65 percent of cargo on international flights.
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FCC may endorse broadband goals, but not vote on plan
"Mission statement" will be signed.
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