Digital Government

Battelle predicts $312B in 2005 R&D

It would be a 3.6 percent increase from the 2004 estimate for U.S. research and development funding.

Modernization

DOD aids tsunami relief

Military deploys communications gear to devastated region.

People

Enough with convention already

A look at seven individuals for whom the unconventional is second nature

Acquisition

The year ahead in business

Companies eye contracting policies, Congress and conversation in 2005

People

FTS' Bates to retire

Sandra Bates' last planned day as commissioner of the Federal Technology Service is Feb. 11.

People

M/A-COM to build Va. comm system

The company will install an 800 MHz digital system for the Rockingham-Harrisonburg Emergency Communications Center.

People

Steal a page from the GM playbook

Never mind the CIO. Cross-agency programs require a PIO.

Modernization

You flunked the test

Too much time is spent testing software development projects.

People

Circuit

Recycling old computers and Social Security RFID.

Modernization

Put that home page in the circular file

Feds waste too much energy preserving agency sites.

Digital Government

NOAA bolsters tsunami warning system

Officials repair deep-ocean buoys in Pacific, but no sensors set in Atlantic

Digital Government

FCW's resolutions

This issue of Federal Computer Week is a bit unusual.

Digital Government

Vermont lawmakers get Wi-Fi

A mesh network will provide wireless Internet access in the Vermont State House.

Modernization

The year ahead in policy

President's focus will be on systems consolidation and interoperability

Modernization

Pack rats, beware

Don't box yourself in by buying bigger and bigger hard drives.

Cybersecurity

Don't talk to strangers

Agencies can reduce spam by setting up e-mail registration databases.

People

Throw away that MBA

Government should not be run like a business, and citizens are not customers.

Modernization

The year ahead ... in technology

From business intelligence to wireless, progress abounds but work remains

People

UMD gets DHS grant

The University of Maryland will receive $12 million from the Homeland Security Department to study terrorism.

Digital Government

Intercepts

CIO overhaul, JNN fill up, NSPS guinea pigs, data heaven, budget trial balloon.