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FAA makes airport status feature available for PDAs
The Fly FAA Wireless application provides updates on flying conditions, flight status.
People
New backup for Army knowledge
The Army will launch a new Army Knowledge Online portal disaster recovery site.
People
Agriculture appoints new eGov council members
Nine members join new USDA Technology and eGovernment Advisory Council.
People
Amber Alert merger nears finish
A Web-based network combining states' systems for reporting child abductions is expected to launch nationwide soon.
People
DHS funds data center
The Energy Department's Pacific Northwest National Lab will get $2.5 million from DHS to start a National Visual Analytics Center.
People
Nine to advise USDA
The USDA Technology and eGovernment Advisory Council will meet on June 10.
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Idaho "vortal" goes truckin'
The state's new Web site for truckers is the first of a series of government portals for specific industries.
People
Science.gov 2.0 launches
The governmentwide Web portal for science and technology information has been upgraded.
Acquisition
Agent tracker to feel Impact
Impact Innovations Group will reengineer DOJ's system for tracking foreign agents.
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Stratcom prepares IT services award
The command responsible for missile and computer defense soon will hire an IT services firm.
Modernization
RSA launches ID manager
It lets organizations exchange trusted identities between business units and others.
Acquisition
Feds combine smart card buys
Five agencies agreed to pool their smart card needs into a large contract for up to 40 million cards.
Digital Government
Oak Ridge gets super win
The Energy Department lab will get $25 million to build a 50 teraflop supercomputer.
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National Research Council group calls for Trilogy stoppage
The FBI should hold off on the final piece of the Trilogy modernization program, a report says.
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Major programs within the Interior Department
<b>Message system consolidation</b>: Interior officials are developing a project management plan to implement Microsoft Exchange for messaging across the department. Their current target is to end the department’s use of Novell NetWare and Lotus Notes messaging by December. Interior already has ended its use of Sendmail from Sendmail Inc. of Emeryville, Calif.
People
Records group readies report
The Electronic Records Policy Working Group also plans to create tools to help agencies.
Digital Government
Tibco goes for fed business
The business integration software company has launched a government solutions practice.
Digital Government
Arizona water group picks smart card
The Central Arizona Project has opted for Datakey's smart cards.
People
IRS weighs e-filing upgrades
Officials must choose between improving current systems or replacing them, says an associate CIO for the agency.
Modernization