Acquisition

Treasury cuts software maintenance fees

With an agencywide licensing deal, Treasury lowered its annual maintenance charges for Vignette's content management and portal software.

People

Voting bill still stalled

Legislation to have touch-screen voting machines generate a paper record remains stalled in the House.

People

Emergency alert system yields valuable lessons

Oregon's Regional Alliances for Infrastructure and Network Security (RAINS) is an emergency alert system rather than a system for cybersecurity alerts

Modernization

Marines build bridge to new radio system

Technology will let service maintain command and control on the move

People

Army buys Linux cluster

The Army Research Laboratory bought a 2,132-Intel processor Evolocity II from Linux Networx.

People

Real genius

Changing security needs spark innovative tech development

People

HSARPA seeks the best of the new

When officials at the Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency invited the private sector to present the latest and greatest technology to combat terrorism, they were inundated with more than 500 white papers.

People

Looking for trouble

Proposed early warning system gets new push, but big challenges remain

People

Justice CIO assembles tech squad

Five new managers zero in on agency systems

People

Don't overlook preventive measures, expert warns

Patrick McBride, chief technology officer and co-founder of META Security Group, thinks the government and industry are in danger of missing the forest for the trees if a cybersecurity early warning system focuses only on potential threats.

Modernization

Troubleshooting network slowdowns

Observer 9's integrated toolset pinpoints causes of network problems

Digital Government

Privacy advocates push for czar

OMB official would oversee agencies' efforts

Digital Government

Federal Triangle

Weapons screening; jobs in Iraq; business mail.

Digital Government

Submissions for Op-Ed

Federal Computer Week welcomes opinion pieces from the government information technology community.

People

Security vendor caters to new mission

Terry Flyntz is counting on one thing when it comes to selling technology to the federal government ? the fear that people can't be trusted.

People

Changing the odds

We have heard many times from government officials that the war on terror is unlike any war this nation has fought.

Acquisition

Gone in 60 seconds

Timing is everything ? even in bid protests.

Digital Government

What's new?

New Macromedia Inc. Studio MX 2004 features boost the functionality of Dreamweaver, Flash and Fireworks programs.

People

DHS proposal seeks HR flexibility

New regs would link pay, performance and create occupational clusters

People

DARPA awards network security deal

Computer Systems Center Inc. will get $8.7 million to study the feasibility of dynamic network security access.