People
DARPA awards network security deal
Computer Systems Center Inc. will get $8.7 million to study the feasibility of dynamic network security access.
Digital Government
Intercepts
Joint operations; NMCI; greatly exaggerated death; flexing Senate muscles.
Modernization
Web development made easier
Studio MX upgrades include built-in browser and accessibility checking
People
Process re-engineering back again
Business process re-engineering, an approach to automation that had fallen out of favor for being too unwieldy, is gaining new credence with the integration of the Homeland Security Department.
People
Silicon Valley firms test fed waters
Five start-ups hope to pique interest in their IT solutions
People
Others also standing guard
A cybersecurity early warning system that comes out of the National Cyber Security Summit task force deliberations will not stand alone.
People
DOD practices prevention through IT
New system promises breakthroughs in use of medical information
Modernization
Five steps of the CONDOR
The Marines are moving from legacy radios to the Joint Tactial Radio System
Modernization
Oregon city builds P2P network
Medford is deploying an IP-based broadband network for first responders and other government agencies.
People
Deal awarded for DOD, FBI security plan
Knowledge Consulting Group will update security guidelines, identify potential security lapses and provide support.
Digital Government
IRS' watch list
The following modernization projects, led by Computer Sciences Corp., are under watch by officials from the Internal Revenue Service and Congress
People
NASA sets Web mark
Space agency officials say the recent landings on Mars are the most popular federal event ever in terms of Web traffic.
Modernization
UK awards health network deal
British Telecom will get about $992 million to build a broadband network for the United Kingdom's National Health System.
Acquisition
First SmartBuy deal signed
Environmental Systems Research Institute got the first contract under GSA's enterprise software licensing program.
People
DHS will be shopping at DOD’s EMall
The Homeland Security Department earlier this month announced it will use a tailored version of the Defense Department’s EMall portal to buy goods and services from existing DOD contracts. EMall will also carry items that can be procured through DHS contracts.
People
DOD pulls plug on Internet voting overseas
After initially defending its Secure Electronic Registration and Voting Experiment against criticism that it was not secure enough, the Pentagon cancelled SERVE plans for this fall’s presidential election.
Digital Government