Digital Government

Coast Guard tests digital photo transmission

Coast Guard first responders may soon be able to transmit photos directly from incident scenes to command centers

People

DCIS to start fall tests

DOD agencies this fall will start testing a cross-credentialing system that would give employees and contractors a single access card for any Defense facility.

Digital Government

Ashcroft defends Patriot Act

The attorney general says law enforcement officials can use better technology to communicate because of the USA Patriot Act

People

Federal agents using training simulator

FBI and Border Patrol agents are going beyond traditional firearms training and testing their judgment and reactions to stressful situations

Digital Government

Making it stick

A recent Federal Computer Week editorial considered the prospects of President Bush's information technology management agenda following the departure of Office of Management and Budget Director Mitchell Daniels Jr.

Digital Government

Fedwire

Veridian buy approved; PeopleSoft saga continues; BAE nabs Spawar pact'; EMC improves replication

Digital Government

DigitalNet wins FBI contract

The FBI will pay DigitalNet up to $22 million to support the Trilogy network

Digital Government

Motion introduces new models

Motion Computing Inc. is launching its newest tablet PCs, the M1300 line, this week

People

The circuit

Show Me the Money; Hot or Not?; Feed Us; In and Out

Digital Government

Hill weighs small-biz rules

House small-business bill would affect bundling, HUBZone programs

Digital Government

Instant messaging, loud and clear

Instant messaging is a hit at the Voice of America

Digital Government

Florida outsources truck permits

Affiliated Computer Services will get $4.7 million over five years to run the state's office for oversize/overweight commercial truck permits

People

Punching up performance

Price-friendly server clusters offer big boost ? and management challenges

Digital Government

NSA boosts credentials

Scrutiny of job applicants' credentials at the National Security Agency has always been intense, and it's about to get even more intense for senior information technology security specialists

People

Building the bridge

Integrators are most comfortable working with companies they've worked with before, companies whose capabilities they can count on

People

News Briefs

GSA picks E-Travel vendors; OMB revises A-76 revision

Digital Government

IRS gets new privacy advocate

A former privacy analyst for the Office of Management and Budget is now with the Internal Revenue Service.

Digital Government

32-bit remains chip of choice

The Beowulf Project spawned the prototype commodity server-based cluster

Digital Government

Forman's legacy

Arguably, those who try ambitious government reforms could be described in one of two ways: naive or a Pollyanna

Digital Government

Labs explore Linux super clusters

Clustering's cost advantage has compelled some organizations to migrate from Unix-based systems and symmetrical multiprocessing machines