Acquisition
Close should not count
Editorial: Close does not count except in horseshoes, hand grenades and service-level agreements
People
TWIC: One step at a time
TWIC is a multiphase endeavor to provide a common employee ID card for some 12 million transportation workers
Digital Government
Vendor tries to build a smarter watchdog
Palladia Systems is leading the next wave of security event management tools
Acquisition
Anti-A-76 provisions draw veto threat
President Bush will veto spending bills that would hamper the administration's competitive sourcing imitative
People
Army getting to the heart of the matter
Military seeking detection system for medicine, urban combat
Digital Government
Los Alamos buys new supercomputer
The laboratory has bought a new system designed to move multiple terabytes of data in its role in monitoring America's nuclear stockpile
People
Getting into the spirit of things
The national Transportation Worker Identification Credential initiative will provide a common employee ID card
Digital Government
AbsoluteEncrypt secures mobile data
Centrally managed security solution protects desktop data on notebooks and PCs operating from remote locations
Digital Government
Turn net intrusions into a better security response plan
New security event management wares try to prioritize defensive action
Digital Government
WebWire
House passes DOD IT cuts; Security forms go online; Senate delays CAPPS funding; Rule limits anti-terror liability; GSA to lower industry fee; Feds lack bioterror training
Digital Government
Security staff: Don't book that vacation yet
There are promoters of security event management tools, and then there are skeptics such as META Group Inc. analyst Chris King
Digital Government
Firm hires former INS exec
A former INS official has joined SI International, leading the company's homeland security efforts
People
OPM to search for bogus credentials
OPM will train personnel managers to spot bogus academic credentials.
Digital Government
DARPA awards pacts to juice computing
Three companies will work on the second phase of DARPA's High Productivity Computing Systems program
People
Cisco hands diplomas to Army reservists
Seventeen Army reservists have become Cisco Certified Network Associates after completing free training
People