People

DOD keeps vendors on their toes

Middleware vendors may have a hard time with the Defense Department's approach to its Common Access Card procurement

Digital Government

InDesign 2.0 improves page design and layout

Product review: InDesign's new capabilities should allow the product to secure a foothold among those needing enterprise-level page-layout tools

People

Cleared for access

State Department readies smart-card rollout to employees

People

Disaster modeling and simulation

None

Digital Government

Cybersecurity strategy only a first step

Next goal should be clearer action plan, experts say

People

Northcom faces obstacles at launch

New command faces major cultural and technical challenges in communicating and sharing information

Digital Government

Fortifying network armor

Product review: Symantec's Client Security offers antivirus, firewall and intrusion-detection combo

People

Lawmakers still hope to finish an e-gov bill this year

House lawmakers are making a late push to give agencies more than $200 million in e-government funds and to establish some type of governmentwide IT manager.

People

Tried and true gets a new spin

In many ways, a research group is trying to turn the direction of people/computer interaction back to the days of pencil and paper

Digital Government

Policy briefs

DOD contract saves money; Study: States avoid IT cuts

Digital Government

The Circuit

GovNet in the Shadows; What's Behind the Curtain?; Under Pressure; Another Look at Competition

People

NCS readying 'gee-whiz' Internet warning project

The National Communications System is in the early stages of a Global Early Warning Information System pilot project

People

Listen up

Automated speech transcription, translation systems called on for front-line duty

People

Cities 'angry' over lack of homeland support

City officials demanded that Congress and the Bush administration provide the billions of dollars they promised for first responders

People

Navy launches e-records effort

The Navy kicked off an enterprisewide records management system, starting to install software on NMCI computers

People

Automated transcription and translation systems

None

Digital Government

NASA funds interactive institute

State universities are part of an institute that will do research, develop technologies and provide educational opportunities

People

Tech lab promotes telework options

The Software Productivity Consortium opened its Telework Lab, a resource for agencies looking to outfit remote workers

Digital Government

Yamaha delivers fast, affordable CD drive

Product review: Device offers unprecedented rewrite speed

People

New credentials

State Department employees will be required to wear their old ID cards until the smart cards are fully phased into service