People

SAIC's military maneuver

SAIC 'smart region' technology rerouted for Army missile defense infrastructure program

People

Kellogg named to C4 post

The Pentagon announced yesterday that Army Maj. Gen. Joseph Kellogg has been selected for promotion and assignment to become the new director of C4 systems on the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Digital Government

Pennsylvania gives $1.3 M for IT projects

Selected projects help individuals, businesses and schools get connected

Digital Government

Review: Symantec's firewall secure, but confusing

Norton Personal Firewall offers effective tools for agencies to protect remote units, but they're buried under a cantankerous interface

People

Small, simple computers for cops on the go

'PocketCop' designed to withstand the wear and tear of street beats

People

NSA finds one of its own in industry

The National Security Agency director last week nominated William Black Jr., a retired NSA employee who started a new career in the hightech industry, to become the agency's next deputy director

Digital Government

GSA rethinks FIDNet solution

GSA will delay its acquisition of a governmentwide system to detect cyberattacks so the request for proposals can be aligned with commercial market solutions

People

Is your Web site friendly?

Not having a user-friendly site is as bad as not having one at all, AOL exec says

People

Resellers agreement primed for Air Force

Logicon will resell Enterworks' portal and marketplace integration solutions via the Air Force's IT2 blanket purchase agreement and other federal contracts

People

White House: Hill slow to fund security

Calls for Congress to 'pick up the pace' on funding information security initiatives and to put forward legislation to help track and prosecute cybercriminals

Digital Government

Roster Change

Bob Dies was named assistant director in charge of the FBI's Information Resource Division, which oversees the maintenance, upgrade and development of the bureau's information and communication systems, computer networks and records.

People

Government Web sites honored for e-citizen services

MIT, Andersen Consulting highlight sites that transform how government works

People

NSA posts declassified intelligence from Korean War

The National Security Agency has setup a World Wide Web site where it plans to post newly declassified documents outlining the triumphs and pitfalls of signals intelligence known as SIGINT during the Korean War

People

Bureau names new eFBI chief

The FBI has named a new assistant director to oversee the design and launch of eFBI, a program that will give agents the ability to share and sift through information via the Web

Modernization

FCC rejects GPS petition

Waivers given to three companies to operate an experimental technology that could interfere with GPS will stay in place

People

Smaller counties lag behind on Internet

Some counties still say they have no plans to develop Web sites

People

Navy zooms in on imagery intelligence

Technology that has delivered highdefinition television to tens of thousands of 'Monday Night Football' fans may soon furnish the military with digital imagery intelligence.

People

Air Force consolidates readiness information

An Air Force lab has developed an application that, through a combination of smart cards and database integration technology, could provide commanders with uptotheminute information on personnel readiness.

Digital Government

Creating a digital Earth

A new project may transform how we find and view information online

People

Dependable systems

The central problem in information technology management has shifted. Runaway systems development projects have given way to a new central concern that of making systems dependable.