Modernization

Pack rats, beware

Don't box yourself in by buying bigger and bigger hard drives.

Modernization

The year ahead in policy

President's focus will be on systems consolidation and interoperability

Modernization

Put that home page in the circular file

Feds waste too much energy preserving agency sites.

Modernization

You flunked the test

Too much time is spent testing software development projects.

Modernization

DOD aids tsunami relief

Military deploys communications gear to devastated region.

Modernization

DISA creates tsunami ops center

It will provide communications and IT support to the unit managing DOD's tsunami humanitarian relief.

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CES: New printing systems, tablet

At this year's Consumer Electronics Show, Silex introduced systems for wireless printing and security. Panasonic has a ruggedized tablet.

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NIST raises VoIP concerns

Government administrators may not understand the complexity of installing security systems for Internet telephony, NIST says.

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Mercy for tsunami victims?

Pentagon officials may deploy the USNS Mercy and its advanced communications capabilities to help tsunami victims.

Modernization

Fort Hood gets spyware

The Army base will use Intrusion's SpySnare and SecureNet products.

Modernization

Army solicits network ideas

The service seeks network architecture and strategy.

Modernization

Apple discounts storage

Fed agencies get $500 off on Apple's Xsan storage-area network file system.

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Army buys more network gear

Joint Network Node to support IP-based voice, video and data communications.

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CMS to apply business rules engines to claims processing

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has requested information on two technologies that could revolutionize the way health care claims are settled.

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Hometown supports Illinois soldiers

Paris, Ill., raises money to buy radios and GPS receivers to help equip a local guard unit.

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U.S. sends military ships to help in tsunami aftermath

USS Abraham Lincoln and five other ships are heading to the Indian Ocean to aid the countries hardest hit by last weekend's tsunami.

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Toughbook 51 puts the pedal to the metal

Panasonic's newest ruggedized notebook ? Toughbook 51 ? can withstand a one-foot drop in its magnesium alloy case.

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Army focuses on cyber protection

Army white paper emphasizes cybersecurity and the need to provide secure network communications to support modern military operations.

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Sandia upgrades digital media management

Planning for the lab's Web-based system started about 18 months ago because the current client-server system had become archaic, Sandia's database administrator says.

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Demolition tests radio signals

NIST used the implosion of a Washington, D.C., building to see how radio signals transmit through rubble and shielded environments.