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DISA creates tsunami ops center

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

Modernization

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.

Modernization

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.

Modernization

Army buys more network gear

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

Modernization

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.

Modernization

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.

Modernization

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.

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Air Force wants net-centric projects

Officials want to focus on prototypes, empirical research, test beds and proof-of-concept demonstrations in four areas.

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MCI gets Atlantic GIG

The Defense Information Systems Agency awarded two contracts worth $15.3 million for the Atlantic extension of the Defense Department's Global Information Grid to the government markets division of MCI.

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Army gets serious about paperless operations

Army officials plan to install a solution from IBM and others that will help automate the service's form-based business processes.

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Storage firm targets government

Clustered storage vendor Isilon Systems has added an ex-agency executive as a director and created a new federal advisory board.

Modernization

Sprint Nextel may push feds to talk

Adding Nextel's instant communication technology to Sprint's network could attract the eye of federal officials.