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Get a handle on handhelds
New tools bring mobile computers into the enterprise management fold
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Biometrics reduces case backlog
Minnesota officials use technology to match data to suspects
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Laying the lines of communication
Since November, Army colonel has set up thousands of Internet accounts
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Oregon city builds safety net
IP-based mesh network will operate in absence of supporting infrastructure
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Online Extra: Agencies uneasy about move to governmentwide financial systems
For many agencies, the gain of e-government has yet to outweigh the pain. This is especially true in the conversion to governmentwide financial systems from agencywide applications.
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Accenture to merge Oregon networks
The company will be paid from money saved by the consolidation over the next two and a half years.
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Enough coddling—OMB demands results from IT
After three years of holding agencies’ hands, waiting for their infrastructures to settle into place and putting up with systems chiefs’ anxieties, Bush administration officials think it’s time that federal IT deliver on the promised results. “We can get to where we want to be. It is just a question of making sure there is plenty of rigor and discipline to make sure agencies understand what their goals are,” OMB’s <b>Clay Johnson</b> says.
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Software gets Groovier
Groove Networks Inc., maker of virtual office software, has upgraded its product with new security and data functions.
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Navy adds four e-biz pilots
They cover training, visitor security and challenges of bandwidth, secure wireless communications and network traffic.
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Microsoft ends government giveaways
Officials say a planned three-month campaign of sending free software to government clients has ended. The feds didn't like it in the first place.
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Use bandwidth better, admiral says
The head of U.S. Strategic Command says troops and their commanders need appetite suppressants in their bandwidth demand.
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Net-centric war needs security
An insecure or unreliable network could be worse than no network at all, say officials from the DARPA Advanced Technology Office.
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Army to drop older Windows
The Army mandated that all commands use Windows 2000 or newer Microsoft Corp. operating systems by 2005.
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White Sands keeps Qwest
The White Sands Missile Range has picked Qwest to provide data and voice communications under a five-year contract renewal.
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States team up for buying
At least eight states have signed on to a cooperative purchasing contract for public safety communications services and equipment.
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GSA keeps options open for Networx contract
Agency is listening to options for FTS 2001 follow-on
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Open-source gets serious: A new window on Linux
The Linux OS challenges Microsoft and others for data centers and desktops
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