Digital Government

NOAA bolsters tsunami warning system

Officials repair deep-ocean buoys in Pacific, but no sensors set in Atlantic

Modernization

DISA creates tsunami ops center

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

Modernization

Mercy for tsunami victims?

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

People

FirstGov gets tsunami info

FirstGov.gov has gathered Web addresses meant for searching for U.S. citizens affected by the disaster.

Digital Government

Military sends teams to deal with tsunami aftermath

Teams reaching devastated South Asia zone expected to provide communications infrastructure, water and other humanitarian aid.

Digital Government

Web aids tsunami response

The Internet is being used to help find people and link resources around the world in the aftermath of the tsunami tragedy.

Modernization

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.

Cybersecurity

E-passports go down under

Cybertrust is developing PKI technology in a 10-month pilot that will test e-passports for Australia.

Digital Government

UK hires Northrop for fingerprint system

Northrop won a $244 million contract to implement the Ident1 system that will bring collections of fingerprints and palm prints in England, Scotland and Wales into a single system.

People

Afghanistan gets talking books

HHS delivered 2,000 interactive health education books for women in Afghanistan.

People

US, UK work on anti-terror R&D

The two countries signed an agreement to collaborate on homeland security technology.

People

Australian e-gov grows

Australia's Centrelink project costs about $1.5 billion.

Acquisition

Buyers gather in Canada

A three-day conference will bring together procurement officials and businesses from throughout the Americas.

Modernization

Jordan airline passengers use smart cards

The country uses Epok's TDX system to check biometric information against a database of passengers.

People

Two superpowers grapple with IT issues

CIOs in Japan and U.S. deal with access, info-sharing and training issues

Modernization

Afghan data network may launch

The initiative could provide great rewards, the Defense Department's acting CIO said.

Modernization

Cross-Atlantic data sharing?

The U.K. and U.S. may agree to improve the sharing of technical info on communications.

Digital Government

Researchers to study international IT innovation

The University of Albany's Center for Technology in Government is expanding its research to international governance with a new grant from the National Science Foundation.

Digital Government

NEC retakes supercomputer title

A machine built for the United Kingdom's meteorological office broke a processing speed record set by IBM last month.

People

Aviation group explores ID verification standards

ICAO seeks industry help in developing standards for verification, authentication and machine-readable documents.