Digital Government

New Cray aids Arctic research

The Arctic Region Supercomputing Center (ARSC) has begun using a new Cray Inc. supercomputer in one of the first projects to investigate how changes in the Arctic may influence world climate.

Modernization

System speeds nuclear messages

Commanders of nuclear forces soon will have a new emergency action message system

People

SAIC celebrates National Guard IT

Company deploying worldwide IT architecture for Army National Guard and Reserve units

People

Global e-gov inching forward

Even the three most advanced e-governments in the world have a lot of work to do

People

Putting words into action

Information gap sparks reform at State Department

People

Company takes State's Spanish calls

TeleTech will route Spanishlanguage inquiries for visa information to a call center in Mexico

Digital Government

International cybercrime treaty advances slowly

Early this month, I was a witness at the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly's Legal Affairs and Human Rights Committee hearing on its draft treaty on cybercrime.

Acquisition

NSA blazes ahead on IT systems

Agency makes progress on two major IT programs: Trailblazer and Groundbreaker

People

House panel enters 'new world'

House International Relations Committee offers first Webcast of a public hearing

Digital Government

Powell pitches IT revolution

Secretary of State calls for increased funding for IT aimed at revolutionizing diplomacy

Digital Government

Jewel in the Middle East

Dubai is moving rapidly into the Information Age.

People

Export limits may shift to software

DOD suggests abandoning supercomputer export restrictions based solely on processing power

People

Army intell commander steps in

Brig. Gen. Keith Alexander is leading the U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command

People

New strike force has IT arsenal

The Air Force unveiled the Global Strike Task Force, which will rely heavily on IT

People

Form helps scrutinize foreign funds

State Department effort is designed to thwart illegal deposits of foreign assets in U.S. banks

Digital Government

Becoming a true World Wide Web

Agencies spread the word in Spanish and other tongues

Digital Government

Gateway adds global tech support

Gateway Inc. has updated a set of services that will help federal customers outside the United States get faster support and reduce downtime.

People

Senate hearings span the globe

C-SPAN is starting a Webcast service of most Senate committee hearings

Digital Government

Gateway updates overseas service

Gateway has relaunched its support services to federal users outside the United States

People

State issues World Wide invitation

Multilingual messages are accessible from the home page of State's Office of International Information Programs