Digital Government
State to count heads at embassies
Budget outlines project to account for agencies and federal workers at its overseas posts
People
IT in play at Olympics
A new State Department visa system screens coaches and athletes for terrorist connections
People
Information sharing goes global
The threat of terrorism has given new weight to a push to integrate justice and law enforcement information systems
Digital Government
State delivers better money management
The U.S. embassy in Peru is the first U.S. diplomatic post overseas to use a new Web-based financial management system developed for the State Department
People
UK readies privacy charter
Charter will tell citizens how their information is used when they interact with the government online
People
Air Force soups up command center
Air Force is establishing a new high-tech command center to monitor the no-fly zone over Iraq
Modernization
Air Force studying broader use of Direct
The faster messaging system fielded by U.S. nuclear-weapons forces could also aid mobile command centers
People
Navy awards network contract
General Dynamics wins a $102.2 million deal to upgrade Navy network infrastructure outside the U.S.
People
Navy preps networking deal
The Navy is preparing to award a delivery order for networking products and services to cover its locations outside the United States.
People
Collaboration prepped for intell
Officials are readying the intelligence piece of the Global Information Grid for review, funding
People
DOD braced for cyberattack
Official notes that networks detected '2 million probes or scans from a Chinese source'
People
DOD intelligence mulls digital legal banks
Led by efforts from the National Imagery and Mapping Agency, officials within the Defense Department and military intelligence agencies are conducting preliminary discussions to develop an automated knowledge bank for their intelligence legal offices.
People
Agency mines e-gov help
Booz-Allen is Web-enabling the Minerals Management Service's offshore leasing program
Digital Government
Powell prioritizes State IT
Colin Powell testifies for 'broad-based Internet access' for department employees worldwide
Digital Government
A surging, chaotic power
Poised to overtake China as the world's most populous country, India has entered the 21st century with great potential and challenges
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