Modernization
CES: Hot smartphones, Bluetooth
New handhelds and Bluetooth headsets stood out at the Consumer Electronics Show.
People
M/A-COM to build Va. comm system
The company will install an 800 MHz digital system for the Rockingham-Harrisonburg Emergency Communications Center.
Digital Government
Vermont lawmakers get Wi-Fi
A mesh network will provide wireless Internet access in the Vermont State House.
Digital Government
Getting permit data remotely
Accela Wireless will provide a system so Buncombe County, N.C., building inspectors can retrieve permit-related data via tablet PCs or handhelds.
People
IWN aims for phase two
Vendors in the second phase of the Integrated Wireless Network would submit detailed technical, management and cost proposals.
Digital Government
RFID to track SSA material
Radio frequency identification tags will help agency manage orders for pamphlets, forms.
Cybersecurity
Troops in Iraq buy own radios
Faced with a shortage of military radios, American troops in Iraq have resorted to buying their own inexpensive, insecure commercial radios to fill the gap.
Modernization
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.
Modernization
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.
People
Five vie for wireless work
Motorola, AT&T, Boeing, Lockheed and General Dynamics are in phase two bidding for the Integrated Wireless Network, sources say.
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.
Modernization
Vendors push Wi-Fi intrusion detection
Cisco Systems, Full Mesh Networks secure wireless access points.
Modernization
Florida to build wireless system
The plan is to have all counties' public safety and first responder personnel connected to the statewide wireless communications system by the end of 2005.
Cybersecurity
Wireless detectives secure the airwaves
Monitoring tools can help agencies sniff out threats to wireless networks.
Modernization
Group pushes informed travel
Some transportation groups are pushing for a national vehicle tracking system that would gather road information and disseminate the data to drivers.
Modernization
Bush demands spectrum plans
The President wants agencies to develop ways to use technologies dependent on the radio spectrum.
People
Navy seeks wireless input
The Navy CIO is developing identity management guidelines for wireless networks.
People
Soldiers to get more handhelds
Seventy-five digital assistants will be distributed to troops in Iraq.
Modernization