Modernization
Katrina highlights need for state telecommunicator teams
Deploying such teams requires formal approval through a congressionally ratified agreement among states to request mutual aid.
People
Agarwal tapped to lead California's new tech department
P.K. Agarwal has been vice president of Affiliated Computer Services since 2003, but he has served as a California state official for many years.
Digital Government
San Diego County launches regional health net
Program could improve care for uninsured patients showing up in emergency rooms.
Modernization
A laptop for every student
Massachusetts considers providing every middle and high school student with a laptop -- at a cost of about $54 million.
People
IG: Inadequate IT hobbled DHS’ 2004 hurricane response
The IG cites an unintegrated IT environment that sometimes required paper-based workarounds devised at the last minute, but FEMA's CIO defends the agency.
People
Kentucky and New Mexico authenticate political campaign sites
The new technology creates a registry of genuine sites to make it easier to spot fakes set up to defraud donors or misinform voters.
People
Justice helps police with free mapping software
Earlier this month, the Justice Department handed out free software to police as part of a new crime prevention system.
Digital Government
EDS picks new state and local chief
Rick Shaffer previously managed the integrator's state and local government business in midwestern and south central states.
Digital Government
USAID to award AIDS drug supply chain contract
The U.S. Agency for International Development will soon award a multimillion-dollar contract to develop a global supply chain management system for AIDS drugs.
Modernization
Congress pushes for more resilient telecom
As congressional lawmakers probe the weak, uncoordinated government relief and recovery responses to Hurricane Katrina, they have begun pushing for better communications networks that are interoperable and resilient.
Modernization
Congress seeks improved disaster communications
The FCC chairman tells a Senate committee that interoperability, better protocols and a comprehensive national alert system would help in future crises.
People
Florida police to share data with other states
Support for XML justice standard will open door to secure info sharing
People
New York awards $2 billion public safety radio communications deal
M/A-COM will implement, operate and maintain a statewide interoperable wireless radio network.
People
Editorial: Procedures be damned
Most people would be hard-pressed to justify how one Federal Emergency Management Agency official responded to questions about the slow delivery of medicine to emergency shelters along the Gulf Coast.
Modernization
Telecom firms ready hurricane relief
They sent additional emergency equipment to Texas and Louisiana in preparation for Hurricane Rita.
Digital Government
Fewer than half of California's counties have EHR projects
Only 26 of the state's 58 counties are working to exchange electronic health records across disparate information systems.
Modernization
Senate bill seeks survivable communications
Several senators introduced a bipartisan bill yesterday that would provide several billion dollars to develop survivable, interoperable communications.
People
Parkes: In emergencies, data needs to be everywhere
The Energy Department CIO urges wide-ranging approach to get data everywhere it's needed in emergencies.
People