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
Plunkett: Crafting metrics not too difficult
Expert says a unified theory of performance management is necessary.
Modernization
Study calls for Vermont to embrace IT
The Vermont Institute on Government Effectiveness released a study detailing how the state could save up to $30 million a year by improving its IT infrastructure.
Modernization
A PDA in hand ...
Local, state and federal emergency responders in the Gulf Coast are using their own self-contained portable radio units with batteries, satellite phones or communications trailers with an array of devices.
Modernization
Focus turns to disaster response
The slow, disorganized response by emergency responders to Hurricane Katrina has prompted IT officials to think more creatively about how to deploy technology.
People
Ohio library offers virtual help in Spanish
Professional librarians from 50 library systems are available around the clock to answer reference questions.
People
Hurricane Katrina gets her own DHS IG
The Homeland Security Department's inspector general is creating an office that will specifically focus on Hurricane Katrina issues.
People
Senate curbs e-gov in Commerce, Justice spending bill
The Senate spending bill limits the power of federal agencies to transfer money to fund e-government projects.
People