Digital Government
Defense gets more help developing wireless ID readers
Subcontractor will supply bridges to handheld computers that will scan access cards at military installations.
Digital Government
What's Brewin: DISA Eyes 'Magic Bus'
Commuter transport could provide employees with Wi-Fi, just like what Google and Microsoft offer.
Digital Government
Army overhauls modernization program
Initial components of Future Combat Systems will go to lighter infantry brigades, not heavy armored units.
Modernization
NOAA awards contract to manage huge stores of environmental data
Goal is to make it easier for researchers to search the petabytes of weather information the agency collects.
Digital Government
Military plans to implement patient-controlled electronic health records
System could be in place by the end of the year.
Digital Government
Defense plans to withdraw Hight's nomination to head DISA
Department declines to identify other candidates for head of its top information and telecommunications agency.
Digital Government
Senate derails Hight's nomination as DISA director
Marriage to executive in charge of business development at Northrop Grumman raises conflict-of-interest concerns.
Digital Government
The 50-State Strategy to Sell Cyber Command
Air Force relies on tried-and-true budget politics to gain support for new command.
Digital Government
Health IT office awards contract to fight medical identity theft
National coordinator for health IT asks Booz Allen to analyze prevalence of medical records theft and how to prevent and detect it.
Digital Government
FDA asks for $65 million to better track food contamination
Increase in fiscal 2009 IT budget also would help trace adverse effects from medical devices.
Digital Government
Army honors internal inventors
Developers of top technology solutions to be recognized for their work at June 12 ceremony.
Modernization
What's Brewin: Honoring medics, corpsmen on the real Memorial Day
An abbreviated honor roll of the 212 medics and corpsmen who have fallen in Iraq.
Digital Government
Bandwidth shortage threatens Army’s FCS plans
Congress concerned about Future Combat Systems and other programs that could overwhelm network capacity.
Modernization
Defense boosts bandwidth of global network to meet battlefield needs
Rising demand attributed mostly to satellite and video images from Iraq and Afghanistan.
Digital Government
Senate gives FDA $265 million in Defense supplemental ’08 funding
Funds would expand agency’s inspections of foreign drug plants and food products, but faces Bush veto.
Digital Government
Funding bill nudges military to unify systems
House Armed Services report also targets Future Combat Systems delays and IT staff shortage.
Cybersecurity
Cost of cybersecurity initiative to triple, panel reports
The development of the National Cybersecurity Initiative also is too secretive, removing a deterrence to attack U.S. networks, Senate committee charges.
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