DOD wants to engage the future
The Defense Department's oft-stated vision for the future of combat thrusts information technology to the fore, embracing concepts such as network-centric warfare and digital battlefields.
BTS releases nationwide geographic database
The Bureau of Transportation Statistics last month released a set of nationwide geographic information system data about transportation facilities.
USDA puts research on menu
The Agriculture Department last month launched a new Web site to provide information about food safety research.
Web software zeroes in on real-time
The Federal Aviation Administration recently began using aircraft situation displays at operational centers in Atlanta, Kansas City, Mo., and San Diego.
Where some the Defense Department's top systems projects stand
Defense Message System. On July 20, DISA began upgrading its backbone infrastructure to DMS Version 3.0, program manager Jerry Bennis said. The version is currently going through developmental testing. Last Friday, the version was scheduled for fielding at several operational test sites.
'Quick! The chief needs a new axle for the jeep'
Even the most mobile military unit can be slowed by vehicle breakdowns, especially if supply lines for spare parts are sluggish.
DLA takes an industry approach to modernize, handle business on Web
With an aging work force and two increasingly expensive Cobol mainframe systems to maintain, the Defense Logistics Agency in 1998 turned to industry when it decided to modernize.
Researcher gives voice to digital warfighting
When Lockwood Reed speaks, computers listen. Reed is project engineer of the interactive speech technology program for the Army's Communications-Electronics Command's Research, Development and Engineering Center (RDEC) at Fort Monmouth, N.J.
HUD plans for a major IT tune-up
The Housing and Urban Development Department next week plans to issue a final solicitation to overhaul and run HUD's systems infrastructure.
IG's qualms stall DOT financial system rollout
The Transportation Department has delayed the rollout of a new financial system based on critical findings by its inspector general.
NSF OKs supercomputer teragrid
The National Science Foundation has given a green light to what could be the largest supercomputing infrastructure ever.
Military traffic command picks financial suite
The Military Traffic Management Command will replace its 1970s proprietary financial system with an Oracle Corp. application.
VA awards two services pacts for data center
The Veterans Affairs Department this month awarded a $650 million contract to Logicon Inc. and a $34.55 million contract to Research Dynamics Inc. for systems services at VA's Austin Automation Center.
CIO Council will fund eight e-gov portal projects
The Chief Information Officers Council this month announced that its electronic-government committee has approved $1.2 million to fund eight cross-agency Web portals.
Pay.gov rings up its first $1b
In less than a year of operating its Pay.gov portal, the Treasury Department's Financial Management Service has collected $1 billion in fees, fines, leases, taxes and other electronic payments from citizens and businesses thorough the portal.
USDA Web site lauded for data warehousing
The Agriculture Department's Lighthouse Project has won a first-place award for best practices in data warehousing from the Data Warehousing Institute of Seattle.
Army plans to centralize IT management
The Army intends to centralize systems management at about two dozen major commands under the service's chief information officer, to designate a single authority to manage information dissemination and to set up accounts for all Army personnel on the agency's enterprise portal'all by Oct. 1.
PACKET RAT
Unlike the industry that spawns it, the Rat never throws away any technology. He stockpiles it at the bottom of a drawer, behind the sofa or, in the case of some old AppleBus expansion cards, beneath a wobbly table
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