DISA makes 50 applications available for others to use and improve
The Defense Information Systems Agency is taking a new approach that could promote the reuse of its applications at other agencies by making its internal software open source.
Project at a glance: National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program
Preserving millions of physical items in LOC collections and the terabytes of new data being produced so that they will be accessible in a digital future.
Project at a glance: DODTechipedia Suite
DODTechipedia uses wiki technology to provide an interactive tool available across the DOD community on unclassified and classified networks. DefenseSolutions provides DOD the opportunity to attract ideas from new sources.
Project at a glance: Defense Health Patient Movement Items Tracking System
The Patient Movements Item Tracking System records the location of medical equipment through bar-code scanning at each stop. The data is stored in a central database that is available to logisticians via a Web interface.
Defense Technical Information Center's forums allow information sharing at various classification levels
The DOD Techipedia project is a suite of services that use Web 2.0 tools to foster communication and collaboration at several classification levels, currently consisting of two internal components and one external component.
CJIS system uses enterprise architecture, sign-on security to link law enforcement
The FBI National Data Exchange uses the Criminal Justice Information Services' enterprise architecture and a secure, single sign-on system to share data from thousands of law enforcement agencies around the country.
CIO Council set up Data.gov in two months, and third parties are putting the data to use
Data.gov, a one-stop shop for raw government data feeds, was set up in two months, giving visitors access to government information, with the possibility that they would reuse the data.
Techipedia's development was a rapid, if sometimes rough, ride
DOD Techipedia's developers had to overcome single sign-on, security and other technical challenges during the site's rapid development.
MC4 takes rugged approach to hardware
Here’s the hardware that the Army's Medical Communications for Combat Casualty Care runs on.
Necessity was the mother of many of DISA's apps
When the applications DISA needed weren't available or were too expensive, support branch team members built the apps themselves.
Project at a glance: DISA's Open Source Corporate Management Information System
With a development team of only seven programmers, Richard Nelson led the work to develop more than 50 applications. The agency then put the programs under an open-source license, which will allow other organizations to reuse, and even improve, the software.
Control systems cited in unmanned aerial vehicle crashes
A series of mishaps involving unmanned aerial systems operating in Southwest Asia has Army and Air Force officials revisiting key operational procedures.
Windows 7: Not all that it's 'Cracked' up to be?
'Cracked' humor magazine reviews Windows 7, and is not impressed.
Will Windows 8 have a 128-bit version?
Microsoft's next operating system in development, Windows 8, might be designed to run on 128-bit hardware.
My dinner with Windows 7
Windows 7 was much quicker to install than the GCN Lab had feared, but had a strange side effect in one respect: it was oddly silent.
Kylie, you forgot the GCN Lab!
It seems like almost every reviewer but the GCN Lab has made it into Kylie’s Windows 7 slideshow of bunnies and kittens.
Navy lays course for Second Fleet migration to NMCI
The Navy’s Second Fleet Commander will use the Navy Marine Corps Intranet to support its newly established Maritime Operations Center in a move to further collaboration and boost cybersecurity capabilities.
How to upgrade (relatively) painlessly to Windows 7
Transferring files with Windows Easy Transfer is a relative snap, relatively speaking, creating a clean canvass for the new OS.
Microsoft rolls out Windows phone
The Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system used in Windows phones represents an interim step in Microsoft's mobile OS plans.
Several agencies say power management is paying off
Several agencies such as the Environmental Protection Agency, the Defense Department’s Office of Personnel and Readiness Information Management, and the Energy Department are achieving or anticipating significant gains by deploying various approaches.
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