Hands on: Running a wiki
Perhaps the chief benefit of a wiki is that it's easier to update than regular Web pages.
McAfee wins Air Force task order
The Air Force will use McAfee's intrusion prevention system and security manager appliances to protect its worldwide non-classified and classified networks.
Wyatt Kash | Editor's Desk: Wiki revolution
Given the freewheeling nature of blogs and wikis, it's hard to imagine either form of communication finding a welcome foothold inside the command-and-control realms of the federal workplace.
Some Dell laptop users may have three-week wait for new batteries
EDS, which manages NMCI and other contracts, hopes to expedite replacements for key federal customers.
The Pipeline
So many regulations, so little time; Freewheeling with Rugged Mini.
Software licenses will have exchange value
Bentley Systems to offer a licensing model based on efficient portfolio management.
GSA sets up HSPD-12 managed service office, releases guidances
The General Services Administration opened a Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12 managed services office and released two documents for agencies that want to work with the office.
DHS awards small-business Eagle contracts
The Homeland Security Department is in the process of announcing the winners of contracts in the small-business phase of the Eagle IT services procurement, sources inside and outside the government said.
DOT taps Leader as new JPDO chief
The Transportation Department named Charles Leader, an aviation industry veteran, as the new director of the multi-agency task force overseeing Next Generation Air Transportation System development.
GSA: No truth to early Networx awards
Although there is potential for earlier awards, GSA plans to issue them for Universal and Enterprise services in March and May 2007, respectively, according to John Johnson, GSA's acting assistant commissioner for Integrated Technology Services.
Oracle Application Server passes security test
The application server achieves Common Criteria EAL4+, meeting purchasing criteria of public sector agencies.
SEC wants prototypes to access XBRL documents
The Securities and Exchange Commission seeks proposals for a prototype system that will provide a user-friendly environment in which to access documents written in Extensible Business Reporting Language and submitted to the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system.
And another thing...
The blind could soon have new navigational tools based on work being done at Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
THE COMMUNITY: Big Easy Pitch
Lurita Doan, new administrator of the General Services Administration, has been making a lot of pitches lately, usually involving efforts to revive the agency's status as the government's procurement hub.
The Packet Rat | Commuters can't escape heat of Intel-AMD battle
With the heat index off the charts, the Rat abandoned his usual urban-assault cycling commute for the slightly cooler confines of the Wasington Metro system.
FAA software tool gets flights out of the rain
The Federal Aviation Administration hopes that a new air traffic tool will at least give the aviation community greater control over their flights and schedules, saving not only money but a traveler's most precious commodity'time.
Future Digital System similar to NARA's records system only on the surface
On the surface, the Government Printing Office's Future Digital System appears to duplicate what the National Archives and Records Administration is doing under its Electronic Records Archive project.
GPO puts content over form in FDSys
The Government Printing Office has no idea what its system to transform the way it preserves federal documents will look like. But then again, it might not matter right now: Chief Technology Officer Mike Wash has a clear vision of what the new content management system will do, how it will work and the benefits it will bring.
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