No easy fix for DOD security issues
Report warns that it will be difficult to secure Global Information Grid.
Former OMB controller Springer nominated to head OPM
President Bush plans to nominate Linda Springer as the new head of the Office of Personnel Management.
NIST expert: Don't max out DVD disks
When burning an optical disk, leave the last 10 percent of the disk empty to ensure greater compatibility with other disk drives, says Olibh'ar Tadhg O'Slattra.
Treasury agreement with GSA, OMB changed TCE proposal: GAO
GAO concludes an undisclosed memorandum of understanding that encouraged the Treasury Department to let its $1 billion network services contract expire significantly changed the basis upon which the bidders prepared their proposals.
GAO upholds protest of TCE award
<font color="CC0000">UPDATED</font color> The Government Accountability Office has sustained protests filed against Treasury's award of the $1 billion Treasury Communications Enterprise contract to AT&T.
Navy taps RGS for business process management, IT services
The Navy has hired RGS Associates Inc. to provide IT and other services across the Chief of Naval Operations division.
GSA draft reorganization plan to be released in May
The General Services Administration says it will complete the first draft of its plan to merge the Federal Supply Service and the Federal Technology Service in two months.
NCI wins knowledge management work
The National Security Agency will pay NCI Information Systems as much as $35 million to provide knowledge management solutions and expertise.
DHS says its small-business efforts surpassed 2004 goals
The department's deputy chief procuremennt officer says DHS was successful in linking small businesses with large companies through its mentor-prot'g' program.
The lowdown on AMD Opteron and Intel Xeon processors
<b>What are they?</b> AMD Opteron and Intel Xeon processors support a new category of servers capable of simultaneously handling both 32-bit and 64-bit operating systems and applications.
Best of both worlds
The best thing about migrating to 64-bit computing might be that you don't have to do it in one great leap.
Software recovers deleted photos
When you delete an image, accidentally or on purpose, from the flash memory chip in your digital camera, is it really gone forever?
Latest notebooks chase desktop PC performance
If Intel Corp. is to be believed, its new Centrino mobile computing platform, previously codenamed Sonoma, will bring high-end desktop PC performance to notebooks.
Internaut: Municipal wireless programs take planning
As more big cities announce plans to build large-scale wireless mesh networks, city IT managers need to take a step back to establish exactly what they hope to accomplish with such construction.
Census Bureau runs VOIP over upgraded, high-quality network
On the eve of the 2000 census, the Census Bureau was looking for a replacement for its AT&T Merlin telephone system.
GCN INSIDER: Trends and technologies that affect the way government does IT
The GCN Lab was prepared to sing the praises of the Xkey USB security device when it learned the product'introduced just last year'might be phased out. In a call to one of the product's Israel-based engineers, it became clear the reason wasn't technology related.
Calling all networks
When IT specialist Dale Baskerville arrived at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center's new D.C.-area facility in May 2002, she saw a rare opportunity to build a telecommunications system from scratch.
Editorial Cartoon
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EDITOR'S DESK: Uncommon chance at a common language
Each year federal, state and local governments spend billions of dollars in pursuit of an elusive goal: to share information simply and securely.
For feds' searches, Google is the main course
In the Web search-engine race, Google is an easy winner for feds.
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