Federal funds for first responders are waiting on programs
The slow development of programs has created a glut of unspent federal money for state and local first responders.
IRS says modernization projects are on a roll
IRS CIO Todd Grams told the IRS Oversight Board the Business Systems Modernization projects are showing steady progress.
Senate confirms Aviles for Navy post
Dionel M. Aviles of Maryland was confirmed yesterday by the Senate as the undersecretary of the Navy.
IBM claims title to world's fastest supercomputer
IBM Corp. said it has built a supercomputer that surpasses the performance of the Earth Simulator in Yokohama, Japan.
Net-centric consortium begins work
Twenty-eight companies in the United States and Europe have formed a consortium to build interoperable systems for government.
OPM asks for bids on new retirement system
The Office of Personnel Management last week released a request for proposals for a new retirement system for federal employees.
CapWIN looks like win-win for D.C. area
The Capital Wireless Integrated Network gets a thumbs-up from members of Congress and the Washington metro public safety community.
NIH commits $80 million to biomedical computing centers
The National Institutes of Health has launched four centers to support a universal computing infrastructure for biomedical research.
McNealy: Don't build a custom jalopy
I've told the government it ought to be a court-martial offense to develop in anything but Java," Sun Microsystems chief Scott McNealy says.
Pentagon still working out details for intelligence revamp
DOD is putting the finishing touches on a plan to overhaul the government's intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance organizations and methods.
Putnam to leave Government Reform for Rules Committee
Rep. Adam Putnam today left his post as chairman of the House Government Reform subcommittee that most focuses on federal IT to take a seat on the Rules Committee left vacant by Porter Goss.
NSF announces latest round of cyber research funding
How can ecology and epidemiology be applied to networking and security? Newly funded NSF projects aim to find out.
FAA tests radar for spotting birds flocking around airports
The small portable radar, with a three-mile range, can track flocks of birds and report hazard conditions for arriving and departing aircraft.
Does the future of computing lie in wireless mesh?
"There will be more machine-to-machine interaction on behalf of the user, without user intervention."
GAO: Homeland Security lacks big picture on IT
DHS tells the audit agency it will establish goals, performance measures and timelines for eight priority IT areas.
Joint Systems Integration Command swings into operation
The new command and control facility for civilian as well as military agencies and NATO countries promises to be 'a vibrant intellectual engine.'
DHS sets deal for wearable GPS monitors
Homeland Security has inked an agreement with ISecureTrac for wearable GPS monitoring systems.
NSA picks three for $750m contract
The National Security Agency has hired Boeing, Northrop Grumman and Titan to help it manages programs enterprisewide.
Online Extra: USDA secretary makes e-gov's case to Congress
With a portion of their funding for e-government initiatives at risk, Agriculture Department secretary Ann M. Veneman took the unusual step of taking her agency's case directly to Congress.
Online Extra: 'Bake-offs' help agencies rate data-mining tools
Some agencies evaluating data-mining tools like to use what the Homeland Security Department's Lee Holcomb calls application bake-offs to find the best app for the task at hand.
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