Joint Forces experimental division installs wireless LAN
The military has been careful in its adoption of wireless networks, seeking to avoid pitfalls in security and utility.
Supercomputing, cyberinfrastructure among administration's highest R&D priorities
The Bush administration has placed supercomputing and cyberinfrastructure among its highest priorities for research and development efforts.
FDA names IT security officer for drug research office
The FDA has named Maureen Moore as information systems security officer at the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research.
DISA: Systems too 'brittle' for net-centricity
One of the Defense Department's next big net-centric challenges is keeping services flexible, a DISA official said today.
Study: Medicare call centers fumble policy questions
Medicare call centers need a screening system to provide accurate policy information, according to a GAO study.
Air Force could move up award of Netcents contract
The Air Force might time the Network Centric Solutions contract award to coincide with this month's Air Force IT Conference.
DOD to use Linux clusters for combat simulations
The Defense Department has bought a pair of 256-processor Linux clusters to use in simulating global combat operations.
Cost saving app at Langley wins NASA award
A money-saving aerodynamic analysis app developed at Langley Research Center is NASA's Software of the Year.
GAO finds that some protective laws hinder e-health adoption
Efforts by health care providers to implement IT systems can be hampered by laws preventing fraud and abuse, GAO says.
TRANSCOM to manage Defense supply chains
The Defense Department's Transportation Command will be the portfolio manager for all of DOD's IT supply-chain systems.
To capitalize or not to capitalize'how do you spell 'Internet'?
Could this be the beginning of a trend? Wired News will no longer capitalize the 'I' in internet.
Justice issues guidelines for handling digital evidence
The Justice Department's National Institute of Justice has published the second in a series of guidelines for IT crime investigations.
DARPA begins work on new comm network
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is developing a prototype system that integrates optical and radio communications.
Navy picks Godwin to take over at NMCI
The Navy has named Rear Adm. James B. Godwin III to be director of the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet program office.
Travel light with a multifunction handheld
Handheld computers, like cell phones, have become work necessities, not mere niceities.
Federal Contract Law: Taking full advantage of share-in-savings contracting
One of the goals of the E-Government Act is to encourage the use of share-in-savings contracts. These are performance-based contracts where the contractor is paid a share of the money it saves the government.
DOD takes a different route to same goal
In many ways, the Defense Department operates under different budget rules than do civilian agencies, but it still has the same two masters: the Office of Management and Budget, and Congress.
Working the hill
When it comes to money, Congress is the final arbiter. What are the ins and outs of making the case for funding once the president's budget request goes to the Hill?
56 for 56
The Veterans Affairs Department batted 1.000 this year, when the Office of Management and Budget approved all of its 56 submitted IT business cases for fiscal 2005 on the first try. An Exhibit 300 that fulfills OMB requirements means the IT project has a better chance at funding.
Inside the evaluations
During his five years with the Office of Management and Budget, fall meant two things to Tony Frater: the start of the Green Bay Packers' season and the reading of IT business cases. Many hours of reading.
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