HHS to streamline e-mail services
Health and Human Services has contracted with Unisys Corp. for secure e-mail services to improve crisis response and employee collaboration.
EDS gets NMCI contract modifications
The lead contractor on the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet project announced today the Navy has agreed to contract changes that will allow it to move more quickly to reduce legacy applications.
Homeland research agency is funding advanced systems
Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency is funding advanced systems to detect biological, chemical, nuclear and cyber threats.
Kerry suggests merging Technology Administration, NTIA
Democratic presidential candidate proposes combining two of the government's technology and telecommunications agencies.
What to consider
<b>Contrast Ratio</b>. This is the figure showing how the blackest blacks compare with the whitest whites'the higher the contrast ratio, the clearer the image.
Lighten up with DLPs
Lightweight Digital Light Processing projectors, as little as 2 pounds and as thin as a laptop, make it easier to take visual presentations on the road. Prices have dropped along with the weight, with units now coming in at under $1,000.
All in one, but not one for all
When Captain Kirk and his crew visited a new planet, they always took along a tricorder'a device that would record pictures, sound and sensor readings, display information on its CRT screen, and link wirelessly to the mainframe on board the Enterprise.
Plasma panorama
Many workers prize small notebooks, personal digital assistants and cell phones, but the trend toward miniaturization stops at displays.
Team players
Few kinds of software are as slippery to categorize as those that use computer networks to bring people together.
Cebrowski praises changes to Army's Future Combat Systems plans
The Army's realignment of its Future Combat Systems plans represents a change "from a monolithic program to a strategy," retired Vice Adm. Arthur K. Cebrowski said today.
Procurement, requirements of wireless net outlined
Homeland Security, Justice and Treasury hope to issue an initial request for proposals for an Integrated Wireless Network late this month and to select vendors for a design competition by next May.
9/11 report might give IT spending a boost
9/11 Commission recommendations could expand the federal government's use of information technology, according to testimony today on Capitol Hill.
Stronger role urged for Homeland CIO
The Homeland Security Department's Inspector General today issued a report advocating a stronger role for the department's CIO.
DHS rolls out exit system pilots
The Homeland Security Department today unveiled 13 additional locations for its U.S. Visit exit screening system at airports and seaports.
NARA chooses Harris, Lockheed for e-records system
National Archives and Records Administration picks contractor teams to design and test the Electronic Records Archive system.
Public and experts split over e-voting security
More than half of those polled in a recent survey had a favorable opinion of e-voting, and three quarters had confidence in the technology.
Board says IRS modernization progressing despite CSC's failures
IRS Oversight Board sharply criticizes contractors Computer Sciences Corp. and the Prime alliance.
IBM to build Army supercomputer
Army picks IBM Corp. to build Linux-based supercomputer, expected to be one of the 20 fastest in the world.
DoD chided for not competing task orders
GAO reports the Defense Department has routinely waived competition requirements for multiple-award contracts and Federal Supply Schedule orders.
Intelligence czar could have IT 'grand duke'
The newly proposed National Intelligence Director could well oversee a newly strengthened CIO's office for the intelligence community, according to legislation pending in Congress.
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