BMMP in the night
Once again, the Defense Department has been shaken by deficiencies in its business and financial systems. The weaknesses date back beyond anyone's memory. But the issue flares up periodically, like sunspots.
Government users are wild for wireless devices
Agencies seem to be going gangbusters on wireless.In a GCN telephone survey on mobile and wireless communications, 86 percent of agency managers said their agencies use wireless communications technologies for agency business and continuity of operations.
E-gov redefines the workforce
When Norm Enger agreed nearly two years ago to manage the Office of Personnel Management's five Quicksilver e-government projects, he wasn't sure how much success each initiative would find.
HUD may delay IT services award
The Housing and Urban Development's IT Services contract, scheduled to be awarded by the end of the month, may be delayed.
Linux now a corporate beast
Most Linux improvements now come from corporations, not a large cadre of lone hackers working in isolation.
OPM reopens Recruitment One-Stop contract
The Office of Personnel Management will recompete the Recruitment One-Stop contract.
DHS' biggest directorate gains a CIO
Charles Armstrong appointed CIO at Homeland Security's border and transportation security directorate.
CAPPS II to be overhauled
DHS headquarters' announced that CAPPS II is to be redesigned, following press reports that Secretary Tom Ridge had said it would be cancelled.
GSA chooses six share-in-savings contractors
<font color="CC0000"> (UPDATED) </font color>Blanket purchase agreements are worth up to $500 million to help agencies develop share-in-savings contracts.
Net-Centric office explores new technologies, concepts
Initiative expected to integrate a common set of information services over the Global Information Grid.
The lowdown on biometrics
<b>What is it?</b> Biometrics is an authentication method based on some physical characteristic. This can be as obvious as a fingerprint pattern or as subtle as a measurement of some repetitive movement, such as how a person types a phrase or writes a signature.
Show of hands
Biometrics is the art and science of using a measurable and preferably unique biological characteristic to identify people.There are two main ways to use biometrics.
Handheld has lots of bounce per ounce
The TDS Recon handheld computer kicked the stuffing out of the GCN Lab's ruggedness tests.
Rugged notebooks take the HEAT
Soldiers train to toughen themselves for harsh environments. Their computing equipment needs to be equally tough to survive vehicles in hot sun and hard floors at airport terminals.
Army lowers bar for using Small Computer Program
Army procurement officers looking to buy IT services, hardware or software costing more than $25,000 must first look at making the purchase from the Army Small Computer Program.
Air Force hardware deals are now open to other services
The Defense Department's Enterprise Software Initiative has begun a pilot with the Air Force IT Commodity Council to let the Army, Navy and Marine Corps make enterprise hardware purchases with deep discounts.
Army system tracks ammo from warehouse to crater
Every mortar shell the Army fires'from the ceremonial shots that went up to salute former President Ronald Reagan to attacks lobbed at targets during fighting in Iraq'starts its journey toward the sky via a Web requisition system.
West Point's help desks are all in step
A help desk application generally does handyman duty, finding lost passwords or summoning assistance to fix what's broken. Users at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., however, converted their help app into more of a virtual butler.
@Info.Policy: Consumer credit has lessons for terrorism databases
GCN readers need to understand how the credit reporting system works. Why? Just about everyone is the subject of a credit file, and lenders, employers, insurers and others use that file to make basic decisions about you.
XBRL could aid reporting of financial data
Data collection is a crucial part of government operations. All too often, however, it's relegated to the back of the back office, which can make it difficult for government to support high-quality decisions with good information.
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