Air Force acquires geographic search tool
The Air Force Office of Special Investigations has purchased a tool that organizes and presents geographic information on suspected and potential terrorists.
GSA to let agencies negotiate some SmartBuy deals
Agencies with specific software needs that GSA is not in negotiations for could initiate a governmentwide license.
Geospatial agency set to fund new research
Contractors and universities would form teams and compete for awards in highly specialized research areas.
DOD seeks to expand its robot force
The Defense Department, with about 70 robots on bomb disposal duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, is preparing to buy 163 more. 'Users are asking us for smaller and smaller robots that are easily transportable,' an official says.
Davis introduces new acquisition reform bill
Rep. Tom Davis today introduced the Acquisition System Improvement Act, which combines elements of the Services Acquisition Reform Act that did not make it into law last year with new contracting initiatives.
Bush expands multiagency bioterror defenses
President Bush has signed a directive, released today, that attempts to better integrate national security, medical, public health, intelligence, agricultural and law enforcement strategies to form a more comprehensive biodefense framework. Together they would form a common surveillance and response network.
Remote-access software gets 508-compliant
Danware Data A/S of Denmark has modified its NetOp Remote Control system administrator software so that it meets the mandates set forth by Section 508; the company says it's the first remote access software to do so.
Army awards battlefield simulation contract
The Army has awarded a $74.1 million contract to AT&T Government Solutions of Vienna, Va., to develop simulated battlefield training systems under its One Tactical Engagement Simulation System program.
Common Access Card traveled a long, rocky road to success
When the Defense Department began its rollout of the Common Access Card program, "many said we were on the bleeding edge of technology," program analyst Lynda A. Cole said. It soon became clear how true that was.
Agriculture unveils framework for national animal ID system
The Agriculture Department has announced the framework for a National Animal Identification System to identify any agricultural premise exposed to a foreign animal disease so that the disease can be more quickly contained and eradicated.
Capitol Hill gets free hotspot today
On the steps of the Supreme Court, officials of the Open Park Project of Washington and Tropos Networks Inc. of San Mateo, Calif., today turned on the first pair of about six IEEE 802.11b WiFi cells and invited the public to surf.
DHS council to propose online lexicon
The Homeland Security Department's Advisory Council plans to recommend that the department post an online lexicon of important terms used in the homeland security field to help officials and the public avoid confusion when discussing key concepts.
OMB releases EA assessment tool
The Office of Management and Budget's Federal Enterprise Architecture Program Management Office today released an assessment tool for agencies to evaluate their enterprise architectures, set baselines and address any developmental or application problems.
NMCI to open software test center
The Navy-Marine Corps Intranet program office will in June open a center to test software applications for compatibility with the NMCI portal's Microsoft Windows 2000 environment.
Storage keys: Not all are equal
Portable storage devices are edging out floppy disk drives as the technology of choice for moving large files from one end-user machine to another.Where disk media have set capacities, users with USB ports can share gigabytes worth of data using thumb-size devices. What's more, the latest USB key drives can install themselves automatically on systems running Microsoft Windows XP or Apple OS X. Plus, they're easier to use than CD burners and offer infinite reuse potential.
IRS tests 2-D bar codes for scanning e-forms
Hoping to reduce manual rekeying in future tax seasons, the IRS is testing an embedded 2-D bar code from Adobe Systems Inc. to automatically capture information from tax forms.
Macromedia tailors online aid for agencies
On the heels of its recent acquisition of eHelp Corp., Macromedia Inc. is gearing eHelp's products to the government market.Among the products are the RoboHelp help-authoring tool, an online policy publisher called RoboInfo and a software demonstration product called RoboDemo.
Power User: A little of this and that on security
A useful download from Microsoft Corp. called PortReporter has several virtues: It's free, only 135K and probably all right to use even if agency rules otherwise forbid freeware.
With purchase of OctigaBay, Cray plans to build rackmount supercomputers
Cray Inc.'s $115 million purchase of start-up OctigaBay Systems Corp. of Vancouver, British Columbia, will serve customers at the lower end of the high-performance computing market, said Christopher Jehn, vice president of government programs for Cray of Seattle.
On the job
A customized tool lets course instructors and supervisors at the Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences design surveys that fit their own needs.
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