Defense calls shotgun on RFID
Tracking a global supply chain with radio frequency identification tags is like trying to jump into a vehicle that's still moving down the assembly line.But the Defense Department is proceeding aggressively with RFID plans so it will have a say in how the technology advances.
Air Force rolls out $10b comm and IT services RFP
The Air Force has ended months of delays on a major backbone buy with the release of a request for proposals for the $10 billion Network Centric Solutions program.
Groups offer security guidance for critical infrastructure systems
Two groups this month put the onus on private-sector organizations to take steps to secure their systems if the country as a whole is to defend its critical infrastructures against cyberattack.
DHS awards $350m for secret net
The Homeland Security Department will get a new network to transmit secret data and consolidate five classified systems.DHS has awarded a $350 million contract to Northrop Grumman Corp. to build the Homeland Secure Data Network.
Blue is good, Army says
The Army's Blue Force Tracking system has been so successful in Iraq and Afghanistan that nearly 40,000 more of the systems will be in use by 2008.<br>
IBM prepackages supercomputing for small agencies
Preconfigured server clusters will minimize setup and management hassles for small to midsized agencies, according to IBM Corp.<br>
NASA TV goes digital by satellite
NASA TV is moving from a single analog television channel to multiple digital channels via satellite.
CIA's In-Q-Tel funds linguistics software maker
In-Q-Tel, the CIA's venture capital arm, has invested in Basis Technology Corp. of Cambridge, Mass., which sells software for multilingual linguistic analysis, text mining and information retrieval.
State, DHS seek more time on biometric entry
The Homeland Security and State departments have asked Congress to extend an October deadline for economically developed countries to provide biometric passports to citizens travelling to the United States.
E-health apps might keep Medicare well
Applying emerging health IT tools to patient care would help avoid projected bankruptcy of Medicare within 15 years, the new Medicare Trustees report says.
NIST releases new drafts of IT security guides
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has published a pair of draft IT security documents for public comment.
Coming Defense policy to set use limits on WiFi
Although the Defense Department continues to say it will soon issue a much-delayed policy to guide the use of WiFi equipment, the final policy remains holed up at the Pentagon.
TSA will begin traveler registry pilot in June
The Transportation Security Administration earlier this month announced a registered traveler pilot to begin at selected airports in June.
E-folders let State workers access HR files anywhere
New electronic personnel folders are helping the State Department meet the strictures of the Government Paperwork Elimination Act and Bush administration demands to integrate human resources systems.
DARPA funds cognition, regeneration projects
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has chosen 11 research projects to fund under its Self-Regenerative Systems program.<br>
Congress preparing for battles over A-76
Administration vows to fight expected new measures to stop or severely limit its program to open commercial federal jobs to competition with the private sector.<br>
GSA extends software inventory deadline
GSA has extended the deadline to May 1 for agencies to submit inventories of the software they use to help GSA plan SmartBuy, the enterprise software licensing program.
Energy pulls plugs on world's largest database
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center's Objectivity database has stopped growing, a victim of industry standardization within the scientific community.
Telecommuting made easy
When I started telecommuting, I was surprised to find very little software geared to the average federal telecommuter.All you really need to do basic office work at home is a computer, an Internet connection and an e-mail address. More advanced work such as accessing secure databases, for example, might require costly applications and arrangements outside the scope of this review.
The lowdown on SMI-S
<b>What is it?</b> SMI-S is the Storage Management Initiative Specification. It has been developed by the Storage Networking Industry Association to create a common approach to managing different vendors' storage products.
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