Defense will tag and track assets
All Defense Department program managers must tag new equipment with a standard and universal identification code to track the items they buy.
Navy renews contract for software help
The Navy has hired Northrop Grumman Corp. to continue providing software lifecycle maintenance for several command and control applications.
Pentagon pulls the plug on PAM program
The Pentagon late last week squashed a controversial terrorism-betting plan, promoted online by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, before the effort became reality.
TSA restricts database queries via screening system
Responding to objections to its plan for commercial database searches to identify air passengers who are terrorist suspects, the Transportation Security Administration today issued a regulation limiting its use of the data.<br>
OMB and GAO disagree over privacy compliance
The Office of Management and Budget and the General Accounting Office are butting heads over the ability of agencies to assure the protection of individual privacy rights in agency systems.<br>
IRS review: Contractors lack full understanding of CADE
The underlying reason for repeated delays of IRS's CADE system is that the chief contractor has not fully grasped the complexity of the electronic taxpayer database, the chairman of a panel that reviews IRS business modernization said today
HSD to develop information sharing procedures
The Homeland Security Department will develop procedures under which federal agencies will share homeland security information.<br>
Calendar
<b>8-10 CardTech SecurTech Conference.</b><br>Arlington, Va. Contact the Smart Card Alliance; Web: <a href= "http://www.ctst.com">www.ctst.com</a>; phone: 800-442-2878.
Policies and Practices: Make or break for e-government
If you listen closely, you can hear the drum the Office of Management and Budget is beating for e-government. Over the next 11 months, it will grow louder and stronger.
WinBook PowerSpec at home in fast lane
If you want a desktop PC that performs like a Ferrari but is priced like a midsize sedan, check out a WinBook.
NEC beefs up, slims down its fault-tolerant server line
There are times when downtime is not an option.Many agencies have turned to clustering technology for redundancy to keep their systems running. Clustered servers share their workloads and, in case of failure, can take over one another's tasks.
Sharp's Actius ultralight is a flawed jewel
The ultraportable Sharp Actius MM10 notebook PC sounds like a traveler's dream come true, with its 1-GHz processor, onboard Ethernet plus IEEE 802.11b networking and bright, sharp display. And at 2.1 pounds and about a half-inch thick, it's made to travel light.
GSA kicks off governmentwide customer service program
GSA today launched the first iteration of the USA Services initiative, which will answer misdirected e-mail, postal mail and telephone calls.<br>
The lowdown data visualization tools
<b>What is it?</b> Data visualization tools can plumb the depths of databases and put hard-to-read data tables and unstructured text into graphical, easily understood form.
Data takes shape
The explosion in government data has created a boom in software tools that can analyze information and present it in charts, graphs and other images that people can quickly grasp.
Services prepare HR systems
The Navy recently finished installing an automated data system for pay and personnel documents at 570 ship and shore sites.
Army works with MIT nanotechnology projects
The Army and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have opened the Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies in Cambridge, Mass.
Firebolt exercise links 5,000
Army Reserve and active-duty signal officers recently worked on their global communications skills in a big way.
Army council sets business process improvements
The Army Business Initiative Council recently approved 17 projects to help the agency and the Defense Department improve business processes.<br>
Wireless access sheds more wires
Strix Systems Inc. has a wireless way to expand wired networks.
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