Administration supports Rep. Davis' acquisition bill
In a short six months, the Bush Administration has warmed to many of the provisions in Rep. Tom Davis' Services Acquisition Reform Act.<br>
Is HSD unprepared for biodefense?
The Homeland Security Department 'is not constructed properly' to counter biological terrorism, said Dr. Tara O'Toole, director of the Johns Hopkins University Center for Civilian Biodefense Strategies.
Online extra: Is the data for spies or for cops?
Some cultural barriers to information sharing for homeland security reflect a fundamental conflict: Intelligence agencies gather secret information for purposes of preventing terrorist acts; law enforcement agencies prosecute offenders.
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GAO defines enterprise architecture benchmarks
Responding to agency requests, the General Accounting Office has updated its guide on enterprise architectures with expanded metrics to measure how well an agency succeeds in implementation.<br>
Federal Contract Law: Three trends to watch for in federal procurement
Although it is tough to predict the direction of procurement policy, there are some trends with interesting possibilities. Three areas in particular hold promise.
GAO preps investment advice
As pressure increases on agencies to justify their IT investments, the General Accounting Office is preparing a tool to make the job easier. GAO this summer will release its updated IT Investment Management Framework to give agencies a methodology for improving their capital planning and investment control processes.
The lowdown: tape storage
<b>What are they?</b> Tape storage devices run the gamut from small, PC-related systems in the gigabyte range to large enterprise tape libraries capable of up to petabytes of storage.
Tale of the Tape
Not long ago, tape storage technology seemed to be down for the count. The growing demands of electronic storage'for imaging, multimedia, streaming video and other data-intensive applications'led people to question whether older generations of tape drives and libraries could compete with fast-growing optical technologies.
Air Force adds sixth satellite to Milstar
The Air Force recently launched its sixth and final Military Strategic and Tactical Relay satellite to improve communications and situational awareness for warfighters in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Defense brass explain IT spending to Hill
The Defense Department's fiscal 2004 IT budget of $28 billion is too big to waste on poorly planned programs, a congressman told several Defense and military CIOs last month at a hearing of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities.
Energy will seek bids to manage Los Alamos
The Energy Department announced today that, for the first time in 60 years, it would seek competitive bids to manage Los Alamos National Laboratory.<br>
Army readies Future Combat System for next phase
The Army this month will submit the latest version of its Future Combat Systems program to the Defense Acquisition Board for formal approval to move from the planning phase into development and demonstration. And the operating system for computers in the program will be Linux.<br>
Power User: In-house video setup needn't cost more than $5,000
With in-house video production capability, an agency can record anything from IT inventories to training sessions. It makes sense to have digital recordings good enough to incorporate into later projects.
Wideband clears phone ranges for teleconferences
The Polycom SoundStation VTX 1000 teleconferencing phone, due out later this year, is the third generation of the ubiquitous triangular conference room device from Polycom Inc. of Pleasanton, Calif.
In the loop
Between now and October, the Treasury Department will link most of its employees to a human resources system replacing dozens of scattered databases, some dating back to the 1960s.
GSA opens HUBZone governmentwide contract for business
The General Services Administration rolled out its latest IT governmentwide acquisition contract for firms in the Historically Underutilized Business Zone program yesterday.<br>
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Significa
IT advancements have often been driven by the needs of the space program. In the 1960s and 1970s, NASA sparked the trend for small, light systems. Now commercial requirements have overtaken and nearly eliminated circuitry built only for government use.
One step at a time
If the Iraq war has demonstrated anything, it's that even organizations as big as the U.S. armed services can change in remarkable ways. The agility and lethality of the forces, military analysts are saying, has been dramatic compared with conflicts as recent as the 1991 Gulf War.
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