Online extra: Legal impediments to data sharing
While the administration plans to assign intelligence analysis activities to the Terrorist Threat Integration Center, the Homeland Security Department retains responsibility for gathering information about vulnerabilities in the nation's infrastructure.
NARA releases draft requirements for electronic records project
The National Archives and Records Administration has taken the first step toward completing its mammoth Electronic Records Archives project.<br>
DISA looks into global videoconferencing services
The Defense Information Systems Agency has released a request for information on digital videoconferencing technologies for use worldwide.<br>
Grid software simplifies number chunking
GridMathematica, a new version of a leading technical computing program, simplifies the chore of distributing chunks of a massive calculation among processors in a grid or cluster. <br>
GAO will study Clinger-Cohen compliance
Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.) and Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) will review agency progress in implementing laws related to IT. <br>
Gen. Blum heads National Guard Bureau
Army Lt. Gen. H. Steven Blum was confirmed last week as the new chief of the National Guard Bureau. <br>
Geodetic Survey: Gulf states are sinking
Measurements by the National Geodetic Survey show that coastal states are steadily sinking into the Gulf of Mexico. NGS and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration officials said land there could subside a foot or more over the next decade. <br>
Cryptogram: Positrons on the brain
This Russian-born biochemist spent much of his life sitting in front of a typewriter instead of a laboratory bench. An unabashed proponent of science and technology, he wrote more than 500 books on everything from algebra to cosmology to Shakespeare. In fiction, he invented Trantor and the Three Laws of Robotics. And in a 1964 essay for the New York Times, he predicted that by 2014 people would be talking to friends on the moon via modulated laser beams.
GCN Lab: DLPs show longevity in test
Texas Instruments Inc., the company that invented digital light processing, wants to prove that DLP projectors surpass rival LCDs in length of service. <br>
Packet Rat: If only tax returns were rocket science
The Rat has learned two important lessons this month. First, if one's eldest offspring ever dreams up a science fair project involving the term 'rocket-propelled,' find a way to redirect him or her toward phototropism in plants.
Pictures at an exposition
Photographs from the 2003 FOSE.
DOD rushes C2 updates for war
The Defense Department has rushed delivery of the latest versions of the Global Command and Control System'Joint to help soldiers fighting in Iraq.
D.C.'s IT has come a long way
'Four years ago, you would have laughed me off the stage if I had come out talking about technology,' Washington Mayor Anthony Williams said in a keynote at FOSE 2003 this month.
Business cases bolster contracts
The Office of Management and Budget's requirement that agencies justify their IT investments in business cases has a positive side effect: better overall contracting.
Best new technologies earn honors at show
At FOSE 2003 this month, the Best New Technology Awards ceremony honored the winners of new IT products exhibited during the show. Vendors submitted more than 100 entries this year.
OMB's E-Strategy report signals start of E-Government Act of 2002
Mark Forman today officially became the administrator for the Office of E-Government and IT within the Office of Management and Budget. <br>
CIO Council's subcommittees help OMB vet EA policies
The CIO Council's Enterprise Architecture and Infrastructure Committee gives the government's IT chiefs a forum for debating and reaching consensus on EA topics.
Enterprise architects share tips for sound framework
'Enterprise architecture is a tough nut to crack.'That statement'by Paul Martindale, an enterprise architect in the Federal Aviation Administration's Office of Information Systems'summed up the challenge of creating enterprise architectures, as laid out by speakers this month at FOSE 2003 in Washington.
Homeland Security starting over with Safecom
With more than 53,000 public-safety groups using largely incompatible radio networks, Project Safecom was a long shot to finish in the 18- to 24-month time frame the Office of Management and Budget laid out.
Group creates color-coded index for privacy threats
SAN FRANCISCO'The Electronic Privacy Information Center last week unveiled a Privacy Threat Index to track what it sees as the expanding menace of government surveillance.
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