Task force seeks more access to supercomputers
Agencies that use supercomputers are being asked to join a task force to make high-end systems more accessible for federal uses.
IT blueprint gives TSA a foundation
The Transportation Security Administration is sticking to a do-more-with-less-and-do-it-quickly approach as it begins Stage 2 of its systems infrastructure implementation.
TSP system gears up for mid-June launch
The Thrift Savings Plan record-keeping system is entering the home stretch with a target go-live date in mid-June.
HSD readies antiterror watch list
The Homeland Security Department soon will unveil a governmentwide watch list of suspected terrorists, achieving what secretary Tom Ridge designates as the new department's No. 1 IT goal.
GAO recommends oversight for DOD business systems upgrade
The Defense Department's business systems modernization is in serious trouble and needs hands-on management, a General Accounting Office auditor told House lawmakers last week.
EOS watches Iraq smoke plumes
As media computer simulations zoom across battlefields in Iraq, NASA's Earth Observatory Natural Hazards Web site, at earthobservatory.nasa.gov, shows images of oil well fires and dust storms in southern Iraq.
Rugged gear goes with GIs to Iraqi desert
In the harsh deserts of Iraq, temperature extremes, sandstorms and bumpy terrain can be as hazardous to IT equipment as the enemy is.
Wireless LANs join Marines in the war zone
When Marines went ashore on Iraq's Faw Peninsula last month, they checked out their equipment with 2,000 gun-shaped, handheld computers acquired under the Defense Department's $248 million Automated Identification Technology-2 contract.
Handheld and portable PCs speed war data
PCs and PDAs can transmit firing coordinates to artillery on the ground or to aircraft. They supply maps and personnel information for medical evacuations and carry maintenance manuals for military vehicles.
Military families can access free war-watch site
Corda Technologies Inc. of Lindon, Utah, is offering a free online Troop Tracker for families of military personnel.
Army fields DMS for use in Middle East
The Army is using the Defense Message System at command facilities in Kuwait and Afghanistan to send out tactical messages over the Defense Information Systems Network.
Dashboard PCs show real-time troop positions
Army, Marine Corps and allied ground forces in Kuwait and Iraq have used the Force XXI Battle Command Brigade and Below tactical communications system to track enemy and friendly forces and to obtain terrain data.
Medics tap patient data
Although much of the new technology the Army is employing for the war in Iraq is intended to boost its fighting advantage on the battlefield, the service expects one system it has rolled out rapidly to save lives. 'It captures medical surveillance,' said Lt. Col. Claude Hines, product manager for the program. 'In the future, the patient will have some kind of stored digital record.'
Brass: Networked sensors power war
While U.S. troops with 20th-century technology fight a primitively equipped enemy, the Defense Department's Office of Force Transformation is exhorting the troops and their suppliers to wield more 21st-century weapons.
CTOs emerge as IT hubs for agencies
As CIOs face ever more political and administrative responsibilities, agencies are hiring chief technology officers to mind the server room.<a href="http://www.gcn.com/22_7/news/21588-1.html"><b>Online Extra: CTO list</a></b>
OMB expects better grades on next report card
When the next report from the President's Management Agenda comes out later this month, the Office of Management and Budget expects agencies to have made significant progress in meeting the goals the agenda has set.<br>
Lab rates five superfast clients (with expanded product chart detail)
Each year the GCN Lab takes a look at desktop clients with faster processors, bigger hard drives, and color and chassis updates. This year, vendors submitted five PCs sporting superfast Pentium 4 processors, 512M of RAM and top-end graphics cards.
New center is IT hub for global disease probe
A new emergency branch of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has become the global IT hub for investigating Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome.
Calendar
<b>28-29 Learning and Training Week 2003 Conference.</b><br>Washington. Contact Advanstar Communications; Web: <a href= "http://www.ltw2003.com">www.ltw2003.com</a>; phone: 800-829-3400.
Polices and practices: Promises, promises keep e-gov bottled up
At a recent pep rally the Office of Management and Budget held for the 25 Quicksilver initiatives, project leaders and staff celebrated their e-government successes. But after the backslapping and cheers ended, most of the talk turned to the question of funding and how to get more of it.
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