AT&T will wire Capitol Hill
AT&T Corp.'s government solutions group of McLean, Va., has announced plans to wire 14 government buildings on Capitol Hill to its local fiber-optic network.<br>
E-mail can spell trouble for unprepared government agencies
As millions more messages clog government e-mailboxes, the legal consequences of e-mail delivery and storage have become a bigger issue for government agencies, an attorney who specializes in record retention cases says.<br>
Telecom advisory group wraps up work on best security practices
The Network Reliability and Interoperability Council on Friday completed work on a set of best practices to ensure the security and availability of the nation's communications infrastructure.<br>
Callahan to move to homeland slot
Laura Callahan, deputy CIO of the Labor Department, will become the deputy CIO of the Homeland Security Department at the end of March, sources say. <br>
House committee searches texts of hearings via video
The House Government Reform subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and the Census yesterday became the first House committee to use video-to-text technology for hearings. <br>
Soldiers in Kuwait drive with satellite tracking, e-mail
Hundreds of ground tactical vehicles in Kuwait have been outfitted with the Army's Movement Tracking System, which uses satellites to transmit e-mail messages between troops and commanders and to show vehicle operators their precise positions.<br>
FirstGov among finalists for $100,000 prize
The <i>Firstgov.gov</i> portal was one of two government IT-specific projects among the finalists for the annual Innovations in American Government Award.<br>
GCN, Washington Technology receive Neal honors
Government Computer News was honored as a finalist in a national business journalism contest yesterday.<br>
House panel grills Los Alamos managers
Three present and former Los Alamos National Laboratory officials today denied that they tried to thwart investigations into allegations of theft and mismanagement last year.<br>
Tablet PC learns more lingo
Microsoft Corp. today announced a beta release of its multilingual software for the Tablet PC, letting users log on or run an application in multiple foreign languages.<br>
National Guard seals deal for RCAS, training support
The National Guard Bureau today awarded a $115 million competitive task order to SRA International Inc. of Fairfax, Va., for a wide range of advanced IT products and services to the bureau's CIO and Army Reserve unit. <br>
OMB prepares to align financial systems
By month's end, the Office of Management and Budget will release for comment a document that describes an enterprise architecture framework aimed to align agencies' programs with their administrative systems. <br>
CIA veteran named to head terrorism info center
John Brennan, the CIA's deputy executive director, will be the first director of the new Terrorist Threat Information Center, the White House said today.<br>
Davis calls for specifics for management agenda
Rep. Tom Davis today said he wants to see more details from the administration on how it plans to continue to implement the President's Management Agenda and added that changes to the way the federal work force is paid and evaluated are coming. <br>
Defense seeks bandwidth-busting vendor
The Defense Department has issued a solicitation that brass said will let the department take the next step in expanding bandwidth to users DOD-wide.<br>
Homeland Security plans to issue firefighter grants
The Homeland Security Department today announced that it would begin accepting applications from fire departments for $750 million in grants, including funds for technology initiatives.<br>
First responders will test wearable computers
Public safety agencies in the Charleston, S.C., area this spring will begin testing wearable computers for use by first-response teams.<br>
Cryptogram: The science is not the technology
The author of the statement below was a logician who created the shortest-path algorithm and the first Algol 60 compiler.
Packet Rat: Homeland Security is short one red sweater
A great weight lifted off the Rat's shoulders when the ratlings returned to an almost normal school schedule. The blizzard of 2003 was melting with only a moderate flood in the lower reaches of the family digs.
Davis reassigns IT oversight to new Government Reform panel
House Government Reform Committee chairman Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.) has decided to fold procurement policy oversight back into the full committee, leaving IT issues under one of four new subcommittees.
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