Route Fifty

INS devises second planning contract for entry-exit system

The Immigration and Naturalization Service has released a request for proposals for development efforts for its National Security Entry-Exit Registration System.

By Wilson P. Dizard III, GCN
February 25, 2003

DISA shakeup moves three managers into new posts

Three senior managers at the Defense Information Systems Agency have taken new job positions as a result of an agency restructuring.

By Dawn S. Onley, GCN
February 24, 2003

With Palm's new Tungsten, the W could stand for wow

GCN's review lets you take a first look at Palm Inc.'s Tungsten W, a $549 handheld computer that incorporates a telephone.

By Thomas R. Temin, GCN
February 24, 2003

Packet Rat: All orange, all the time

'Well, at least we can use all this plastic and duct tape Tom Ridge told us to buy,' grumbled the Rat as he covered another window to keep out the snow instead of the anticipated cloud of anthrax spores.

By R. Fink, GCN
February 21, 2003

FGIPC bids adieu to former chief Balutis

The Federation of Government Information Processing Councils and the Industry Advisory Council paid tribute this month to Alan Balutis, who resigned in January after two years as the groups' executive director and chief operating officer.

By GCN
February 21, 2003

Politics and technology mingle at Internet caucus

Al Gore wasn't the only politician to think the Internet requires lots of help from politicians. At the kickoff party of the Congressional Internet Caucus, held earlier this month at the Hart Senate Office Building, lots of pols extolled the virtues of the Internet, as staff, vendors and the media ogled technology demonstrations, sipped wine and exchanged business cards.

By GCN
February 21, 2003

Navy gets OK to order more NMCI seats

The Navy this month received authorization from the Defense Department to move an additional 150,000 computer seats to the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet, bringing the current total of authorized seats to 310,000.

By Dawn S. Onley, GCN
February 21, 2003

TSP's new system gets to testing phase

The new Thrift Savings Plan computer system will go into user-acceptance testing by March and parallel testing with the current system by April.

By Jason Miller, GCN
February 21, 2003

$60B in IT-related contracts awarded in 2002, report says

The federal government awarded more than $60 billion in IT-related contracts in 2002, according to a new report.

By Gail Repsher Emery, GCN
February 21, 2003

IRS' Reece returning to private sector

John Reece, the IRS' CIO and deputy commissioner for modernization, is leaving the government to resume his private consulting business.

By Dipka Bhambhani, GCN
February 21, 2003

Army's new logistics system gets ready to roll

The Army expects to wrap up systems integration tests for its long-running Wholesale Logistics Modernization Program next month and ready its logistics management capabilities to support warfighters in a probable war with Iraq.

By GCN
February 21, 2003

Telemedicine gains ground on the battlefield

In the event of a war against Iraq, the U.S. military might get its inspiration for advanced telemedicine systems already in use in Afghanistan.

By Vandana Sinha, GCN
February 21, 2003

Shared workspaces keep DOD docs in the know

While offline aboard ships or planes, Navy physician Cmdr. Eric Rasmussen continues working in his Groove Workspace desktop collaboration software.

By Susan M. Menke, GCN
February 21, 2003

Congress will watch TIA watch for terrorists

The Defense Department this month lost its battle to fend off congressional oversight of its Total Information Awareness terrorist-tracking program.

By William Jackson, GCN
February 21, 2003

U.S. aims to make war on Iraq's networks

A secret directive President Bush signed last summer ordering a plan for launching cyberattacks against enemy computer networks is gaining momentum as a weapon the United States may use against Iraq. In fact, one intelligence official said, some attacks have already begun.

By Dawn S. Onley, GCN
February 21, 2003

Homeland CIO says architecture plan to be ready by September

The Homeland Security Department expects to craft most of an enterprise architecture for the nation's response to terrorism by Sept. 1, department CIO Stephen Cooper said last week.

By Jason Miller and Wilson P. Dizard III, GCN
February 21, 2003

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INS devises second planning contract for entry-exit system

The Immigration and Naturalization Service has released a request for proposals for development efforts for its National Security Entry-Exit Registration System. <br>

DISA shakeup moves three managers into new posts

Three senior managers at the Defense Information Systems Agency have taken new job positions as a result of an agency restructuring. <br>

With Palm's new Tungsten, the W could stand for wow

GCN's review lets you take a first look at Palm Inc.'s Tungsten W, a $549 handheld computer that incorporates a telephone. <br>