Flyzik: 'Yes!' on Homeland Security Department
Jubilant homeland security adviser James Flyzik told the audience at a breakfast meeting of the Armed Forces Electronics and Communications Association this morning that 'I just can't help but say 'Yes!' ' on the recent passage of the Homeland Security Department. <br>
NEC shows off environmentally friendly PC
NEC Solutions Inc. showed off its new ecologically friendly, eerily quiet PC yesterday at Comdex. The computer has no cooling fan that would contribute to noise pollution. <br>
Agencies still struggle with management agenda
The Energy Department's work on its e-government projects earned the department the biggest jump in that category in the latest President's Management Agenda grades. <br>
DARPA aims to increase productivity in high-end computing
Five vendors are competing for a chance to design a more productive supercomputer for the year 2010. <br>
DVD wars: Hardware makers hatch a feud
Competing camps of DVD hardware manufacturers used the Comdex show this week to stage competing news conferences and product demonstrations. <br>
Homeland Security Department shapes up
Sources say White House Homeland Security Office director Tom Ridge and Gordon England, the secretary of the Navy, are emerging as the likeliest candidates to lead the Homeland Security Department.<br>
Tablet PC boasts 12.1-inch screen
At the Comdex trade show, representatives of Motion Computing Inc. tossed the M1200 tablet PC back and forth to demonstrate its ruggedness. The system suffered no damage inside a magnesium-alloy case.<br>
GSA chooses MAA contractor for Salt Lake City
The General Services Administration has awarded a contract for local phone service to federal agencies in the Salt Lake City area to Qwest Communications International Inc. of Denver. <br>
Evans named vice chair of CIO Council
Energy Department CIO <b>Karen Evans</b> is the new vice chairwoman of the CIO Council.<br>
Navy CIO office cutting staff by half
The Navy's Office of the CIO will cut the number of staff employees in half. <br>
USB 2.0 storage is a hit
Most of the new storage peripherals this year at Comdex are connecting to fast Universal Serial Bus 2.0 ports because of the 480-Mbps maximum transfer rate and ease of setup.<br>
TSA to pilot smart cards for workers, travelers
In less than a year, the Transportation Security Administration expects to issue prototypes of a smart identification and access card for regional airport, seaport and transit employees.<br>
Wireless LANs get big push at Comdex
The subtitle for the Comdex show could be 'The Wireless Show,' with much of the action centered around 802.11 products.<br>
Horn's report card shows agencies flunking IT security
There were few improvements in this year's report card for systems security.<br>
Energy announces $290 million supercomputer pact
The Energy Department has awarded IBM Corp. a $290 million contract to build two supercomputers that will dwarf existing systems for simulating nuclear weapons.<br>
Library of Congress stacks bar codes three deep
The Library of Congress has opened its first off-site storage facility in two decades at Fort Meade, Md., part of what will become a 13-building campus spanning 100 acres.<br>
Innovation still hot offering at Comdex ' despite the short cab lines
The computer industry's annual tribal gathering, Comdex, is decidedly smaller and more low-key than in its heyday.<br>
Cooper: Homeland Security Department will move fast
The administration anticipates that the planned Homeland Security Department will quickly establish an infrastructure once Congress approves authorizing legislation.<br>
TSA takes over airport screening
The Transportation Security Administration will celebrate its first birthday tomorrow with an official launch of its Web site, at <i>www.tsa.dot.gov</i>, and a companion site for air travelers, at <i>www.tsatraveltips.us</i>. Tuesday also is the deadline for TSA to take over security screening at the nation's 429 commercial airports.
Commission calls for integrating civilian, military air traffic management
The final report of the Commission on the Future of the U.S. Aerospace Industry, which Vice President Dick Cheney will accept tomorrow, urges the government to integrate its communications, navigation and surveillance infrastructures.
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