DISA plans bandwidth expansion to 10 Gbps
A key component in the Defense Department's transformation plans is its project to increase communications capacity'by name, the Global Information Grid Bandwidth Expansion.
DOD expects industry to help it achieve net-centricity
For the Defense Department, doing business on the Internet isn't exactly like, say, selling books online. The stakes are ineffably higher.
NASA pulls plug on new launch system
To gain control over its finances, NASA last week scuttled a new launch control system for the space shuttle that had run over budget and fallen behind schedule.
EPA gets IT assist
The General Services Administration has awarded an $867 million, seven-year task order to DynCorp Systems and Solutions LLC to provide IT services to the Environmental Protection Agency.
Study uncovers more security on Web sites
A Brown University analysis of government Web sites found that federal and state sites are taking security and privacy more seriously compared to last year.
Scientists to set standards for digital evidence
The Scientific Working Group on Digital Evidence later this month will propose new standards for collecting and handling digital evidence.
OMB seeks new temporary chief for architect post
The Office of Management and Budget must replace chief architect Bob Haycock, whose detail will end come October.
DOD signs deal for McAfee antivirus suite
The Defense Information Systems Agency has awarded a five-year contract to deploy the McAfee Security suite of antivirus and security products from Network Associates Inc. to as many as 3 million Defense Department users.
FBI is deploying biometrics app for war on terror
The bureau has chosen the ID 1000 Live Scan identification system from Cross Match Technologies Inc. of Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.
DOJ, Treasury award $3 billion radio contracts
The Justice and Treasury departments have awarded six contracts, worth $3 billion over five years, for standard land mobile radio subscriber units.
CDC sets a deal for nationwide health network
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has awarded a seven-year, $511 million contract to TRW Inc. to develop systems for public health research, surveillance and intervention efforts nationwide.
Agencies must pick new payroll shops soon
By month's end, the government will settle on the two to four payroll systems that agencies will have to migrate to by September 2004.
Can DOD transform itself?
For Defense Department officials and Donald Rumsfeld, if anything confirmed the IT-dominant direction outlined a year ago in the Quadrennial Defense Review, it was the Afghanistan campaign. Crossing bleak and craggy terrain, U.S. special operations forces riding on horseback with Afghan Northern Alliance fighters used satellite telephones and portable laser target designators to guide B-52 strikes on Taliban targets.
Calendar
<b>23-24 Fall Intel 2002 Conference.</b><br>Washington. Contact the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association; Web: <a href= "http://www.afcea.org">www.afcea.org</a>.
Of the People: Richard Simmons has a lot to teach IT managers
HERSHEY, Pa.'A couple of experiences at this month's Interagency Resources Management Conference made me shake my head in amazement. But each in its own way got me pumped about my work as a federal manager.
For TIPSS-2, easier does it
When Sara Schroerlucke joined the Treasury Department in July 1999, the Treasury Information Processing Support Services contract was set to expire in a year.
The week's top stories for Sept. 16 through Sept. 20
<p><a href="http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/20061-1.html">Forman pushes House to meet e-gov fund request </a><p><a href="http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/20056-1.html">Four agencies achieve interoperable PKI</a><p><a href="http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/20053-1.html">Secretary Norton is cited for contempt in Indian trust case </a><p><a href="http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/20028-1.html">NASA's $273 million launch system is grounded </a><p><a href="http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/20025-1.html">Justice, Treasury award $3 billion data-sharing contract </a><p>
Heads are turning for SpinScape digital photos
Sometimes spinning in circles gets you nowhere. But the SpinScape-I robotic control system spins a digital camera exactly where you want it to go.
Electronic CRM offers a range of new contact technologies
A fairly new development that could prove useful to agencies is eCRM.
The lowdown on CRM
<b>What is it?</b> Customer relationship management combines strategy, process and technology to manage customer interactions.
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