Supercomputing 2002 will test badges that can track attendees' activities
Using tracking technology developed for Defense Department materiel logistics, the National Center for Supercomputing Applications has designed optional radio frequency badges that will track the interests and movements of attendees at November's Supercomputing 2002 trade show in Baltimore.
The week's top stories forAug. 26 through Aug. 30
<p><a href="http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/19830-1.html">OMB outlines 15 more joint business cases</a><p><a href="http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/19825-1.html">Air Force: Control center jobs are too critical to outsource</a><p><a href="http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/19802-1.html">GAO blasts agencies for profiting on interagency contracts</a><p><a href="http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/19797-1.html">Air Force's chief of staff urges integration</a><p><a href="http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/19795-1.html">Defense, NASA and NOAA award $4.5 billion satellite pact</a><p>
In sight, but within reach?
'Agencies should be prepared,' states a memorandum from the Office of Management and Budget, 'to indicate the status of the development, implementation, and maintenance of the agency ITA during the formulation of the ... President's budget.'
An architect eyes GSA's enterprise
Unlike most people who manage federal IT architecture development, Lew Sanford actually was trained in architecture'the bricks-and-mortar kind, that is. He studied architecture and urban planning as an undergraduate at Virginia Tech and says the discipline is useful in his work as the chief IT architect at the General Services Administration.
Enterprise architectures beginning to take shape
An enterprise architecture is, to some degree, in the eye of the beholder. 'It's a strategic knowledge base and planning tool,' said Debra Stouffer, chief technology officer of the Environmental Protection Agency.
Enterprise architectures
Several years after federal agencies began individually building enterprise architectures to comply with the Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996, the Office of Management and Budget is gradually rolling out a mandatory process for all agencies to follow.
Army wants soldiers to carry more technology, less weight
The Army yesterday chose two lead integrators for concept development under the Objective Force Warrior program. Their mission is to reduce the weight of a combat soldier's load from 100 pounds to less than 50 pounds by 2008.
OMB outlines 15 more joint business cases
The Office of Management and Budget this week listed 15 additional IT projects for which agencies will submit joint business cases for the fiscal 2004 budget, in addition to the 24 e-government initiatives and presidential projects such as the Faith-Based and Community Initiative and USA Freedom Corps.
Weber will take over at SSG
The Air Force Standard Systems Group gets a new boss starting Monday, when Frank E. Weber takes over from Robert Frye, who is retiring.
Charbo tapped to be Agriculture CIO
Scott Charbo has been named the new CIO at the Agriculture Department. He takes over from Ira Hobbs, the department's deputy CIO, who has been acting CIO for 18 months.
Air Force: Control center jobs are too critical to outsource
The Air Force is unlikely to outsource many of the blue-suit, or uniformed, positions in communications and network operations because of how critical they are to warfighting, officials said at the Air Force Information Technology Conference.
Air Force brass touts comm integration
The future of communications in the Air Force is what one colonel dubbed 'weaponizing the network''turning the communications infrastructure into an integral link in what brass have started calling the kill chain.
Now, this ruling is a real mind-boggler
In a recent column, I opined that the General Accounting Office should not get into the business of managing responsibility determinations primarily because such matters are moving targets. I theorized that the best that GAO'or a court for that matter'could ever do would be to remand the matter to the contracting officer to make an up-to-date determination on the best information available.
Online bargains can come with strings attached and sometimes lots of free spam
I routinely conduct online research about computer products, so I have no doubt that my hard drive is occasionally invaded by bits of tracking software that collects information about me and my buying habits.
Could GSA's e-Buy start a trend?
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy is assessing whether the General Services Administration's updated e-Buy portal could provide a model for a governmentwide procurement system.
USDA tries a magical approach
The Agriculture Department has seven mission areas and 29 agencies and staff offices.
The lowdown on the help desk
<b>What is it?</b> Help desk software accepts problem reports from users and assists IT staff in assigning tasks, tracking progress, documenting work and noticing trends.
Help yourself
Help desk software is becoming proactive. Though designed to respond to requests for assistance, the programs also can lower the cost of running your network, simplify change and prevent problems.
DVD+RW format could pass the pack'it includes video recording capabilities
Although DVD+RW came relatively late to the party, it gets my vote as the rewritable DVD technology most likely to succeed.
Air Force comm agency switches to Dell servers
The Air Force Pentagon Communications Agency will replace 400 Compaq servers with 100 Dell PowerEdge rackmounted Pentium 4 servers.
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