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By the numbers
Law enforcement agencies increasingly have turned to automation and the Web to keep records and publish information the public demands.
Maintain control
Can it be true? Is even the vaunted Capability Maturity Model for software development so subjective that you can't always believe vendor claims of CMM level ratings?
Major programs within NIH
<b>ERA.</b> Through Electronic Research Administration, NIH will receive grant applications online. ERA will conduct initial and secondary reviews of the applications and perform administrative work for both award and post-award processes. The project will integrate two legacy systems: the Commons system and the Information for Management, Planning, Analysis and Coordination II system. NIH receives about 46,000 applications every year and wants to lower costs, reduce administrative work and accelerate the awarding of grants.
Next NIH system to support research
The Medical Information System, which handles clinical care data at the National Institutes of Health's Clinical Center in Bethesda, Md., was a landmark system when first implemented in 1975.
FTS takes on consulting mantle
A member of the first class of women to be appointed to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1976, Mary Whitley knows the difficulties of starting something new.
GSA awards AT&T Web hosting contract for FirstGov
The General Services Administration today awarded AT&T a four year, $7.6 million contract for Web hosting and security services for the Firstgov.gov portal.
GSA takes next step to realign FSS and FTS
Boyd Rutherford wants to make one thing clear: The General Services Administration's effort to better align the Federal Supply Service and the Federal Technology Service is not aimed at merging the two.
FEMA should outsource IT, study says
The Federal Emergency Management Agency's systems have some severe problems, including poor management, nonstandard configuration of computers and aging machines, according to a study by Gartner Inc.. The solution proposed by the Stamford, Conn., consulting firm was simple: Hire a vendor to handle these problems and let FEMA stick to its mission of helping victims recover from disasters.
Administration highlights systems R&D work in report to Congress
The White House yesterday released a report detailing progress and future plans for the administration's Networking and Information Technology R&D program.
BlackBerry to get S/MIME security
BlackBerry handheld devices used in the military services can get a government-specific Secure Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions protocol upgrade of their software under a National Security Agency contract with the devices' maker, Research In Motion Ltd.
IBM's AIX wins DII COE certification
IBM Corp.'s current proprietary version of the Unix operating system, AIX 5L, has received certification for the Defense Information Infrastructure's Common Operating Environment.
The week's top stories forAug. 12 through Aug. 16
<p><a href="http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/19683-1.html">DOD computer security breached with ease</a><p><a href="http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/19640-1.html">FEMA's Miller joins Homeland Security planning team</a><p><a href="http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/19627-1.html">TSA makes two-part award for managed services</a><p><a href="http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/19612-1.html">VA secretary orders IT reorganization</a><p><a href="http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/19611-1.html">OMB tells Congress there's a surplus in emergency funds</a><br>
Multiple choice Whazzat?
<b>A</b><br>1. Air Force surveillance lab with PC sniffer tools<br>2. Defense Department's Polygraph Institute training room<br>3. Air Force interrogation room with Axciton polygraph
Packet Rat: The Rat pans for gold in foreign imports
'I can't believe we paid to watch that,' the Rat groused to his spouse and eldest offspring as they left a showing of 'Austin Powers in Goldmember.'
'Did you hear...'
<b>Spy vs. spy.</b> In a high-tech conflict eerily reminiscent of MAD magazine's cartoon adversaries, an Internet filtering software vendor is one-upping TriangleBoy, an antifiltering product. An antifilter lets employees visit forbidden porn and gambling sites, regardless of the presence of filtering products such as Net Nanny, Cyber Patrol, CyberSitter or SurfWatch. Now 8e6 Technologies of Orange, Calif., boasts that it has 'cracked the code' of TriangleBoy and has written a patch to disable it. Guess who's TriangleBoy's partner'the Voice of America, which wants to help citizens in China bypass their government's Net filters.
Feds get clear on VOIP
Voice over IP took center stage among federal and industry IT officials at a recent seminar in Reston, Va., presented by Polycom Inc. of Milpitas, Calif.
Agencies speculate on consolidating online travel apps
Will agencies' electronic-travel initiatives be left waiting at the gate?
Principi orders VA IT overhaul
Veterans Affairs secretary Anthony Principi is no longer asking the department's agencies to change, he's telling them.
Treasury to cut its IT staff by 40 percent
The Treasury Department intends to cut nearly 40 percent of its IT staff and outsource some management functions.
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