DISA awards second half of Net-Centric deal
DISA this week awarded the second half of the collaboration portion of its Net-Centric Enterprise Services contract to a group led by Carahsoft Technology.
Language behind Google Earth likely to be a standard
Advantages of making KML a standard include that it speeds development of Web-based mapping applications and encourages greater interoperability of products.
Army game offers something X-tra
The Army puts some of its expertise into the Xbox 360 game, 'America's Army: True Soldiers.'
Government goes the way of the blog
A new Web site from GSA is showcasing federal agencies' launch into the blogosphere.
Fed sites earn slightly higher marks
Survey says satisfaction with federal Web sites improves when they offer more opportunities for online transactions.
StreamBase boosts complex-event processing
StreamBase Systems yesterday unveiled a new complex-event processing platform that speeds up the development and deployment of real-time applications.
Is the next killer app really a killer, or just a dud?
If there is one theme at this week's NXTcomm telecom trade show, it is that infrastructure industry, service providers and content providers are integrating into a single industry, driven by the consumer demand for shiny objects.
An immodest proposal
Who's really at fault for spam?
Democratizing GIS
Geographic information systems are being democratized by the Web. And this is more along the lines of a revolution than an evolution.
WSDL 2.0 takes step toward adoption
Web Services Description Language Version 2.0 has made it to the status of 'proposed recommendation,' and the window for comments expires June 20.
Technique: A wasteland no more
Nevada's corrections agency optimizes its WAN to make its inmate tracking system thrive, even in the desert.
Top tips for better Web design
Federal Web sites do a great job of providing a wealth of government information and services, but there are some areas that still need improvement, says Bev Godwin, director of USA.gov.
By the book
Research-based Web design and usability guidelines
The book on Web design
HHS, GSA apply research to make the ultimate guide to Web design.
R. Fink | Jobs and Gates singing a different iTune
What's at the core of Apple doing so many Windows?
Bill Vass | Different tasks, different chips
A few months back, Sun Microsystems announced it would start selling servers with chips from Intel Corp. Bill Vass explains why Sun Microsystems uses three different chips ' AMD's, Intel's and its own ' in Sun servers.
FEC maps out finance data
The Federal Election Commission finds an easy, visual way to get campaign contribution information on the Web. Now, it just needs more servers to handle the traffic.
OMB guidance to help agencies track performance
OMB's Federal Architecture Program Management Office will release guidance to agencies in the coming months detailing how they should measure the value of enterprise architecture to program performance.
OGC moves Google's KML closer to a standard
The Open Geospatial Consortium has dubbed Google's KML a best practice and is working with Google to make sure it integrates well with other standards.
Standard for Web-based digital signatures completed
Standard should simplify the creation and verification of digital signatures and improve security.
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