NGA awards Smarts deals
Six companies will compete for work under the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's recently awarded, $200 million Support to Management and Resources for Technical Services program.
Army delays portal consolidation
The Defense Department's plan to begin consolidating at least five of the service's portals into the central Defense Knowledge Online will have to wait a little longer than originally planned.
Pizzella to leave GSA
Mary Joy Pizzella, the driving force behind improving the FirstGov.gov Web site and making the General Services Administration's Office of Citizen Services more agency-friendly, is returning to the private sector.
NMCI chief Godwin to retire
Rear Adm. James B. Godwin III has decided to retire, about two years after taking the helm of the multibillion-dollar Navy-Marine Corps Intranet program.
Microsoft fed blog
Here's a weblog to enter into your personalized Google page: Federal Developer Weblog, which is maintained by the federal office of Microsoft Corp.
U.S. vulnerable to 'cyber Katrina'
The United States is poorly prepared for an attack on the Internet, with no coordinated plan for restoring and recovering the World Wide Web after a major disruption, according to a new report.
Intel forum breaks new ground
The intelligence community is looking to glean fresh ideas on how to reshape its certification and accreditation methods from an unprecedented online forum, in which it has invited the general public to comment on technical issues.
Inside the project: Web conferencing
The Hawaii State Civil Defense Department needed a more efficient way of coordinating responses from multiple government agencies during emergencies, so it could offer more timely, accurate information to the public and the media.
In the eye of the storm
For 45 consecutive days last spring, the islands of Hawaii were deluged with rain. Roads flooded, beaches washed away and seven citizens died when a dam burst on the island of Kauai. For Ray Lovell, public information officer for the state's department of civil defense, the word busy doesn't begin to describe that period.
Ajax and 508 compliance
MB Technologies Inc. said the latest version of its Bindows software development kits has been designed to conform with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act.
VA expands online burial data features
The Veterans Affairs Department has made available online the grave locations of more than 3 million veterans and dependents buried in national cemeteries.
The Packet Rat | AJAX Craze Could Lead to Dirty Business
'It's like a bad horror-movie monster,' The Rat recently ranted as he reviewedrequirements for another application development project. 'Just when you think you've killed it, it comes back again!' 'What, 'American Idol'?' asked his wife. 'No, no ... though that's true, too,' he replied. 'No, I'm talking about this dynamic HTML offalthey're calling AJAX."
IP Wiretap Ruling Raises Security Concerns
A Federal Communications Commission ruling that federal wiretap laws should apply to Internet traffic could pose difficulties for agencies trying to conduct wiretaps while creating unintended consequences for IT security, an industry association warns.
CIO council adds to IPv6 transition primer
In the newest additions to the IPv6 Transition Guidance, the council's Architecture and Infrastructure Committee has provided a list of best practices and transition elements that agencies should use as they work to meet the deadline.
USDA provides online agricultural tools
The Agriculture Department has made available a Web-based energy estimator for irrigation to help producers manage their irrigation water resources more efficiently.
CALEA ruling could open can of worms for VOIP
Efforts to apply federal wiretap laws to Internet traffic could have unintended consequences for IT security, an industry association warns.
Honolulu ERP deal goes to CGI-AMS
CGI-AMS will supply an enterprise resource-planning software suite to the city and county of Honolulu through a 2 1/2 year contract worth $10 million.
DOD moves forward with Defense Knowledge Online
The Army and the Defense Information Systems Agency are moving forward with the vision of a single enterprise service online portal for all of the Defense Department.
New anti-crime e-training tools
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.'The Secret Service will be making available a collection of interactive and Web-based training tools later this year to state and local law enforcement agencies throughout the United States.
In the end, it's all one big network
CHICAGO'What used to be called telecommunications has been merged into a global communications technology in which the distinction between the applications being delivered and the media used to deliver it are disappearing.
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