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.
The VOIP revolution
As existing telephone equipment reaches the end of its supported life, it is only a matter of time before carriers and enterprises will be forced to move voice traffic to IP, whether they want to or not.
Web site governance hotly contested in many agencies
Who should be responsible for the content on a federal agency's Web site'the agency's public affairs office, CIO office or some other oversight body?
Suffering from socially transmitted bookmarks
'I don't know why they call it del.icio.us,' the Rat recently ranted to his wife after another day of beating his head against the results of a security audit.
CIO Council offers best practices on IPv6 transition
Agencies need to identify best practices and leverage intergovernmental resources as they prepare for the June 2008 transition to Internet Protocol version 6.
GCN Insider | Advances in Section 508
Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act is due for an upgrade and Michael Takemura, head of Hewlett-Packard's Accessibility Program Office, sounds excited about the potential changes.
GCN Insider | Vista Beta 2: Getting there
Last month Microsoft group product manager Greg Sullivan brought by a freshly burned disk of Windows Vista Beta 2, which he characterized as 'a major improvement to the February Vista [Community Technology Preview].'
GCN Insider | Vivisimo goes beyond FirstGov
Still riding a high from the launch of FirstGov.gov's new search engine, the company behind the search technology, officers of Vivisimo Inc. of Pittsburgh stopped by GCN to talk about the latest version of its Velocity platform.
GSA awards Raytheon FirstGov.gov task order
The General Services Administration has tapped Raytheon Co.'s Information Solutions to provide new hosting and professional services solutions to a handful of government Web portals, including FirstGov.gov.
OPM finally gets rolling on a new retirement system
It has been a long time coming, but the Office of Personnel Management seems to be on track to revolutionize how the government tracks, maintains and processes retirement information for its employees.
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