Another View: Commercial innovation fosters modern warfare
One of the remarkable qualities of the information technology revolution is its ability to disperse benefits across mass markets with great speed.
EDITOR'S DESK: The fallacy of limits on municipal WiFi
Let's hope that Rep. Jim Sessions' latest legislative gambit goes nowhere.
Guri Glass | Army installations move to the Web
Every Army recruit and every soldier leaving the Army for civilian life has had their information processed on a computer network that Guri Glass oversees
NIST's et.gov site opens up new frontiers
Like the trail of Reese's Pieces laid down to entice an extraterrestrial in a well-known science fiction movie, a new interagency project sponsored by the CIO Council is leading federal program managers to promising new technologies.
GSA's FirstGov RFQ shows plan to switch to Web-based searches
The General Services Administration is taking a new approach to pump up FirstGov.gov's weak search capabilities, and it should be in place by next February.
Army intranet portal to be managed by Lockheed Martin
The Army has awarded a $152 million contract to Lockheed Martin Corp. to manage the Army Knowledge Online enterprise Web portal.
Texas, Accenture ink $840 million outsourcing deal
Under the contract, Accenture will lead a group of companies that will deliver improved technology and business operations services in support of modernization of state social-services programs.
Lockheed to take on Web-based command, control for military
Under a contract awarded through the Air Force, the company will develop a Web-enabled system to connect Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and special-operations systems into a unified application.
cc: All Users: Fight fire with more than just fire
A few years ago, the entire state of Florida seemed to be on fire.
Administration gets behind IPv6, sets 2008 target
In light of recent studies that say the government is not moving aggressively enough toward adoption of Internet Protocol Version 6, the Office of Management and Budget is preparing a policy to guide agencies' transition to the new standard.
New bill would aid municipal broadband nets
Congress has been duking it out over the issue of municipal public networks with two bills, each designed to cancel out the other.
Industry groups urge Senate ratification of cybercrime treaty
A coalition of industry associations and individual companies from different sectors of the economy are asking the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to ratify the Convention on Cybercrime adopted through the Council of Europe.
Internaut: Fiddling while the Net burns
We should all give thanks to the Government Accountability Office for confirming what many government IT managers already knew.
Telecom services gain critical mass
Last month, the telecommunications industry descended on Chicago for SuperComm 2005, arguably the world's most important conference for all things networking.
Retrieval system would put procurement info on tap
The military has enlisted a new weapon in the fight against its unwieldy acquisitions bureaucracy.
DISA Web pilot supports move to collaborate online
The Defense Department wants the Army, Navy and Air Force enterprise portals linked to a pilot project to test secure, browser-based collaboration tools from WebEx Communications Inc. of San Jose, Calif.
Breathing new life into the e-postmark
Postal Service's digital proofing business rubs some the wrong way
Recreation One-Stop finalizes contract award
The Forest Service has once again awarded a $97 million contract to ReserveAmerica of Ballston Spa, N.Y., to provide a single federal recreation information and reservation service.
Symplicity wins bid to manage FedBizOpps
The General Services Administration's Federal Technology Service earlier this month awarded Symplicity Corp. of Arlington, Va., the contract to run FedBizOpps.gov, the government's procurement portal.
Feds feel bite of cybercrime
There is something about the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. that seems to attract cybercrime.
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