Bureau of Engraving and Printing hires Web help
The Treasury bureau has awarded a five-year, $4.5 million contract to Orizon to help with Web development.
Global warning system gets USGS support
Through its Public Warning Network Challenge, the Internet Society is calling for collaborators for an all-hazards public warning system'an effort that the Geological Survey endorses.
DOD certifies XML product for PKI use
The Joint Interoperability Test Command has certified that a security appliance for handling XML messages can interoperate with other Defense PKI equipment.
An XML registry is key to sharing data
When the Federal CIO Council created its Emerging Technology Subcommittee in August 2003, Extensible Markup Language was high on its list of priorities.
The promise of XML
For the Navy, the Extensible Mark-up Language provided a possible way to meet its FORCEnet objectives.
Army issues solicitation for portal vendor
The Army is looking for a single integrator to manage its Army Knowledge Online-Enterprise Services program.
Interior taps ESRI for geospatial portal redesign
ESRI will redesign the Geospatial One-Stop portal that it created under a new five-year, $2.4 million contract.
Search engines go spatial
Two search vendors have set out to make map data easier to find online. The ultimate result: geospatial Web services.
Power User: More Google power
The announcement of a project to digitize millions of old books from university libraries put Google in the news recently.
Incumbent vendor wins Geospatial One-Stop revamp
ESRI will redesign the Geospatial One Stop portal that it created under a new five-year, $2.4 million contract.
PTO puts trademark application files online
The Patent and Trademark Office is now making official trademark application files, including decisions by trademark examining attorneys, available online.
Army launches buy for knowledge management systems
The Army has issued an RFP for a single integrator for its Army Knowledge Online portal.
Sensitive DHS briefings leaked through Energy system
Because of an apparent security glitch at the Energy Department, dozens of sensitive Homeland Security Department documents have been available on a public Internet site for several days.
NARA Web site harvest yields 75 million pages
When the caretaker of the government's history took recent snapshots of agencies' Web sites, it found hidden among 75 million pages evidence of one federal employee's obsession with a word search game and another's partiality for hangman.
New tool for open-source Web scripting language
Zend Technologies has released new software to simplify administration of Web pages created with the PHP scripting language.
Will new IPv6 devices drive 'New Internet'?
Networked cameras, voice over IPv6 wireless phones and other new peripherals could drive the need for more addressable space.
Digital archives look back, forward
Google.com has compiled 800 million Usenet messages into a 20-year archive of <a href="http://www.google.com/googlegroups/archive_announce_20.html">firsts</a> in computing history up to December 2001.
Virtual Space: True shock and awe'
NASA established the Earth Observatory Web site as a free online destination for satellite imagery of everything from volcanic eruptions to dust storms in the Gobi Desert.
Draft report suggests end for FBI's case management app
The FBI's Virtual Case File project'on which the bureau has spent almost $170 million since June 2001'won't succeed. That's the conclusion the Justice Department's inspector general has reached.
Cost pressures speed back-office consolidations
Tight budgets will accelerate back-office systems consolidations this year.
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