Qwest announces voice over IP service for enterprises
Qwest Communications International Inc. will begin rolling out a voice over IP network service to over 22 cities, including Washington, by year's end.
The 'Intelligent Internet' is making gains
Key developments in computer intelligence synthesis should bolster growth of electronic government services, according to a recent report.
Compromise of major Web hosting sites reported
A compromise of servers hosting major Websites is infecting government, corporate and personal computers.
Site enables veterans to access insurance account info
Secure VA web site helps veterans manage life insurance policies, accounts.
Minn. has online Rx for the high cost of drugs
Minnesota has set up a prescription Web site, at <a href= "http://www.MinnesotaRXConnect.com">www.MinnesotaRXConnect.com</a>, that walks residents through ordering lower-cost medicines from Canadian pharmacies.
Would a governmentwide XML schema registry cut duplication?
The Federal CIO Council wants to keep agencies from reinventing the wheel as they adopt Extensible Markup Language.
Web services need push from the top, experts say
The cicada-like buzz over Web services during the past year will be nothing but background noise until the CIO Council and the Office of Management and Budget make Web services an official part of how the government does business, OMB's former IT chief says.
@Info.Policy: Future history reports on Internet's demise
This obituary is 'preprinted' from a future edition of Government Computer News. Today the Internet was pronounced dead. The immediate cause of death was universal disinterest.
NMCI 'has not been a perfect process'
Navy Secretary England says officials are still working out the bugs in the portal and that things will improve over time.
What's coming for the Internet: Evolution
Vinton Cerf, one of the founding fathers of the Internet, make a few predictions for reporters at the SuperComm trade show Monday.
AKO adds collaboration, other features
Army Knowledge Online users will soon be able to share information and collaborate through the portal.
Internaut: Data drillers: Watch the fault lines on personal data
The controversial Total Information Awareness project may be gone, but multiple data-mining projects continue to flourish within the federal government, the General Accounting Office has found.
HorizonLive opens another door to Web meetings
Web conferencing systems are fantastic: They make online meetings and training sessions accessible to anybody with a browser. Well, maybe not everybody. Maybe not people with disabilities.
GSA starts the process to redo FedBizOpps
The General Services Administration late last month issued a request for proposals for a new Federal Business Opportunities system.
Seeking Users
By practically any standard, the Grants.gov portal is a model e-government project.It is one of only two of the Quicksilver e-government projects to have achieved all its objectives. And yet by some metrics, the web site has been a disappointment. Still, 'It opens up a new world to people who may have paid for this service before and now they can simply go to the site and find it themselves,' said <b>Rebecca Spitzgo</b>, the Grants.gov program manager. What Grants.gov needs is users.
Army Knowledge Online portal seeks one vendor, upgrades
By the end of summer, the Army plans to award a single contract for maintenance of its Army Knowledge Online portal.
Army combining war game simulations into single app
The Army is taking its war game training to a new level by replacing eight disparate modeling and simulation training systems over the next several years with the $50 million One Semi-Automated Forces Objective System.
Air Force abuzz over instant messaging app
The Air Force has added instant messaging to its Web portal, which ties together 700 databases and hundreds of applications at 110 sites.
Major programs within NMCI
<b>Base Level Infrastructure Initiative</b>. This program lets Navy personnel overseas, about 30,000 sailors, plug into the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet and IT-21 via common standards and protocols. In many cases, including e-mail and chat functions, the applications the initiative uses are the same as NMCI's. The Navy will implement the initiative at 16 strategic overseas locations including Bahrain, Diego Garcia, Greece, Guam, Italy, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Spain and the United Kingdom.
NMCI to open software test center
The Navy-Marine Corps Intranet program office will open a center later this month to test software applications for compatibility with the Navy's enterprise portal.
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