FEMA bureau sends IT gear south to fire zone
Emergency agency's Pacific Northwest regional office to send a convoy of disaster relief equipment, goods and personnel to California's wildfire zone.
Google-eye view of fires
The general public now has access to detailed maps of areas affected by the fires in Southern California, thanks to Google Earth's map posted on San Diego County's Emergency Home Page.
New online tool for overseas voter registration
The Overseas Vote Foundation has an online tool to help military personnel and civilians living abroad navigate the maze of voter registration requirements.
IT excellence reigns at GCN Gala
Teamwork and preparing the way for the next generation were the twin themes of last night's GCN Awards Gala.
Soldiers get the message with Xacta deal
The Army will buy the tactical extension of Xacta's Automated Message Handling System to enable soldiers to use its secure messaging capability in the field.
New specs for DOD Architecture Framework
Object Management Group has approved several new specifications, including a unified modeling language profile for the DOD Architecture Framework.
Missouri to upgrade DMV
Missouri's Department of Revenue awarded a $50 million contract to BearingPoint to design, implement and maintain a new motor vehicle system.
IT on front line of Calif. conflagration
FEMA, state agencies, vendors step up to help firefighters' IT infrastructure.
Chicago to do clean sweep of parking violators
Chicago officials issued a RFQ for digital cameras for the city's street sweepers to enable them to take photos of illegally parked vehicles and their license plates.
Oracle flexes muscle for Xen, open source
As Oracle's customer base uses more open source, Oracle puts its weight behind the Xen open-source virtualization software and Linux.
New software could improve military radio communication
Designers of military radios who face the task of designing equipment that can communicate among the hodgepodge of gear used could benefit from upgraded signal processing software for the transceivers.
Green Grid pushes energy efficiency
Nonprofit consortium releases white papers focused on advancing energy efficiency in data centers.
IT industry creates secure coding advocacy group
A handful of major information technology companies team up to form SAFEcode to develop and share best practices for secure software development.
Law enforcement at disadvantage in war on cybercrime
Better information sharing, better information are keys to combating cybercrime wave.
Open Text ups content service ante
Open Text unveils its next-generation content services platform.
William Jackson | The Common Criteria
Cybereye | Commentary: To paraphrase Winston Churchill: The Common Criteria is the worst security product evaluation scheme, except for all others that have been tried.
RAPIDS response
The Defense Manpower Data Center taps online scheduling to make issuing Common Access Cards at its 900 sites go more smoothly.
Secure the bridge, speed the traffic
Case study: The Air National Guard deploys proxy appliances to secure Internet connections and enforce network policy on its nationwide WAN ' and gets the added bonus of optimizing its bandwidth.
What's in store
As rich media files in various formats contribute to your ever-expanding storage requirements, a clustered-storage approach could be the answer.
NGA aims to get its maps in the fast lane
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency works on an electronic distribution system for its highly detailed intell maps.
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