NGA issues standards for geospatial intel interoperability
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has publicly released a document outlining the overall National System for Geospatial-Intelligence standards baseline.
Tools for managed network services are coming together
Networx, the upcoming governmentwide acquisition contract for telecommunications, and the IT Infrastructure Line of Business Consolidation effort are poised to push agencies into outsourcing at least some of their networks responsibilities.
Auditors rap DOE's computer disposal methods
DOE's Inspector General has found fault with the Idaho National Laboratory's technical procedures for removing restricted nuclear and confidential data from old computers.
Air Force awards extrusion protection contract
The Air Force Information Operations Battlelab has selected the Fidelis Extrusion Prevention System from Fidelis Security Systems as a project for operational security.
CMS awards $292M Medicare data center contracts
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services awarded EDS Corp. a $92 million task order as part of its migration to an Enterprise Data Center.
DHS to strengthen U.S. Visit management oversight
Management oversight over DHS' U.S. Visit program will be strengthened as it moves to a new directorate on March 31, said Bob Mocny, the program's acting director.
IAC names top Excellence.gov projects
The Justice Information Sharing system is the first non-federal project to be named a top finalist.
Many unknowns remain in move to IPv6
For the Air Force, the killer application for IPv6 might literally be a killer app.
FBI, DHS launch third fingerprint system data-sharing pilot
Ambitious project to achieve connectivity between two critical biometric databases takes another step forward.
DHS seeks 'tunnel vision'
The Homeland Security Department has asked the research community to propose innovative methods that would enable the use of sensors and IT to detect tunnels beneath U.S. borders.
Ask not what you can do for IPv6, but rather what IPv6 can do for you
The Federal CIO Council has come up with some useful definitions to help take some of the guesswork out of the mandate to move agency backbones to IPv6 by next year.
Navy taps EFJ for wireless vessel inspection system
The Navy has awarded a subsidiary of EFJ Inc. a contract to further improve a vessel boarding inspection system.
Enterprise service bus
iWay Software has introduced an adapter for converting data between legacy databases and the Global Justice XML Data Model.
Storage
LeftHand Networks Inc. is adding support for IBM System x3650 servers to its iSCSI-based storage area network server software, the SAN/iQ.
Hybrid hoedown
Disk drive manufacturers are taking advantage of solid-state memory speeds
In the zone
Trusted Solaris users will one day have to migrate off of this trusted platform.
Agencies' share pain of CR's funding limits
Congress passes resolution to fund 2007 at 2006 levels.
DHS' major programs are in the chips
But some in Congress question support for first responders.
Civilian agencies focus on info sharing
OMB has high hopes for Congress to accept e-government.
Talking virtual reality
High definition tools, desktop software take conferencing by storm.
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