Space policy touts satellite imagery for Homeland Security
The White House published a new national space policy that lays out goals for exploration and addresses the government's need to enhance homeland security.
The Pipeline
A handheld for Lewis and Clark; Fingerprint capture for G.I. Joe.
BlackBerry 8700g pumps up the power
Intel XScale processor boosts speed of RIM's new wireless handheld multifunctional device
Future-warfare center deal goes to BAE
The Space and Missile Defense Command will receive comprehensive systems integration and engineering services from BAE Systems Inc. for its future-warfare center under a 10-year contract.
New sites may serve as prototypes for spending database
Two government watchdog groups have unveiled new databases that they hope will serve as templates for the massive Web site the Office of Management and Budget must develop to track all sorts of federal spending.
Army extends border-monitoring work with McQ
A $4.5 million contract extension from the Army will tap McQ Inc. to deliver advanced persistent surveillance sensors for monitoring borders, protecting forces and surveilling battlefields.
HHS taps SAIC for HRSA IT contract
Science Applications International Corp. won a contract to perform Web and database application development for a Health Resources and Services Administration grant program.
DOD looking for IT, data transition support services
Tricare Theater Medical Information Programs is looking for a vendor to help them move.
New L-3 device protects against IEDs
The Broad Shield Tactical Manpack is on display at the AUSA annual meeting and exposition at the Washington Convention Center.
Major homeland security IT projects funding
Congress afforded the Homeland Security Department broad authority to reallocate funds among programs. DHS officials are supposed to ask the appropriations committees for permission to reprogram funds, but frequently DHS has made funding changes before seeking congressional approval.
Commerce unveils new award
The department's Technology Administration will present its first 'Recognition of Excellence in Innovation' award Oct. 11 to Odin Technologies.
Bush signs law making GSA's reorg official
The General Services Administration's long-awaited reorganization is finally official.
EPA signs deals in hopes of making HSPD-12 deadline
The Environmental Protection Agency is continuing its standalone effort to meet the upcoming Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12 deadline by signing two contracts that should help the agency begin issuing new identification cards.
Circle the wagons
Technologies to protect data from getting tapped, leaked or stolen.
CIA CIO to report straight to director
CIA director Michael Hayden has upgraded the profile of his organization's CIO to provide a direct-reporting relationship between the top technology official and his own office.
And another thing...
Maybe it's a cautionary tale for agencies looking to increase their use of electronic tags. Maybe not.
The Packet Rat | In data theft stories, something is missing
The Rat and his crew in the agency IT command bunker spend a lot of time with numbers'number of lost packets, number of trouble tickets, and the like. But in a lull between software patches, the Rat sank his unforgiving fangs into numbers of a different sort.
COMMUNITY: Go to commercial
The Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association recently hosted an event in Arlington, Va., to discus a subject popular with many IT chiefs: using commercial technologies to make government more effective.
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