New Motorola suite helps responders share on-scene data
The company's new Incident Scene Management solutions suite gives commanders on the scene data and video information to help them decide how to use their available resources.
NIST clarifies PIV biometric specs
National Institute of Standards and Technology has revised the technical specifications for biometric data on Personal Identity Verification cards.
Williams completes FAS review
Federal Acquisition Service chief Jim Williams has changes in mind for his division.
That word "open"
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Second stolen computer with VA data recovered
The recovered desktop PC stolen from Unisys Corp. had personal data for 16,000 patients treated at medical centers in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh.
And another thing...
Chief information security officers can rest easier: McGruff the Crime Dog, at last, is on the case of cybercrime.
COMMUNITY: Cross-agency initiative
Back in the spring, Tim Young, the Office of Management and Budget's associate administrator for E-Government and IT, and Michele Kelly, a nurse at Walter Reed Army Medical Hospital, married two branches of government when they married each other in Washington. They honeymooned in Spain, then got back to work.
The Packet Rat | Today's lesson: Do as I say, not as they do
It's hard to teach kids to be honest, upstanding citizens when the most obviously successful people in the world are duplicitous, deceitful and dirty.
Army disputes CBO's criticism of FCS
Service says program's technologies on schedule, budget.
GSA resumes work under contested contract for PIV services
The General Services Administration is still on target to help agencies meet next month's deadline to begin issuing Personal Identity Verification cards, even though its contract to provide these services is under investigation, a top GSA official has said.
IT-intensive Defense projects face cuts
Senate and House head to conference on funding bill.
State developing online humanitarian relief maps
More detailed application to improve aid to disaster victims.
Are you ready for Networx?
GSA officials urge agencies to plan now for next year's new telecom contract.
EA resistance starts at the top
Architects must show benefits to business managers.
Agencies to work lines of business into EAs
Enterprise architects and business managers will be expected to develop modernization blueprints for their specific lines of business.
E-Authentication maps out its future
Agencies completing strategy to let apps use single sign-on technology.
NASA goes its own way, rankling GAO and IG
NASA has ignored its own promises to the Government Accountability Office to remedy a protested contract, which could jeopardize its long-term relationship with the watchdog agency.
Bill to create federal spending database to become law
The Office of Management and Budget has until Jan. 1, 2008, to create a database of federal spending on procurement, grants, loans and other expenditures.
Coburn follows the money on IT
Sen. Tom Coburn is not an IT expert, nor does he want to be thought of as one. But his interest in controlling spending could have a significant impact on technology projects across government.
IG criticizes NASA noncompetitive acquisition
Lawmakers, SARA panel also target sole-source and other acquisition issues.
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