Lt. Gen. Charles Croom | Crisis gave urgency to COOP plans
<font color="CC0000">9/11 Personal Views'</font>Since 9/11, Lt. Gen. Charles Croom has focused on emergency communications for senior leadership, continuity-of-operations plans, bringing more command and control capabilities to the Northern Command, and information-sharing between the major combatant commanders.
John Grimes | Barriers to info sharing remain
Interview with Defense Department CIO John Grimes.
FDNY Capt. Anthony Catalanotto | Better radio systems protect firefighters
<font color="CC0000">9/11 Personal Views'</font>New York firefighters better protect their city because the tragedy of Sept. 11, 2001, ignited a sense of urgency to strengthen their communications and better coordinate among firefighters, police and emergency management.
Karen Evans | Communication concerns hit home
<font color="CC0000">9/11 Personal Views'</font>For Karen Evans, the need for communication, whether between and within agencies, among state and local governments, and, most importantly, within the family, was the primary lesson learned in the aftermath of Sept. 11.
John Garing | Assured computing is DOD's insurance policy
<font color="CC0000">9/11 Personal Views'</font>Protecting DOD's networks is a lot like purchasing an insurance policy'you often don't see the benefits until you need them.
Lee Hamilton | Good intentions don't deliver progress
<font color="CC0000">9/11 Personal Views'</font>Lee Hamilton, vice chairman of the 9/11 commission, recalls exactly where he was on Sept. 11, 2001'sitting in an airplane at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, bound for his home state of Indiana.
Tumbleweed PKI certification
Tumbleweed Communications Corp. received Common Criteria Evaluation Assurance Level 3 certification for its Tumbleweed Validation Authority suite.
RSA middleware and HSPD-12
RSA Security Inc. said its RSA Authentication Client middleware received NIST FIPS 201 validation.
Oracle's Common Criteria
Oracle Corp.'s Application Server 10g received Common Criteria Evaluation Assurance Level 4+ certification.
Cisco WLAN makes secure
Cisco Systems Inc. earned NIST's Federal Information Processing Standard 140-2 level 2 validation for its Unified Wireless LAN Controllers and Access Points.
Itanium, the speedy encryptor
One emerging niche for Intel's Itanium line of microprocessors seems to be high-speed encryption and decryption.
People have the power, again
NASA has plenty of fascinating projects to lure helpers.
Adobe's big happy family
With Adobe Systems Inc.'s purchase of Macromedia Inc., tough choices between software offerings will have to be made.
Internaut | Try real service to the citizen
Here are some ideas for how government agencies really could improve their service.
PIV cards: the insider threat
With HSPD-12 requirements kicking in soon, how will your agency prevent ID card theft?
Gen 2: Sowing UHF Tags Worldwide
In December 2004, EPC Global, the association that sets standards for bar codes and RFID tags, issued its second-generation UHF standard, Class 1 Gen 2.
Education awards Perot Systems $206m contract
The Education Department has awarded Perot Systems of Fairfax, Va., a contract worth up to $206 million over 10 years to provide data center hosting for Federal Student Aid applications and network services
GSA releases RFI for strategic sourcing wireless initiative
The General Services Administration yesterday released a request for information for wireless cellular services and equipment under the Federal Strategic Sourcing Initiative.
E-Authentication looking for new service providers
The General Services Administration is looking for ways to give the federal E-Authentication e-government project a boost by bringing in more credential providers.
GSA seeks comments on governmentwide wireless buy
The procurement, part of the Federal Strategic Sourcing Initiative, will cover products, services and management support.
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