Malcolm Fry | Enterprise architecture, European style
While U.S. federal agencies scurry to get their enterprise architectures in line, their British counterparts have been deploying another framework altogether for managing IT'the IT Infrastructure Library.
What ever happened to IPv5?
On the road to IPv6, everyone seems to have overlooked a mile marker.
Where the road leads
Applications to ride the IPv6 highway are slow to emerge.
Office 2007: Microsoft offers a work space for everyone
Next version of Office features new interface, content management and workgroup tools
Incoming
The Navy has awarded a $150 million task order to a team led by Lockheed Martin Corp. to deliver training support to surface ship combat systems sailors.
Navy Exchange buys into inventory control
Global retailing is becoming a regular feature of business, but neither Starbucks nor Wal-Mart faces quite the same challenges the Navy Exchange Service Command does.
N.C. health system gets shot in the arm from Saber Corp.
The North Carolina Health and Human Services Department has awarded a 19-month contract worth $19.8 million to Saber Corp. to update the state's health system.
Army has new home-station training system in Korea
The initial home-station instrumentation training system for the Army at Camp Casey, Korea, has been deployed by Cubic Corp.
UPDATED: Verizon signs FTS 2001 extension
The contract will bridge the expiring contract to the new Networx pact, which has not yet been awarded.
The Pipeline
A network in the middle of nowhere; Beat the heat
Senate seeks contractors for program development
The Senate is looking to tap the private sector for two program analysts that will help the chamber design and develop financial management and other software components.
Docs hasten move to e-health records: CDC
Nearly one in four physicians, or 23.9 percent, reported using full or partial electronic medical records in their office practice in 2005.
DOD arms soldiers, allies with information
Multilateral exercise puts Web-based document management to the test.
Calif. county re-ups ACS for IT support
Solano County, Calif., has renewed its contract with Affiliated Computer Services Inc. for continued support of the county's IT infrastructure.
Army, Gestalt in pact for unit tracking
The Army has awarded Gestalt LLC a $3 million contract to develop a Web services-based tool that will track the status of more than 5,500 Army units in near real time.
Va. city looks to Compudyne for public safety face-lift
The city of Chesapeake, Va., has turned to Compudyne Corp. for a major overhaul of its public safety systems.
Marines aviation to get support from CACI
The Marines have awarded a five-year contract to CACI International Inc. for delivery of support services for aviation logistics to Marine Corps Forces-Atlantic.
Interior nears settlement of Indian Trust case
The multibillion-dollar settlement could spare the department from additional court-ordered shutoffs of its Internet links.
OMB releases agency IT budget submission requirements
The Office of Management and Budget, for the first time, is making public the requirements and instructions agencies must use when preparing their IT budget requests for the next fiscal year.
CMS testing personal health records
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is testing the feasibility of integrating Medicare claims history information with other agency Internet-based tools to provide personal health records for Medicare beneficiaries.
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