IWN moves to second phase
General Dynamics, Lockheed will vie for $3B wireless contract
Seeing eye to eye
The Environmental Protection Agency's decision three years ago to outfit its Emergency Operations Center in Washington with a custom suite of rooms wired with videoconferencing systems from Tandberg of New York paid off when Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast last August.
Supplemental bill will fund emergency community health centers
The 2006 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations bill includes a $4 million to the Health Resources and Services Administration for a community health center communications network.
Audit finds security weaknesses at NASA center
The NASA inspector general has found that one of the space agency's centers has not put in place sufficient IT security to protect data and systems from possible compromise.
HHS provides $1.2b for bioterrorism preparedness
The Health and Human Services Department has made $1.2 billion available to states, territories and four metropolitan areas to strengthen their response to terrorism and other public health emergencies.
DHS eyes beefed-up security on U.S.-Canada border
The United States wants to implement biometric border-crossing identification cards by 2008 to protect the nation against possible attacks by terrorists based in Canada.
House panel delves into VA data breach
The House Government Reform Committee held a hearing yesterday on the ongoing ramifications from the theft of a Veterans Affairs Department laptop and hard drive, and the subsequent loss of personal data of millions of Americans last month.
Agencies tap Lockheed, General Dynamics for IWN contracts
The Integrated Wireless Network is designed to provide secure voice, data and multimedia communications to federal law enforcement agencies.
Initiate Systems takes federated approach
Identity Hub version 7 allows users to both access and present data virtually, without needing to actually store the data in a central repository.
Justice picks General Dynamics, Lockheed for wireless work
The two integrators, picked from a field of five, will compete to design the wireless network, which will serve 80,000 users in law enforcement.
VA may need to create claims process: Buyer
Rep. Steve Buyer wants the Veterans Affairs Department to be prepared to mitigate any damage to veterans if their personal information is misused.
Congress considers net neutrality in communications bill
As the House faces its first vote on network neutrality regulations for broadband Internet access, representatives are being besieged by lobbyists on both sides of the issue. Staffers attended a briefing Thursday, hoping for information to help them decide how to vote.
Document management system helps break immigration logjam
At the U.S. embassy in Mexico City, 2,000 to 3,000 people per day seek visas to enter the U.S.
Teresa Takai s 10 tips for change
Michigan's governor gave the state's chief information officer full authority to consolidate, reassign and restructure the executive branch's IT staff.
Dealing with data deluge
More information was generated between 1999 and 2003 than otherwise was created since the beginning of mankind, declares IDC of Framingham, Mass., a high-tech research company. It's anyone's guess how much this equation has changed in the three years since then, but the trend is clear'we're flooded with new information daily.
COOP policies lack leadership
Policy-makers push telework to the center of business continuity planning.
University of New Hampshire revamps storage plan
The University crafts an enterprise-wide storage blueprint and plans to award a contract later this month.
Lost conference costs more than dollars
The canceled Army show also results in missed opportunities.
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