GCN Insider | RAM on!
If you're a system administrator, we bet you have a box of old Random Access Memory modules. Well, make some room for 184-pin DDR modules as well. Just as the original Double Data Rate memory replaced the standard SDRAM chips, so too will DDR2 modules replace DDRs.
Iowa re-ups NIC for e-gov portal
Iowa has entered into a new multiyear contract with Iowa Interactive, a subsidiary of the e-government firm NIC, for continued management of the state's official government portal.
Please sign on the digital line
In the latest sign that the public sector hasn't exhausted all the possibilities of e-government, Pennsylvania recently began the nation's first state-sanctioned program to let notaries digitally sign electronic documents.
Oregon city selects vendor for mesh network
MetroFi Inc. has won a contract from Portland, Ore., to build a citywide WiFi network.
Guest Column | A Full Plate
Federal security teams might need some Alka-Seltzer before 2006 is over. This year promises a full plate of challenges for federal chief information security officers.
Federal Contract Law | A Procurement System in Crisis
I've worked in procurement for over three decades. In all that time, the public perception of federal procurement has never been worse than now. Bad news just keeps piling up. The Darleen Druyun scandal reached high into the ranks of government and business. On its heels came allegations of questionable contracting practices in Iraq, including outright bribery. Then we learned of sole-source contracts for Katrina response.
Editor's Desk | Fight the Slack
The recent annual Information Processing Interagency Conference featured an astronaut as a speaker. Seeing that on the agenda, I thought, do they still have astronauts? The astronauts' heyday ended with 8-track tapes, or thereabouts. But this guy was different. Mike Mullane, retired Space Shuttle crewmember, was critical of NASA, frank, profane and direct.
Eugene Kaspersky | When Criminals Stalk the Internet
Eugene Kaspersky was working for the Soviet Defense Ministry in the late 1980s when his computer became infected with the Cascade virus. His fascination with the malicious program eventually led to commercialization of what became the Kaspersky Anti-Virus tool. Today he's head of antivirus research for Moscow-based Kaspersky Lab, which he co-founded in 1997.
Guard fields sensor fusion at Super Bowl
Amid the passes and tackles, punts and blocks, Jagger and Stones'and all those bizarre commercials that signify Super Bowl frenzy'a select group at Detroit's Ford Field was carrying out a more subtle activity during the NFL championship game in February. Members of the Michigan National Guard's 51st Civil Support Team were testing an innovative sensor technology for use, in this case, in a security setting at a public event attended by 65,000 people.
GPO's James to step down
Government Printing Office chief executive Bruce James will leave his post once a successor is named.
Securify gains higher security rating
The company, which develops network monitoring and compliance software, goes up another notch in Common Criteria evaluation.
DOE not meeting small business contracting goals
The Energy Department has fallen short of its small business prime contracting goals in four of the last five years and should take prompt action to improve its small business program management, according to the Government Accountability Office.
GAO finds Alaska Native contracting advantages problematic
Alaska Native corporations are taking advantage of Small Business Administration regulations that allow them to land no-bid, multimillion-dollar government contracts, according to a draft report being prepared by the Government Accountability Office.
Storage on the quick
Step-by-step guide to buying the right entry-level network-attached storage system
DHS focuses on single biometric ID card, reader
According to Homeland Security secretary Michael Chertoff, the goal is to harmonize the upcoming People Access Security Service card, known as PASS, for frequent border crossers with existing trusted traveler programs.
GAO seeks data on commercial budget software
The Government Accountability Office is asking industry for information about commercial software that could assist legislative agencies in formulating annual personnel budget requests to Congress.
Missile Defense Agency locks in on Raytheon for radar work
The Missile Defense Agency has tapped Raytheon Co. to upgrade early warning radar in Greenland.
Army issues statement of work for ITES-2
The Army today released a draft statement of work for its $10 billion Information Technology Enterprise Solutions-2 Hardware program.
Lenovo ThinkPads get jazzed up
It's not black! That was our first thought when we unpacked Lenovo's ThinkPad Z60t, one of a new line of ThinkPads that departs from the traditional all-black color scheme for the first time.
New Transportation CIO Mintz to start May 1
The Transportation Department has tapped Dan Mintz of Sun Microsystems Inc. as its new CIO, replacing Dan Matthews.
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