Air Force, MTC unit in management software pact
The Air Force has awarded a contract to an MTC Technologies Inc. subsidiary to help keep aircraft and ground systems up-to-date and running.
Las Vegas police turn to M/A-Com for wireless radio system
The Metropolitan Police Department in Las Vegas has awarded M/A-Com a $9.8 million contract to build a wireless, interoperable radio system.
DHS funds advanced cargo-screening technology
Homeland Security Department officials have awarded a Massachusetts-based company an additional $1.6 million to continue development of scanning technology that could potentially better detect radiological threats and other weapons of mass destruction in cargo containers.
USPS ponders national E-recycling, solicits industry partner
The U.S. Postal Service is gauging whether any vendors are interested in co-sponsoring a nationwide recycling program for computer and telecommunications equipment.
Navy signs submarine systems deal with Raytheon
The Navy has awarded Raytheon Co. a $31.7 million contract to build integrated combat control systems for the next five Virginia-class submarines.
DISA videoconferencing system to be built by AT&T
AT&T Government Solutions Inc. won a subcontract worth as much as $51 million to build a modern Internet protocol-based system for voice and videoconferencing for the Defense Information Systems Agency.
Feds seek input before soliciting Grants.gov integrator
In a recent request for information, HHS said that the Grants.gov Web site has significantly grown since its inception in 2003, and a new systems integrator may be needed as the portal's use increases.
Health IT privacy efforts to launch in April
The privacy element of the Health and Human Services Department's health IT efforts will launch in late April with the award of contracts to study the variations in state privacy and security policies and regulations that may hinder electronic exchange of information.
Content Management
ZyLAB North America LLC of McLean, Va., has released Service Pack 5 of its ZyIMAGE document imaging and records management software.
Tenix Datagate, EAL 7
They said it couldn't be done with a commercial product, but someone finally did it. Tenix Datagate Inc. of McLean, Va., received EAL 7 Common Criteria certification, the highest security level awarded by the National Information Assurance Partnership, for its Data Diode.
SanMelody for cheap SANs
DataCore Software Corp. of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., has released a version of SanMelody for iSCSI drives.
IT procurement in reverse
Earlier this year, the General Services Administration temporarily shuttered its eOffer online contract broker site, after finding a security glitch that allowed participants to change their competitors' bids.
Unwiring the USB cord
Installed on more than 500 million PCs worldwide, the Universal Serial Bus supplies easy connectivity for everything from printers to MP3 players.
Hooking up with RDF
Ex-Homeland Security Department metadata chief Michael Daconta may have trumpeted the Resource Description Framework in his 2003 book The Semantic Web, but for most shops, the benefits of RDF have remained academic.
Web browsers comply with Section 508
New versions tout better accessibility, but fresh issues loom for Web sites
CYBEREYE: Help America Vote: Trust but verify
There are some good things in the Voluntary Voting System Guidelines approved by the Election Assistance Commission. But the voluntary guidelines have a glaring flaw: They are voluntary.
Without a trace
Documents can reveal supposedly deleted data, but fortunately there are ways to make sure that secrets stay secret.
ANOTHER VIEW: The government needs to address wireless e-mail risks
The government's use of wireless handheld e-mail will continue to grow as the technology expands and prices fall. Congressional telecommuting mandates could accelerate this growth. As such, the risks surrounding wireless e-mail systems need to be more widely understood and addressed.
Wu Feng | New frontiers in high-end computing
Dr. Wu Feng is one of few government employees whose work has been cited in the book of Guinness World Records. In 2003, Wu and his team at Los Alamos National Laboratory engineered the highest-ever throughput for a sustained long-distance network connection'2.38 Gbps between Los Alamos and Switzerland (the record was broken the following year).
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