HHS finalizes e-prescribing standards for Medicare drug plan
The Health and Human Services Department has announced the approval of a final rule to adopt foundation standards for the electronic prescribing of drugs under the new Medicare Part D plan.
OMB program management tracking tool needs more focus: GAO
While the Office of Management and Budget's method for tracking agencies' program management has improved project performance, the system is too broadly focused and leaves short-term problems unresolved, according to government auditors.
Internaut: Buying naked? Don't forget to cover your assets
Now may not be the best time for government agencies to keep their clandestine 'naked PCs' undercover.
Red Hat, Sun aim for security certification
In 2006, network administrators in high-security environments will have two new general-purpose operating systems to choose from.
GCN Insider | Enterprise service bus products: Tale of two technologies
As service-oriented architectures generate ever more buzz, the market for enterprise service bus products is starting to heat up as well.
GCN Insider | Cranite Systems' SafeConnect: The end of VPN?
At last month's MILCOM conference in Atlantic City, N.J., Cranite Systems Inc. of Los Gatos, Calif., took the wraps off what its vice president of engineering calls virtual private LAN technology.
GCN Insider | Microsoft SQL Server 2005: Case of the missing mirror
This month marks the long-awaited release of Microsoft SQL Server 2005.
DOD wireless policy: If you use it, secure it
Wireless access to IT resources can be convenient and can enhance productivity, but it also opens up a can of worms for those who must secure and manage the connections and resources.
Bush sets strategy for dealing with flu pandemic
President Bush today announced a $7.1 billion national strategy to prepare for a flu pandemic and, if it becomes a threat, how to respond to and contain it.
Navy signs deal with Anteon for airborne networking support
Anteon International Corp. will provide engineering and program management support for the Program Management Warfare 780 Airborne Networking and Integration International Program Office.
NOAA inks weather satellite deals with defense firms
Lockheed Martin Corp., Boeing Co. and Northrop Grumman Corp. each won contracts from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for the definition and risk reduction phase of the country's next-generation weather satellite system.
Army helicopter, UAV work goes to Alion
Alion Science and Technology Corp. will work with the Army to reduce the time and cost of making replacement parts, while improving quality.
Military Postal Services delivers tech platform deal to COMTek
The contract calls for COMTek to continue working on the design and integration of the 21st Century Automated Military Postal System IT platform.
Virginia taps Northrop Grumman, CGI-AMS for IT outsourcing deal
The commonwealth of Virginia has awarded contracts to Northrop Grumman Corp. and CGI-AMS to spearhead the state's 10-year, multibillion-dollar IT transformation initiative.
Eyes front
The Defense Department is planning to sharpen its wireless networking policy by requiring the use of interoperable products built to industry standards.
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Executive Suite: Counting our IT blessings
Despite the hardships caused by the war in Iraq, the devastation from hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and the prospect of higher-than-usual winter energy prices, those of us in the IT business can count our blessings this Thanksgiving.
Editor's Desk: Networks becoming criminal accessories
The assault on network systems by cyberintruders has become so unrelenting that most IT managers treat it as routine.
Spirit of A-76 proves uninspiring
Federal IT managers have overcome some of their wariness toward Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76, the Bush administration's guidance for competing government jobs with the private sector.
Tim Bray | No easy road to interoperability
After he helped develop the Extensible Markup Language, Tim Bray could have rested on his laurels, collecting the occasional consulting check.
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