The lowdown on LCDs
<b>Where are the bargains?</b> Finding bargains on 20-inch LCD monitors is possible, but the real savings can come at 23 inches and higher.
Fox to leave GSA
Neal Fox, the assistant commissioner for commercial acquisition at the General Services Administration's Federal Supply Service, has given notice that he will be leaving the agency.
House cuts GSA eTravel funding
The move to protect small travel businesses came as an amendment to the 2006 spending bill for the departments of Transportation, Treasury, and Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, District of Columbia and independent agencies.
DOD calls on Wyle to run Reliability Information Analysis Center
The Defense Department has awarded a contract to Wyle Laboratories Inc. to operate the department's Reliability Information Analysis Center.
Get the picture?
In the not-too-distant future, you might have an easier time finding buggy whips'supposedly made obsolete by the arrival of the horseless carriage'than obtaining a large-screen CRT monitor.
Army turns to Syracuse Research for anti-IED system
The indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract was awarded to Syracuse Research to develop, field and maintain a next-generation electronic system to protect soldiers in Iraq against remote-controlled improvised explosive devices.
CMS seeks enterprise data center offers
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services seeks proposals to consolidate and modernize its data centers into enterprise data centers.
The lowdown on mapping software
<b>What is it?</b> Mapping software that resides on a server, desktop or mobile device.
Putting GIS on the map
Our nation has long had an association with maps. It got its name when a 16th-century cartographer created a world map and wrote the word 'America' on a section of South America visited by the Italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci.
Alexander nominated for NSA directorship
President Bush has nominated Army Lt. Gen. Keith Alexander to be director of the National Security Agency and chief of the Central Security Service.
Prime contracts awarded for $1.9 billion DESP II
The Air Force Materiel Command, Ogden Air Logistics Center, has awarded prime contracts to 10 companies for Design Engineering and Support Program II.
The lowdown on firewalls
<b>What is it?</b> A firewall blocks unwanted traffic from entering your network by managing and closing unused ports and controlling traffic over the open ports.
Burning issues for network firewalls
An unprotected PC or server connected to the Internet has about 65,500 open ports. That translates into thousands of possible points of attack for hackers.
Marine Corps inks supply chain deal with Accenture
Accenture Ltd. will provide planning and analysis for the Marine Corps' Global Combat Support System, part of a program designed to modernize the Corps' logistics, supply chain planning, procurement and maintenance service capabilities.
GAO: Army's FCS initiative faces uncertain future
The Government Accountability Office found the Army's Future Combat Systems program is being slowed by network, developmental and financial challenges.
Agencies must report on telecommunications backup: OMB
Agencies must report to the Office of Management and Budget their progress in establishing backup telecommunications services that would be continuously available during emergencies and crises.
Lawmakers raid DOT CIO's budget to fund Amtrak
The House gutted the entire funding ' $11.9 million ' for salaries and expenses for the Transportation CIO's office in order to help keep the beleaguered passenger rail system afloat another year.
DOD releases homeland defense blueprint
The 'Strategy for Homeland Defense and Civil Support' outlines DOD's role in thwarting attacks, protecting critical Defense infrastructures and enhancing situational awareness among federal, state and local authorities.
The Community: Ellen Glover takes the lead at IAC
Ellen Glover took the helm on Friday as chair of the Industry Advisory Council, the industry arm of the American Council for Technology.
Packet Rat: PTO's IT budget could be the mother of all invention
So when the Rat decided to bring the wife and ratlings along to JavaOne in San Francisco, things were bound to go haywire.
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