Bush evaluating ways to improve information sharing
President Bush is reviewing recommendations on how agencies can better share terrorist information, and improve the integration of information systems.
New business model for open-source network scanner
Users of a popular, open-source network security tool may have to pay for a steady stream of updates.
FAA treating laser incidents seriously
The Federal Aviation Administration will alert law enforcement and security agencies through the Domestic Events Network about incidents of lasers being aimed at aircraft.
Google Mini will index 50,000 documents
Search company's new low-cost appliance can index documents from agencies' databases and intranets, as well as the Web.
Exodus from DHS' upper tier accelerates
Robert Liscouski's plans to leave Homeland Security's infrastructure protection directorate creates additional openings at the top.
WiFi hotspot in D.C. will channel inaugural news
A free WiFi hotspot on Washington's Pennsylvania Ave. will let observers send photos, e-mail and commentary about the presidential inaugural events.
DARPA issues a call for tech-savvy research proposals
Defense's research arm is looking for vendors to help with research and development of smart IT for the battlefield and warfighter.
Will new IPv6 devices drive 'New Internet'?
Networked cameras, voice over IPv6 wireless phones and other new peripherals could drive the need for more addressable space.
GSA closing in on SmartBuy deal with Oracle
The General Services Administration has hooked another of the big three for its enterprise software license program. Late last month, it was IBM. Now, it's Oracle.
OMB gains new manager for g-to-g e-gov projects
Former Energy budget analyst Stacie Higgins is the new manager of the government-to-government Quicksilver portfolio and the governmentwide Grants Management effort.
IRS to require big businesses, charities to e-file
The IRS will require that the country's largest companies and tax-exempt organizations electronically file their annual returns beginning next year.
DHS nominee a data-mining advocate
Michael Chertoff, the appeals court judge who President Bush today nominated to become Homeland Security secretary, was an early advocate of data mining to pinpoint terrorists.
Defense inks deal to upgrade Medical Health System
DOD has awarded an $11 million contract to revamp the Military Health System, a comprehensive health information network used by Defense medical officials around the globe.
OPM director to step down
Office of Personnel Management director Kay Coles James will leave her job at month's end.
FTS commissioner Bates to retire Feb. 11
Sandra N. Bates will retire next month after a 35-year government career in telecom.
FCC plans to begin auctions of federal spectrum by June 2006
The Federal Communications Commission has set the clock in motion for the auction of radio spectrum now occupied by federal agencies.
Digital archives look back, forward
Google.com has compiled 800 million Usenet messages into a 20-year archive of <a href="http://www.google.com/googlegroups/archive_announce_20.html">firsts</a> in computing history up to December 2001.
NIST examining how radio waves interact with buildings
Engineers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology are studying radio communications for first responders inside buildings.
Army network will add bandwidth in Iraq
The Army recently fielded the Coalition Military Network, a new IP-based, satellite communications system, to support forces in Baghdad.
VA awards $9.6 million modernization study to PricewaterhouseCoopers
The Veterans Affairs Department has awarded a $9.6 million contract for studies the department will use to complete its blueprint for the future.
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