Electronic medical records go into combat
As an Army medic responding to medical emergencies in Macedonia in the early 1990s, Sgt. Tommy Morris thought there had to be a better way to keep patients' records.
Cyber Eye: How public should our public data be?
In an old 'Rocky and Bullwinkle' episode, the dithering Capt. Peter Peachfuzz confounded the heroes by classifying a telephone directory Top Secret.
Feed the Network
The Defense Department was on to something when it came across a new way to send out press releases and contract announcements'an Extensible Markup Language flavor called RSS.
Air Force secretary resigns, not unexpectedly
Secretary of the Air Force James Roche, who has served in the position since 2001, announced his resignation yesterday.
Editorial Cartoon
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Significa
The Federal Judicial Center's site at <a href= "http://www.fjc.gov">www.fjc.gov</a> has a narrative and excerpts from court documents about the Amistad case, which was a sensation in the 1840s and became a movie more than 150 years later.
Another View: E-government is changing
he U.S. government is not the only one trying to figure out the next steps in e-government, outsourcing and communications.
Blow up those myths
If your Thanksgiving table is anything like mine, you'll face the usual divisions along belief lines'animated by the results of recent national contests.
Major programs within DISA
<b>Global Information Grid-Bandwidth Expansion:</b> Through the $900 million program, DISA is creating a Synchronous Optical Network with throughput of 10 Gbps to handle classified and unclassified data.
DISA moves ahead with VOIP
Warfighters in Iraq are making phone calls over the Internet.
Needed: self-configuring networks
Army Col. Timothy Gibson is no stranger to strange ideas.
State lines
Agencies applying for grants from the Housing and Urban Development Department must have a Data Universal Numbering System number starting Dec. 9.
Buying into the architecture
When Arlington County, Va., bought the first of its three mobile command vehicles, the county's technology office had to change the truck's server configuration after it had been delivered.
Cargo security pilot slowly grinds to a close
A pilot to look for vulnerabilities in the security of U.S. seaports is beginning to provide lessons for strengthening them against terrorist attack, but it will be some time before the government can apply what it learned on a large scale.
GAO to decide HITS protest by Nov. 24
Will EDS get to keep the $860 million HUD IT Services contract or will GAO rule in Lockheed Martin's favor a second time?
DISA floats draft procurement systems specs
The agency wants to consolidate 11 mainframe applications, 47 client-server applications and seven Web applications that support its Procurement and Logistics Directorate.
DHS privacy office grapples with RFID, biometrics
There are "real costs in having too much data and keeping it too long," Homeland Security privacy chief Nuala Kelly says.
Federal contract law: Managing contractors is essential to transformation
Contractors have played a more direct role in the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts'and their aftermath'than in any other modern campaign.
Boot camp
Developers of the Army Recruiter Information Support System knew they had a scattered'and mobile'user base.
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