Agriculture begins use of licensed geodata services
USDA is making geographic information systems data and services available to its agencies, as well as to farmers and growers, for crop analysis and reporting.
Homeland Security's R&D center gets Anser
The Homeland Security Institute will assess, analyze and mitigate security threats, vulnerabilities and risks.
Air Force user sparks government e-community
Weapons systems testers have been using a Web-based collaboration and content-management software to search engineering libraries by any chosen word.
Personal space: Flagger
State Department programmer David W. Sterling has been flagging racers for the Sports Car Club of America since 1984. Shown in action at Summit Point Motorsports Park in Charlestown, W.Va., he says, 'Flaggers are the eyes to see the race is run safely and fairly. I get in for free, and I'm guaranteed the best seat in the house.'
Packet Rat: Rat scurries to survive patch madness
The Rat has started to plan his workweek like a five-day package tour of systems hell. He's leaving plenty of room on the old handheld calendar for side trips to Spamville Web Services Limbo. At least one thing however, now must be marked as a permanent, recurring event.
EA expert Spewak dies
Steven H. Spewak, an author, consultant and lecturer on enterprise architectures who was very familiar in government IT circles, died recently in Alexandria, Va. He was 53.
Feds read between the lines of KM
Knowledge management and its growing place in the government landscape was the focus of a three-day conference this month in Washington, held by the E-Gov Institute.
People on the Move
Charles Havekost, until recently the program manager for the Grants.gov Quicksilver project, is the Health and Human Services Department's new CIO and deputy assistant secretary for IRM.
Education points microscope at its legal documents
The Education Department selects ISYS Search Software to streamline retrieval of legal information in its Office of the General Counsel.
GSA seeks vendor input for next set of e-gov projects
The Bush administration by September wants to finalize business cases for projects to consolidate systems in three areas: financial, human resources and grants management.
Interagency radio pilot hits airwaves in Seattle
The departments of Homeland Security, Justice and Treasury are testing a wireless network to serve federal law enforcement agencies nationwide.
Iraq war shows 'the need for speed' in software deployment
SALT LAKE CITY'Facing an enemy in Iraq that seems to morph daily, military IT leaders say they need speedier deployment of new systems. And they need funding flexibility to get it done.
DOD considers creation of a national high-assurance lab for software security
SALT LAKE CITY'Defense Department cybersecurity managers are urging secretary Donald Rumsfeld to establish a high-assurance software lab serving all of DOD.
At last, Defense issues wireless rules
All Defense Department personnel, contractors and even visitors entering Defense facilities must encrypt unclassified information transmitted wirelessly, under DOD's new and long-awaited wireless policy.
NIST: Standardize smart card policy
The National Institute of Standards and Technology examines the gap between government smart-card requirements and current capabilities.
GSA offers few details on Networx, its successor to FTS 2001
The General Services Administration so far is revealing few details about strategic changes it may or may not make to a $10 billion governmentwide telecommunications and network services buy.
BIA bolsters security with new network center
In the Bureau of Indian Affairs' dimly lit Network Operations Command Center, dozens of bureau employees field calls from agency IT users while security specialists monitor large overhead screens displaying network traffic, news reports and national weather conditions that can affect system operations.
FAA slows down display system deployment
The Federal Aviation Administration over the next three years will implement its new air traffic control displays at 50 airports with seriously outdated systems.
Lack of funding grounds IT upgrades at TSA
Short on cash, the Transportation Security Administration is stuck in a holding pattern on its IT infrastructure.The agency recently halted work on the upgrade because it does not have enough money to finish the current phase at 600 locations.
Tibbits will head DOD financial revamp
The Defense Department has appointed Dr. Paul A. Tibbits as director of one of the department's largest modernization programs.
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