DHS cybercrime investigators to get counseling
The Homeland Security Department plans to provide psychological counseling to cybercrime investigators who are constantly exposed to graphic images of child pornography and exploitation.<br>
Rail agency awards contract for safety databases, Web sites
Creative Information Technology Inc. will provide services to the Federal Railroad Administration's railroad safety information system, which monitors the management, processing and reporting of accidents, inspections and highway-rail grade crossing data.<br>
DARPA wants to commoditize space gear
Taking a cue from the IT industry, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency wants the satellite industry to offer the same off-the-shelf standardization that now keeps costs down for personal computers.<br>
DOD to test business modernization architecture
The Defense Department later this month will release two requests for proposals for pilot programs using its Business Management Modernization Program architecture.<br>
New NIH cancer network to speed research
The National Institutes of Health's National Cancer Institute has begun developing a biomedical electronic information network on which scientists can share research data.<br>
DARPA casts new focus on urban warfare technologies
Reacting to the military's now regular engagement in urban combat, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will research technologies to help soldiers fight in cities.<br>
Senate votes to restrict shipping federal work overseas
Federal agencies might no longer be able to hire contractors that ship work overseas if a Senate amendment passed last night becomes law.<br>
Five best practices for A-76 success
Agencies with thriving competitive sourcing programs have found five practices are the keys to success, OMB and the Federal Acquisition Council said today in the new guide.<br>
DOD sings satellite bandwidth blues
Military satellite strategists complained yesterday at the MilSat Forum in Washington that 'we don't have enough bandwidth.'<br>
Lax security left Senate files wide open
GOP staff members of the Senate Judiciary Committee had free access to sensitive Democratic computer files because of what investigators termed a 'significant lack of security' on the committee's network.<br>
D.C. center to unify public-safety services
Unified Communications Center will serve as a hub for 911 calls, nonemergency calls, the mayor's call center and the D.C. Emergency Management Agency.<br>
Stenbit leaving DOD for pro-bono post
Defense Department CIO John Stenbit has accepted a position on the National Security Agency Advisory Board doing pro-bono work after his retirement.<br>
Personal space: Footwork
Wayne R. Spencer likes martial arts, from wrestling with the Naval Tactical Command Support System at the Navy's St. Juliens Creek Annex in Portsmouth, Va., to teaching tae kwon do and combat hapkido most evenings at a local YMCA. What does he do in his spare time? 'On weekends, I study judo and jujitsu,' Spencer says.
Packet Rat: Rat rolls his own version of an e-mailer ID
Few things jar the Rat's concentration worse than a ringing telephone'especially when there are plenty of hands available to answer it. 'Will somebody stop that abominable noise,' he shouted from his lair one recent morning, having just soldered his fingers together. The household landline rang a fifth time.
Homeland security? Let's talk
The Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association put homeland security on the table late last month during a three-day conference in Washington. Panels took up issues ranging from state, local and federal collaboration to critical infrastructure to management challenges.
At 25, ACT makes the scene in Washington
The American Council for Technology put work aside one recent night to mark 25 years of leadership in the government IT community with a gala at Washington's Union Station.
People on the Move
<b>John Sindelar</b>, the General Services Administration's deputy associate administrator for governmentwide policy, will split his time between the Office of Management and Budget and GSA to help OMB kick-start its business consolidation initiatives.
Teams gear up for million-dollar DARPA robot race
A week before the Defense Department's first autonomous vehicle race, 25 teams are scrambling to ready their vehicles for the run across the harsh Mojave Desert.<br>
DHS tactical network begins nationwide use
The Homeland Security Department's new tactical response network will 'receive and share tactical information, and quickly piece together the puzzle and see if an incident poses a threat,' DHS secretary Tom Ridge says.
Data-sharing projects begin to gel
As agencies sort out the homeland security and defense tasks they must perform, two integration centers are making progress sharing counterterrorism information among many organizations.
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