Tactical radio architecture ready to roll
The Defense Department is edging closer to delivering new DOD-wide digital radio systems.
States to get $500 million for election reform
Congress has appropriated $500 million in the catchall spending bill for grants to states to improve voting technology.<br>
Scam spammers go on FDIC phishing expedition
A new e-mail spam hoax is making the rounds of messaging systems in search of private bank account information.<br>
GIG-BE gains tech stethoscope
The Defense Information Systems Agency selects InfoVista Foundation 1.0 software to monitor network performance and service levels in the Global Information Grid-Bandwidth Expansion project.<br>
E-Gov fund shortchanged again
The $820 billion Omnibus Appropriations Bill that the Senate passed last night allocated only $3 million for the E-Government fund'$2 million less than last year and $42 million less than the president's request.
Limits ease on foreign IT buys
Congress has lifted some restrictions on agency purchases of commercial IT items from foreign companies, even as it seeks more information about such buys.<br>
Appropriations bill funds HHS security
The Consolidated Appropriations Act awaiting the president's signature includes $15 million for the Health and Human Services Department's IT Security and Innovation Fund.<br>
Another Opportunity for Mars landing
As the Mars Exploration Rover named Opportunity glides toward its expected landing on the red planet this weekend, it will draw on earthbound simulations of landing sites and procedures.<br>
Defense tests grid for weather forecasts
A grid computing initiative will link two powerful Defense Department weather modeling systems in hopes of predicting regional weather conditions better.<br>
Personal Space: Grace note'
'Music has always been a big part of my life,' says Ronald E. Miller, the Small Business Administration's program executive officer for e-government. 'My father has a huge collection of reel-to-reel tapes and albums, and the stereo was always playing jazz, the blues, R&B, gospel'you name it.' A choir singer since childhood, Miller rehearses at the Chesapeake Church in Huntingtown, Md.
Packet Rat: The Rat rover strays off course
'There's something so ... retro about all this,' remarked Mrs. Rat as the family gathered around Father Rat's monitor to don 3-D glasses and watch the stereo images from NASA's Spirit Mars rover.
GSA retirees get bon voyage
The General Services Administration held a sort of aggregate goodbye for a group of departing employees with a retirement party this month in Arlington, Va. From left: Sherry Conner, Bill Rivers, Linda Wagner, Ellen Wagner, Mary Lehman and Sandra Batton.
National Defense University launches Hopper auditorium
The National Defense University in Washington paid tribute to a legend this month with the dedication of the Grace M. Hopper Auditorium. The ceremony took place during the convocation of the school's Advanced Management Program, Class 28.
People on the Move
<b>Kenneth Heitkamp</b>, technical director of the Air Force Standard Systems Group at Gunter Annex-Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, retired this month after more than 37 years of government service.
FTS to run SmartBuy
The Office of Management and Budget has turned over the operation and maintenance of the SmartBuy governmentwide software licensing initiative to the General Services Administration's Federal Technology Service.<br>
CMS: Health-care providers must use single identifier
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has chosen the National Provider Identifier as the standard ID for filing and processing all health care claims and other transactions.<br>
Young nominated to head DOD acquisition
John J. Young Jr., a Navy research and acquisition official, has been nominated to serve as deputy undersecretary of Defense for acquisition and technology.<br>
Army secretary to oversee Iraqi reconstruction
The Army secretary has been designated the lead person responsible for acquisition and program management support for the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq and Washington.<br>
Navy lab champions just-in-time optical routing for efficient use of high-performance networks
The Naval Research Laboratory has tested a new optical networking protocol that takes full advantage of all-optical transmission paths.The Just-in-Time protocol does fast light-path provisioning, rapidly setting up and tearing down optical connections. It grew out of work by researchers at North Carolina State University, MCNC Research and Development Institute of Research Triangle Park, N.C., and NRL's Center for Computational Science.
State's homegrown buying system spans the globe
'The thing about a lot of those General Services Administration schedule contracts is that they don't always deliver everywhere on Earth. So when you are out in Bangui, Africa, your options may be rather limited.'
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