FCC provides WiFi hot spots in Washington
In a demonstration network, the Federal Communications Commission offers free wireless Internet access to visitors at its Washington headquarters.<br>
Taxpayers rushing to IRS.gov
Child tax credit traffic made the IRS one of the top 10 Internet sites in late July.<br>
Defense unveils latest enterprise road map
The Defense Department has released Version 2.0 of its enterprise architecture, incorporating lessons learned during military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq.<br>
DISA recommends compliance with Linux standard
<font color="CC0000"> UPDATED </font color>The Defense Information Systems Agency is backing a Linux industry standard designed to avoid the interoperability problems that once dogged the proprietary Unix community.
GAO urges Census to use migrant advocates' data
Although the Census Bureau is modernizing its mapping systems and GIS data processing, GAO says the agency needs to do more to assure its gets an adequate count of migrant farm workers during the 2010 Census.
Commission recommends that USPS drop e-commerce
The Postal Service should drop its e-commerce initiatives and spend its resources strictly on mail delivery, the President's Commission on the U.S. Postal Service has concluded in a new report.<br>
Army begins development of battlefield net
The Army has begun the development and demonstration phase of its $10 billion Warfighter Information Network-Tactical project.<br>
Air Force base adds fiber to PC blades environment
Lackland Air Force Base plans to add fiber connections between its farm of PC blades and secure servers, giving users desktop access to both classified and unclassified files.<br>
OPM overhauls USAJobs site
The Office of Personnel Management has launched the revamped federal jobs site with a new user interface that simplifies navigation and job searches.<br>
Senate panel wants to pump up funding for Coast Guard's Deepwater
The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee has called for giving the Coast Guard an extra $202 million next year for its Deepwater acquisition program.<br>
Air Force begins work on next-generation C2 networks
The Air Force has chosen Lockheed Martin Corp. to develop an architecture for its next-generation global command and control network.<br>
Oceanside, Calif., blocks tsunami of spam
In the spring of 1999, the Oceanside e-mail system was down for a full day because of the Melissa virus. The virus was a wake-up call for city leaders, who decided to invest $25,000 in SurfControl software.
DOD puts Iraq mobile telecom up for bids
Iraq's Coalition Provisional Authority will award three 24-month contracts for regional mobile phone licenses by early September, a Defense Department official said today. <br>
DHS warns of possible cyberattack
The Homeland Security Department this week warned that a vulnerability of some Microsoft Windows operating systems may be used as a basis of wide-scale cyberattacks. <br>
Auditors: BIA schools database full of errors
The General Accounting Office urged the Interior Department's Bureau of Indian Affairs to clean up its database system for American Indian schools. 'Data entries from one-third of 102 schools that entered data showed a 100 percent error rate,' GAO said. <br>
Kaplan becomes OMB deputy director
The Senate yesterday unanimously confirmed Joel David Kaplan to be deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget. <br>
CCAT distributes $600,000 for homeland tech
The federally funded Center for Commercialization of Advanced Technology in San Diego has issued 16 grants totaling about $600,000 for domestic defense technology projects, including several IT projects. <br>
Multiple Choice: What's your it management iq?
Are you cut out to be a government IT manager? The answer'indeed, your very future'depends on how you respond to certain questions and situations, none of which appear in the quiz below. But lack of validity never stopped many other famous publications from putting their readers to the test, nor will it stop GCN. So take the quiz and start realizing your future now.
Lockheed Martin, ACS swap IT units
Lockheed Martin Corp. and Affiliated Computer Services Inc. have agreed to a deal in which Lockheed Martin purchases ACS' federal IT business, and ACS buys Lockheed Martin's commercial IT unit. <br>
Packet Rat: The Rat encounters the dark side of the source
As the Rat squeezed through the ventilation ducts of a certain office park in Redmond, Wash., he reflected on how his life had gone awry.
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