Power User: In-house video setup needn't cost more than $5,000
With in-house video production capability, an agency can record anything from IT inventories to training sessions. It makes sense to have digital recordings good enough to incorporate into later projects.
Wideband clears phone ranges for teleconferences
The Polycom SoundStation VTX 1000 teleconferencing phone, due out later this year, is the third generation of the ubiquitous triangular conference room device from Polycom Inc. of Pleasanton, Calif.
FedCIRC simplifies incident reports
The Federal Computer Incident Response Center has simplified its online reporting system for computer security breaches.
Internaut: HSD should fix a big weakness -- spoofing
As the Homeland Security Department starts collecting data about infrastructure vulnerabilities, I hope it will focus on one of the most obvious: hackers' ability to cover their tracks by spoofing IP addresses.
In the loop
Between now and October, the Treasury Department will link most of its employees to a human resources system replacing dozens of scattered databases, some dating back to the 1960s.
GSA opens HUBZone governmentwide contract for business
The General Services Administration rolled out its latest IT governmentwide acquisition contract for firms in the Historically Underutilized Business Zone program yesterday.<br>
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Significa
IT advancements have often been driven by the needs of the space program. In the 1960s and 1970s, NASA sparked the trend for small, light systems. Now commercial requirements have overtaken and nearly eliminated circuitry built only for government use.
Another View: Regional ISACs provide security coordination
State and local government officials should give serious thought to establishing regional information sharing and analysis centers, or ISACs. The need for interstate ISACs is clear. With such an operation in place, member governments could better defend against cyberattacks and coordinate responses to attacks when they occur.
One step at a time
If the Iraq war has demonstrated anything, it's that even organizations as big as the U.S. armed services can change in remarkable ways. The agility and lethality of the forces, military analysts are saying, has been dramatic compared with conflicts as recent as the 1991 Gulf War.
Security, bandwidth occupy network managers
Security issues are keeping many government network administrators up at night.
Cyberwar can yield tangible results
Technology consultant George P. Lampe began his Air Force service in 1967 and retired from active duty in 1998 with the rank of major general.
Stenbit details Defense's plans for a metadata registry
The Defense Department can't achieve net-centricity without a policy for managing the millions of lines of code in use throughout the department, CIO John Stenbit says.<br>
OMB's McVay leaving for the private sector
William McVay, the deputy branch chief in OMB's Office of Information and Policy, is leaving government next month to take a position with DigitalNet Inc. of Herndon, Va.<br>
State lines
<b>Medicaid tracking</b>. West Virginia last month awarded a $61 million contract to Unisys Corp. to handle Medicaid transactions.
Georgia portal was ready for IRS link
When the Small Business Administration went looking for a state partner to roll out a piece of its Business Compliance One-Stop e-government project, Georgia happened to be at the right place at the right time.
Government users face hurdles on remote sensing
State and local governments have new opportunities to use remote sensing data, thanks to recent technological developments, according to a study released last month by a committee of the National Research Council. And many of the hurdles they face in using this data are not technological, the study said.
Renamed Entry Exit system gathers steam, Ridge says
The Homeland Security Department has renamed its system for tracking persons crossing the border and plans to begin contracting for the US Visit system shortly.<br>
Defense will merge site for vendors with FedBizOpps
To reduce duplicative functions, the Office of Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy will shut the Defense Department's Business Opportunities Web site and transfer its functions to another federal site.<br>
GAO: Outsourcing lessons need to be shared by DOD
The Defense Department generally is doing a good job of using commercial best practices for implementing outsourcing programs, but it needs a framework for sharing lessons, a new report says.<br>
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