Red Storm to rise at Energy lab
Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, N.M., yesterday announced a $90 million agreement with Cray Inc. of Seattle for a massively parallel processing system to simulate the aging process of nuclear weapons.<br>
Government IT spending will grow 9.7 percent, GEIA predicts
Federal IT spending will increase 9.7 percent in fiscal 2003, an industry trade group reported in its annual survey. Total agency IT spending will reach $53.1 billion, split almost evenly between Defense Department and civilian agencies, according to figures released this week by the Government Electronics and Information Technology Association of Arlington, Va.
EPA, FAA officials aim to build 'logical, uncomplicated' tools
The Environmental Protection Agency and the Federal Aviation Administration are building online tools to plan their enterprise architectures.
NSF expands its TeraGrid computing net
The National Science Foundation's distributed-computing project known as the TeraGrid is getting a $35 million extension to a fifth high-performance computing center.
At lab, speed causes storage shortfall
When the Naval Research Laboratory acquired a fast computer for testing weather prediction codes, it became clear that a lot more storage capacity was necessary.
NSF expands computing grid project
The National Science Foundation is expanding its distributed grid-computing project to encompass a fifth high-performance computing center.
Marine Corps inks deal for Dell computers
The Marine Corps has signed a blanket purchasing agreement with Dell Computer Corp. to buy 62,000 notebook and desktop computers this fiscal year.
You can secure that wireless net
Researchers at NASA's Ames Research Center found the wireless LAN security they sought in freeware.
DARPA seeks 'total information awareness'
Biometric, language processing, predictive modeling and database technologies are all key areas of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's revamped strategy to assist homeland security.
Webcasting software invites the audience
VS Webcasting 2.0 software from Virage Inc. can organize, produce and archive webcasts cost-effectively for organizations that hold six or more such events a year, said David Girouard, senior vice president of marketing for the San Mateo, Calif., company.
Dell speeds up two of its server lines
Dell Computer Corp. has upgraded its server line with the PowerEdge 600SC, which replaces the 500SC, and the PowerEdge 2600, replacing the 2500.
Speaking medicine
For 16 years, the National Library of Medicine has been trying to solve the biggest interface problem between computers and medicine: vocabulary.
Survey finds public supports Web scrubbing
A majority of Americans support scrubbing data from government Web sites to thwart terrorists, according to a recent survey. But respondents were divided over whether scrubbing would make much of a difference.
NSF studies ways to show complex data
The National Science Foundation's Digital Government Program is devising tools that visually represent complex statistical data sets.
DARPA studies efficiency of spectrum use
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency wants software controls to get the most out of existing wireless spectrum.
Itanium 2 chips appear in HP, Unisys servers
The second generation of Intel Corp.'s 64-bit Itanium processor has reached the server and workstation market, but it will not supplant IA-32 or other 64-bit CPUs for some time.
Verity's knowledge app has taxonomic features
Verity Inc. has updated its knowledge management platform with several new taxonomic features.
Customer service site assesses itself with feedback from interested users
The government Web site that encourages good customer service is now getting customer feedback of its own.
Report finds support for Web scrubbing
A new study has found that a majority of Americans support the removal of information from government Web sites if the information could assist terrorists. But the same survey also found respondents are divided over whether such removal would make a difference in combating terrorism.
Survey says sites still lack accessibility
Of 148 federal Web sites sampled recently by a university professor, fewer than two dozen fully complied with Section 508 rules.
Do Not Sell My Personal Information
When you visit our website, we store cookies on your browser to collect information. The information collected might relate to you, your preferences or your device, and is mostly used to make the site work as you expect it to and to provide a more personalized web experience. However, you can choose not to allow certain types of cookies, which may impact your experience of the site and the services we are able to offer. Click on the different category headings to find out more and change our default settings according to your preference. You cannot opt-out of our First Party Strictly Necessary Cookies as they are deployed in order to ensure the proper functioning of our website (such as prompting the cookie banner and remembering your settings, to log into your account, to redirect you when you log out, etc.). For more information about the First and Third Party Cookies used please follow this link.
Manage Consent Preferences
Strictly Necessary Cookies - Always Active
We do not allow you to opt-out of our certain cookies, as they are necessary to ensure the proper functioning of our website (such as prompting our cookie banner and remembering your privacy choices) and/or to monitor site performance. These cookies are not used in a way that constitutes a “sale” of your data under the CCPA. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not work as intended if you do so. You can usually find these settings in the Options or Preferences menu of your browser. Visit www.allaboutcookies.org to learn more.
Sale of Personal Data, Targeting & Social Media Cookies
Under the California Consumer Privacy Act, you have the right to opt-out of the sale of your personal information to third parties. These cookies collect information for analytics and to personalize your experience with targeted ads. You may exercise your right to opt out of the sale of personal information by using this toggle switch. If you opt out we will not be able to offer you personalised ads and will not hand over your personal information to any third parties. Additionally, you may contact our legal department for further clarification about your rights as a California consumer by using this Exercise My Rights link
If you have enabled privacy controls on your browser (such as a plugin), we have to take that as a valid request to opt-out. Therefore we would not be able to track your activity through the web. This may affect our ability to personalize ads according to your preferences.
Targeting cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. They do not store directly personal information, but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device. If you do not allow these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising.
Social media cookies are set by a range of social media services that we have added to the site to enable you to share our content with your friends and networks. They are capable of tracking your browser across other sites and building up a profile of your interests. This may impact the content and messages you see on other websites you visit. If you do not allow these cookies you may not be able to use or see these sharing tools.
If you want to opt out of all of our lead reports and lists, please submit a privacy request at our Do Not Sell page.
Cookie List
A cookie is a small piece of data (text file) that a website – when visited by a user – asks your browser to store on your device in order to remember information about you, such as your language preference or login information. Those cookies are set by us and called first-party cookies. We also use third-party cookies – which are cookies from a domain different than the domain of the website you are visiting – for our advertising and marketing efforts. More specifically, we use cookies and other tracking technologies for the following purposes:
Strictly Necessary Cookies
We do not allow you to opt-out of our certain cookies, as they are necessary to ensure the proper functioning of our website (such as prompting our cookie banner and remembering your privacy choices) and/or to monitor site performance. These cookies are not used in a way that constitutes a “sale” of your data under the CCPA. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not work as intended if you do so. You can usually find these settings in the Options or Preferences menu of your browser. Visit www.allaboutcookies.org to learn more.
Functional Cookies
We do not allow you to opt-out of our certain cookies, as they are necessary to ensure the proper functioning of our website (such as prompting our cookie banner and remembering your privacy choices) and/or to monitor site performance. These cookies are not used in a way that constitutes a “sale” of your data under the CCPA. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not work as intended if you do so. You can usually find these settings in the Options or Preferences menu of your browser. Visit www.allaboutcookies.org to learn more.
Performance Cookies
We do not allow you to opt-out of our certain cookies, as they are necessary to ensure the proper functioning of our website (such as prompting our cookie banner and remembering your privacy choices) and/or to monitor site performance. These cookies are not used in a way that constitutes a “sale” of your data under the CCPA. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not work as intended if you do so. You can usually find these settings in the Options or Preferences menu of your browser. Visit www.allaboutcookies.org to learn more.
Sale of Personal Data
We also use cookies to personalize your experience on our websites, including by determining the most relevant content and advertisements to show you, and to monitor site traffic and performance, so that we may improve our websites and your experience. You may opt out of our use of such cookies (and the associated “sale” of your Personal Information) by using this toggle switch. You will still see some advertising, regardless of your selection. Because we do not track you across different devices, browsers and GEMG properties, your selection will take effect only on this browser, this device and this website.
Social Media Cookies
We also use cookies to personalize your experience on our websites, including by determining the most relevant content and advertisements to show you, and to monitor site traffic and performance, so that we may improve our websites and your experience. You may opt out of our use of such cookies (and the associated “sale” of your Personal Information) by using this toggle switch. You will still see some advertising, regardless of your selection. Because we do not track you across different devices, browsers and GEMG properties, your selection will take effect only on this browser, this device and this website.
Targeting Cookies
We also use cookies to personalize your experience on our websites, including by determining the most relevant content and advertisements to show you, and to monitor site traffic and performance, so that we may improve our websites and your experience. You may opt out of our use of such cookies (and the associated “sale” of your Personal Information) by using this toggle switch. You will still see some advertising, regardless of your selection. Because we do not track you across different devices, browsers and GEMG properties, your selection will take effect only on this browser, this device and this website.