EA work gives IT chiefs entr'e with management
'It is no longer a challenge to convince the senior management that architecture is important,' Air Force CIO John Gilligan says.<br>
NIST readies new security documents
A new method for categorizing security risk levels of federal systems is on the cusp of final approval. <br>
Web access app gets Common Criteria certification
IBM Corp.'s Tivoli Access Manager software, an application that controls access to online information, has received international Common Criteria security certification.
N.J. posts downloadable geospatial data
The New Jersey Geographic Information Network portal makes live map services available with a few mouse clicks.<br>
With 10g, Oracle gets on the grid
With the latest release of its flagship database suite, Oracle Corp. has embraced the grid-computing concept of pooled resources.
Fed Reserve boosts servers
The Federal Reserve System's in-house IT staff beat out four outside vendors with the most cost-effective proposal for boosting server capacity.
GAO sees need for firefighting coordination
Agencies that fight wildfires on public lands suffer from many incompatibilities among systems that could hamper firefighting efforts, the General Accounting Office concluded recently.
Grid project finds leads on smallpox drugs
The Smallpox Research Grid Project has harnessed the idle cycles of 2.5 million PCs in 190 countries via a downloadable screensaver to find drugs that might be effective against smallpox.
NOAA lab extends supercomputing contract with Raytheon
A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration laboratory has given Raytheon Co. a three-year contract extension to manage its high-performance computing cluster.<br>
PTO tool will go international
A patent official is developing a tool to harmonize the Patent and Trademark Office's business processes with those of its counterparts in Europe and Japan.
Weather model gets multiagency input
It may take a decade for the new Weather Research and Forecasting system to generate the forecasts that make the evening news, said Steve Lord, director of the Environmental Modeling Center at the National Centers for Environmental Prediction.
With 10g, Oracle latches onto the grid
Oracle Corp. is retooling its flagship product to embrace the grid-computing concept of pooled computing resources.<br>
Attorney, programmers were on the same page
After all those years in law school, Leila Afzal can add something else to her resume: application development adviser.
GCN Awards Excellence in IT: Law of the seas
The National Marine Fisheries Service has developed technological solutions to two of its main responsibilities: keeping fishing vessels out of restricted waters and fighting regulatory challenges in court.
Federal Reserve checks out new servers
The Federal Reserve System needed more computing power for its check-clearing operations, and the most cost-effective upgrade proposal came from its in-house IT staff.<br>
Grid computing project hones smallpox research
The Smallpox Research Grid Project, a distributed computing project, has identified 44 most-promising drug candidates that could be studied further in traditional lab experiments.<br>
Forum focuses on the practice of XML
Extensible Markup Language sounds great in theory, but how can agencies get workers to use it? <br>
GAO weighs in on firefighting GIS
Agencies that fight wildfires on public lands suffer from many common incompatibilities among data and systems that could hamper firefighting efforts, according to a new report from the General Accounting Office. <br>
JFMIP gives nod to four financial apps
The Joint Financial Management Improvement Program has recertified four core financial applications for use by agencies.
Library of Congress plans moving-image portal
Three universities are using federal funding to build the Library of Congress' first centralized database portal for motion pictures and video images.<br>
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