MIT project tracks government officials
A student project at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology seeks to help citizens track government officials the way that some agencies would like to track citizens.<br>
NNSA ordered to fix security at Energy labs
Energy secretary Spencer Abraham has told the National Nuclear Security Administration to overhaul security procedures at the department's nuclear laboratories.
Gov't officials use Sandia's bioterrorism simulator
Alameda County, Calif., officials recently joined their federal and state counterparts in a six-hour anthrax-attack drill using a simulator developed by an Energy Department laboratory.<br>
PC grid crunches smallpox model
A project to help the Defense Department find smallpox antidotes is more than half finished, according to the company organizing the effort.
Energy lab buys Linux supercomputer
The Oak Ridge National Laboratory has bought a new a 256-processor SGI supercomputer for scientific simulations that require huge data sets.<br>
Do-not-call Web site gets plenty of calls
The Web site for the first nationwide do-not-call program to block telemarketers got flooded with virtual calls in its first day.<br>
Dell announces new 64-bit server
Dell Computer Corp. has announced a two-way, 64-bit server intended for cluster computing and other high-performance applications.
Abraham asks NNSA to overhaul lab security
In the wake of numerous investigations into security lapses at Energy Department nuclear laboratories, Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham has directed the agency in charge of the labs to overhaul its security procedures.
Section 508 needs a boost
On the second anniversary of the Section 508 deadline for IT accessibility, panelists on a national webcast said that enforcement and industry support are waning.<br>
Popkin adds publishing to EA tool
Agencies can combine, categorize and broadcast their enterprise architectural data via the Web with System Architect/Information Publisher from Popkin Software Inc. of New York. <br>
USGS recycles data on DVDs
A new educational DVD on Alaskan glaciers, filled with archival images and data from the Geological Survey, is making its way into the instructional marketplace.
DOD EMall's next upgrade is Web services
The Defense Department's procurement Web portal will incorporate Web services in a future upgrade, said Donald O'Brien, program manager for the Defense Logistics Agency's EMall.
Feds organize to keep first responders up-to-date
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has set up an interagency group to get geospatial information to local emergency responders during natural and manmade disasters.
Web services vendors seek common ground
Web services vendors agree as often as they disagree about each other's products.
DOD EMall looks to Web services
The Defense Logistics Agency is considering Web services on its Web portal for Defense Department procurement.<br>
Survey finds errors aplenty on .gov sites
In a recent survey of 41 federal Web sites, 28 of them coughed up some sort of bug within the first 15 minutes of a typical visit.
Open-source software gets nod from DOD
Open-source software proponents last month cheered a memorandum from Defense Department CIO John P. Stenbit, freeing DOD agencies to use open-source software under certain conditions.
Defense agency gets a handle on its digital media
Up to 100T of military video footage and images is slated for consolidation on a digital media system at the Defense Department's American Forces Information Service.
OMB publishes reference models for enterprise architecture
The second version of the Federal Enterprise Architecture Business Reference Model and the first versions of two related frameworks were released yesterday. <br>
DVD conference emphasizes data-intensive applications
Agency representatives used this week's DVD 2003 conference to highlight the role of optical storage technology in both the preservation and dissemination of data.<br>
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