Defense plans to replace command and control system
The Global Command and Control System will be replaced beginning in 2006.
DOD considers creation of national software security lab
Defense cybersecurity managers are urging secretary Donald Rumsfeld to establish a high-assurance software lab serving all of DOD.
Iraq war demands faster software deployment
'Five-year development cycles won't hack it with this kind of enemy,' a senior Defense official says of the challenge DOD faces in Iraq in relation to the time it takes to field new systems.
Uncommon leadership
Recently I attended a retirement dinner for the man who hired me into the business-to-business publishing field nearly 25 years ago. Although I haven't worked for him in many years, he has remained a friend and adviser through the years.
Off-road challenges
Watching those robotic contraptions run off the road and flip over at the DARPA Grand Challenge last month might have been amusing. But the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the teams trying to meet its requirements made significant progress in converging sensors, data networks and machinery.
Stop the tide?
Congress and the agencies are struggling with the issue of whether federal contracting dollars should be spent on software development in low-wage foreign countries. The option is on hold for a year thanks to a provision in the fiscal 2004 omnibus appropriations bill. But that stoppage is comparable to shoveling back the tide.
SAIC to vendors, competitors: Come on in, the water's great
Federal and state officials researching homeland security systems can get close-up looks at a center in McLean, Va., established by Science Applications International Inc. <br>
Limitations of IT
Online voting and prewar intelligence might be widely divergent topics. But both have troubled recent histories and illustrate the limits of technology.Earlier this month, the Defense Department withdrew plans to let soldiers deployed overseas vote online for the coming presidential election. Just as stateside jurisdictions have found, security questions made the online voting effort too risky.
Livin' lean
It's that time of the year again. Washington's own bestseller, the president's budget proposal, has hit the street, to be eagerly devoured by everyone with a stake in what Uncle Sam spends.
Get more with less
As he prepared for the Battle of Agincourt, King Henry V didn't want more men, he wanted the right ones. In fact, he was more than happy to send naysayers packing'carriage fare included.
Mashed again
IRS modernization is turning into the Mr. Bill of IT projects.Remember Mr. Bill? He was the Play-Doh character of early 'Saturday Night Live' episodes. Week after week, Mr. Bill would get smashed, sliced to pieces, boiled, suffocated, ignited, you name it'always emitting his signature wail, 'Ohh, nooo!' Mr. Bill always came back to life, only to face fresh calamity.
Data sharing is the core of protection
Air Force Maj. Gen. Dale W. Meyerrose is a two-hatter. He's both the director of command control systems for the North American Aerospace Defense Command and director of architectures and integration for the Northern Command at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. He is CIO for the two commands as well.
Wanted: a few good leaders
The awards will go to 10 career government managers who have a demonstrated record of excellence in program and mission delivery using IT, and who have inspired other individuals or groups to high achievement. The awards are open to career officials at the federal, state and local levels of government.
Restricted diet
Mathematicians and physicists have worked for decades to find unifying principles that govern the universe.
Federal IT market draws vendor crowds
Systems integrators and program managers are deluged by product vendors wanting a piece of the booming federal IT market.
Lawmakers: Adopt existing IT to fight terror
Congress is increasingly convinced that commercial software tools are adequate for the data mining and analysis requirements of fighting terrorism and protecting personal data from misuse.<br>
Task force calls for unified homeland security network
A new report by an independent task force recommends the federal government create an integrated network that will let federal, state and local agencies share homeland security information.<br>
Many tools and techniques can aid in accessibility
Federal IT specialists working to make Web sites and other electronic documents accessible to people with disabilities have an increasing range of tools and techniques to help them.
Cronyism?
The arcane world of federal contracting has been thrust anew into the spotlight.
Pure technology not the only answer to accessibility
At the IDEAS Section 508 conference yesterday in Washington, Hewlett-Packard Co. demonstrated iCommunicator, a PC application that accepts live voice input, converts it to on-screen text, then converts the text to video images of sign language.<br>
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