Garing changed the game at DISA
When John Garing arrived at DISA in 1997, the agency was a fairly minor player in IT. More than a decade later, it's seen as an innovative developer of IT applications and services and a thought leader in developing areas such as cloud computing.
6 IT lessons learned the hard way
Even the best government IT practitioners had to fail at some point to learn the lessons that propelled them to their eventual successes. Here are their stories.
Marines bring solar energy to the battlefield
The Marine Corps is embracing renewable energy as a way to generate continuous electricity for communications and targeting systems on the battlefield.
Federal agencies prepare to make the leap from XP to Windows 7
Agencies still using XP can make the jump to Windows 7, although the upgrade path could be tricky in spots. Microsoft and other vendors have set up programs to help with the transition.
Federal future cloudy for Microsoft Word
Agencies are wondering how a court's ruling banning Microsoft from selling Word will affect their procurement plans.
New DOD memo looks to the horizon after FCS
A memorandum issued June 23 confirms the recommendations made earlier this year by Defense Secretary Robert Gates to replace the single, giant Future Combat System with a number of smaller modernization efforts.
DARPA sets first phase contracts for National Cyber Range
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency announced Jan. 8 a total of some $30 million of first contract awards for its National Cyber Range program.
Transition Watch: Obama team brings change to Change.gov
The site now operates under a more liberal Creative Commons license and offers a way for readers to form communities of interest around various issues.
DARPA's next-generation networks
Defense agency unveils networking technologies aimed at dramatically expanding the warfighter's ability to collect and reliably share all manner of data.
Transition Watch: Cybersecurity challenges loom for Obama
Some tough cybersecurity tasks left over from the Bush administration will need the attention of the next president.
Transition Watch: Plum IT jobs in Obama administration
The Obama team must fill more than 300 presidentially appointed positions, including 21 new CIOs. Inquire within.
Transition Watch: Check your BlackBerry at the door, Mr. President
The next leader of the free world may have to leave his BlackBerry behind before entering the Oval Office.
Transition Watch: What should a federal CTO do?
Ideas include everything from a focus on broad policy issues such as net neutrality and broadband access to a narrower attention using technology to make government more efficient and transparent and using it to collaborate with the public.
Transition Watch: Handicapping potential Obama CTOs
Among those under consideration: Internet evangelist Vinton Cerf, former FCC chairman Reed Hundt, Xerox chief scientist John Seely Brown, and Hewlett Packard's CTO Shane Robison.
Pact aims to spark real-time 2-D/3-D Web visualization
A recent pact between two industry groups could lead to innovations in the conversion of two-dimensional data to three-dimensional display that would have major implications for homeland security, emergency response and defense and intelligence users.
DHS IG calls for better RFID security
One problem is that DHS does not have a departmentwide policy for how its various agencies should manage and protect systems that use RFID.
Seal of approval
Government and commercial organizations are mounting programs to certify health IT products. But can they really spur adoption of the complex technologies?
What ever happened to IPv5?
On the road to IPv6, everyone seems to have overlooked a mile marker.
Where the road leads
Applications to ride the IPv6 highway are slow to emerge.
DOD arms soldiers, allies with information
Multilateral exercise puts Web-based document management to the test.
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