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Caron Golden
Management
A clear message
As a firefighter at Ground Zero, and now with GSA, Michael Pena pushes for better emergency communications.
Management
A tale of 3 cities
COOP, COG and the alphabet of 9/11: How Arlington, Va., New York City and St. Louis changed their application of technology.
Digital Government
Alliant's goal is to be better than Millennia
Jim Ghiloni is the Alliant project manager and acting director for government acquisition contract programs at the General Services Administration.
Digital Government
Millennia and Millennia Lite: The Zen of service contracting
As GSA plans its next big vehicle, agencies and contractors still find value in 1999 GWAC
Digital Government
Q&A: Roger Waldron | GSA plans the schedule's next chapter
Roger Waldron is acting senior procurement executive and acting deputy chief acquisition officer for GSA. He directs procurement and acquisition policy on all Federal Supply Service contracts, including the Federal Supply Service IT Schedule, known as Schedule 70.
Digital Government
The ups and downs of Schedule 70
When any of the 12 bureaus that make up the Commerce Department need to order PCs or services such as programming, chances are their procurement officers will use the General Services Administration's Federal Supply Service's IT Schedule 70. Schedule 70, which offers millions of pieces of general-purpose IT equipment, software and professional services to other agencies through more than 5,000 vendors, has been around since the mid-1970s.
Cybersecurity
A cyberexercise with real-world lessons
Students from the military academies recently came under cyberattack. Fortunately, it was from a network attack team composed of National Security Agency and Defense personnel during an intense, four-day competition'the sixth annual Cyber Defense Exercise.
Digital Government
Straight shooter
An engineer at Defense Medical Logistics Standard Support realized that he could write an open-source encryptographic module that secures data. Debra Bonner, director of operations for DMLSS, was the catalyst for moving the program forward.
Digital Government
Guard fields sensor fusion at Super Bowl
Amid the passes and tackles, punts and blocks, Jagger and Stones'and all those bizarre commercials that signify Super Bowl frenzy'a select group at Detroit's Ford Field was carrying out a more subtle activity during the NFL championship game in February. Members of the Michigan National Guard's 51st Civil Support Team were testing an innovative sensor technology for use, in this case, in a security setting at a public event attended by 65,000 people.
Digital Government
Pass the word
If there is one point on which most people in the United States can agree after the attacks of 9/11, it's that information needs to be shared directly among organizations that collect it and those that need it.
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Management
Net gain: NC treasury builds system to bank on
To say that the state of North Carolina's banking system was outmoded is an understatement. At age 25, it was more than overdue for an overhaul.
