DHS bureau standardizes software acquisitions
The Homeland Security Department's Customs and Border Protection bureau has formalized its process for buying enterprise software.<br>
NASA will test energized structures
Instead of loading bulky batteries on weight-sensitive satellites, NASA will try making structural pieces of satellites themselves hold the energy.<br>
DHS will be shopping at DOD's EMall
The Homeland Security Department earlier this month announced it will use a tailored version of the Defense Department's EMall portal to buy goods and services from existing DOD contracts. EMall will also carry items that can be procured through DHS contracts.
Putting play to work: Agencies find creative new uses for online games
At Army recreation centers overseas, a soldier can relieve tension with a few hands of poker on a gaming machine, but the service and other government agencies also offer electronic games for teaching purposes:<ul><li>The Army has fielded a popular computer game to teach potential recruits about military life.</li><li>The Justice Department has contracted with a commercial game company to build a first-responder simulation for law enforcement.<li>The Massachusetts Revenue Department has invited taxpayers to try to balance its financial ledger.<li>NASA has helped develop a commercial space station game.</li></ul>Across all levels of government, organizations are borrowing techniques and tools from the commercial gaming industry, said Doug Lowenstein, president of the Entertainment Software Association.
VPN pays off for Army
To keep gaming and cash machines running at 120 Army recreational centers throughout Europe and Asia, an Army IT team is linking them via a virtual private network with remote-control software.'Our work force is small, yet we're monitoring a huge number of systems,' so remote control via a VPN makes sense, the Army's Mike Kuiper says.
Information Builders has Web services adapter for databases
A WebFocus software adapter from Information Builders Inc. could serve up agencies' database information on the fly as Web services.<br>
Global registry of product ID numbers serves the military and private sectors
A standards organization for radio-frequency identification tags has set up a global registry of product ID numbers to make the directory more useful to the military services.
Rights management needs policies
The little-hyped rights management function in Microsoft Office 2003 has both advantages and disadvantages from a federal user's viewpoint, said Jon Wall, senior technical specialist in Microsoft Corp.'s federal office.
Park Service turns to animation in the flash
Macromedia Flash, largely known as a Web page animation tool, is delivering lightweight Web applications for a regional unit of the National Park Service.Chris Marvel, lead planner and webmaster with the service's Intermountain Region, has found Flash animation effective for sharing information with 3,800 employees spread across 89 locations.
White House calls for less advanced research
A White House plan to eliminate a popular program that awards high-tech research grants signals a change in priorities and a new emphasis on homeland security research, a Commerce Department adviser says.<br>
Air Force to develop mobile aircraft diagnostics
The Air Force has hired NCI Information Systems Inc. to assess technologies that electronically deliver diagnostic information to aircraft maintenance workers.<br>
Worlds collide: Web services framework for grid
A British technology center is building a new kind of framework to join the new worlds of grid computing and Web services.
Vivisimo clusters government Web sites
In an effort to demonstrate how its product can augment Web site searches, Vivisimo Inc. has overlaid its clustering software onto 30 government Web site search engines.
Semantic Web tools get W3C approval
The consortium governing technical specifications for the Web has given formal approval to two semantic Web technologies.<br>
FCC says no to FBI on delaying VOIP rules discussion
Despite an FBI petition to delay discussions of regulations for Voice over IP services, the Federal Communications Commission plans to open the topic to discussion Thursday.<br>
DHS buys into EMall
The Homeland Security Department today announced it will use a tailored version of the Defense Department's electronic shopping mall to buy goods and services.<br>
FirstGov touted as model for collaboration
The FirstGov portal is a model of successful public-private partnership, a New York research center said in a study.<br>
Common Access Card ready for update
Now that the Defense Department is issuing the last of its first-generation Common Access Cards, the inevitable upgrade cycle is under way.Mary Dixon, director of the Common Access Card Office at the Defense Manpower Data Center, said the second-generation smart cards may be ready as early as this fall for new entrants and replacement of lost, stolen or worn-out cards.
Army Corps wants one contract vehicle for IT services
Following guidance from the Office of Management and Budget, the Army Corps of Engineers wants to establish a single contract vehicle for almost all of its IT services, the corps' CIO said this morning.
Smart forms to spring from Verity's Cardiff purchase
Through its purchase of Cardiff Software Inc., Verity Inc. plans to bring business intelligence to electronics form-based workflow systems.
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