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With one significant, and somewhat surprising, accomplishment already to their credit, researchers at Virginia Tech are building the infrastructure for a new, highly networked Terascale Computing Facility they hope will win funding from an upcoming National Science Foundation program.
Cray acquires another supercomputer vendor
Cray Inc., a longtime supercomputer maker whose high-end systems reside in many federal laboratories, plans to acquire a start-up Canadian manufacturer of low-cost, high-performance systems.<br>
New registry organizes architecture components
Agencies that want to share reusable enterprise architecture components now have a secure Web site to store and manage such components.<br>
Digital shuttle goes 3-D
A knowledge management project at NASA Ames Research Center is using 3-D visual imaging techniques based on Web services.<br>
Census data could change affirmative action plans
Minority workers got more computer and mathematical jobs during the 1990s, according to a preliminary analysis of Census 2000 occupational data. Women, however, saw their share of IT occupations drop.
Space panel seeks Web input
The nine-member President's Commission on Implementation of U.S. Space Exploration Policy is collecting public comments online through a Web form. Drop-down boxes at <a href= "http://www.moontomars.org">www.moontomars.org</a> specify state, country and approximate age, with a blank to fill in occupation.
Army lab signs deal for massive Linux cluster
The Army is buying a 2,132-processor Linux cluster for its most demanding research projects.<br>
Energy, EPA to share computing resources
The Energy Department and EPA have agreed to share high-performance computers for research.<br>
FedSource replaces travel with e-meetings
FedSource, a government-wide services provider operating under the Treasury Department Franchise Fund, has adopted a secure desktop meeting service to replace face-to-face meetings and conference calls.
Forman touts IT as commodity
Agencies need to start looking at computing capacity as a commodity adaptable to changing needs, according to former e-government chief Mark Forman.
Systems chiefs praise EA focus
CIOs are getting more support from agency heads, thanks to the enterprise architecture focus of the Office of Management and Budget and the President's Management Agenda.
GAO: Agencies could fight fires better with shared architecture
The interagency effort required to fight wildfires on public land complicates the use of geographic information systems, the General Accounting Office has found.
New site sheds light on biotechnology
A new State Department-funded Web site brings together agricultural biotechnology regulations from three federal agencies.<br>
TIGER app tames paper
The Census Bureau is piloting a pair of open-standards applications for collecting and publishing geographic data.One app will let end users download and view the bureau's geographic data sets with a browser instead of desktop geographic information system software. The other will let local officials upload changes in their jurisdictions' boundaries.
What's your first line of defense?
As Oracle Corp.'s chief security officer, Mary Ann Davidson is responsible for product security, corporate infrastructure security and security policies'as well as evaluations, assessments and incident handling.
JFMIP certifies PeopleSoft app
The Joint Financial Management Improvement Program has certified PeopleSoft Enterprise Financial Management Solutions 8.8 for use as a core federal financial application.<br>
IBM brings text-to-speech to the Linux desktop
IBM Corp. researchers are bringing text-to-speech capabilities to the Linux desktop.<br>
Census changes could affect affirmative action
Minority workers holding computer and mathematical jobs increased their share by 8.8 percent during the 1990s, according to a preliminary analysis of Census 2000 occupational data.
Panel seeks Web comments on future space travel
A new presidential commission on space travel is using its Web site to collect citizens' views about future trips to the moon and Mars.<br>
Online extra: Virtual reality helps NASA plot rovers' Mars research
Research at Ames Center helps with situational awareness tools.
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