FirstGov's FAST search engine to get faster
To speed responses to FirstGov site visitors, the General Services Administration will update the portal's search engine software from Fast Search & Transfer, a Norwegian vendor with U.S. headquarters in Boston.
Gateway goes for low-end PC sales in govt.
Gateway Inc.'s acquisition of eMachines Inc. could slash the government's desktop client price tag to $500 or $600, predicted Jocelyn Attal, Gateway's public-sector executive vice president.
eMachines buy means $500 PCs for agencies
Gateway Inc.'s acquisition of eMachines Inc. could slash the government's desktop client price tag to $500 or $600, a Gateway executive predicts.<br>
GSA's Miller to join Robbins-Gioia
Emory Miller, the GSA's former director of professional development, will join Robbins-Gioia LLC as senior vice president for corporate development.<br>
Congress mulls making nips and tucks to comm law
Capitol Hill and FCC officials speaking at Comnet agree that the Telecommunications Act of 1996 needs a face-lift.
FirstGov's FAST engine gets faster
To speed responses to FirstGov site visitors, the General Services Administration will update the portal's search engine software.<br>
GIG-BE gains tech stethoscope
The Defense Information Systems Agency selects InfoVista Foundation 1.0 software to monitor network performance and service levels in the Global Information Grid-Bandwidth Expansion project.<br>
DOD adds tools to suite for collaboration
Defense Department do-it-yourselfers have more tools this month with the addition to the Defense Collaboration Tool Suite of Forum eMeeting software from SiteScape Inc. of Maynard, Mass.
Sun embraces desktop Linux
Sun Microsystems Inc. is trying to undercut enterprise Microsoft Windows desktop deployments with the Java Desktop System, which will cost just $50 per user per year, or less for agencies that abandon Windows.
Four women praised as government leaders
Four women leaders in government received honors yesterday at a Washington ceremony sponsored by Accenture LLP.<br>
They've got answers
People ask every imaginable question at <a href= "http://www.acf.hhs.gov">www.acf.hhs.gov</a>, the Web portal of the Administration for Children and Families.
Defense adds another tool to collaboration kit
Defense Department do-it-yourselfers have more tools this week with the addition to the Defense Collaboration Tool Suite of Forum eMeeting software from SiteScape Inc.<br>
Free portal-building resources for agencies
The Center for Technology in Government at the University of Albany, N.Y., has built an online workbench for portal or clearinghouse design collaboration.<br>
Tempest products get a second lease on life
After the Cold War, electromagnetically shielded Tempest computing and communications took a back seat to other security needs. Now, modern warfare has put Humvee wheels under new forms of Tempest equipment.
Defense overpays for satellite time, GAO says
<font color="CC0000"> (UPDATED) </font>The Defense Information Systems Agency's mandate to lease commercial satellite bandwidth for the military commands, though fair, is inflexible and wasteful, a General Accounting Office study said this week.
Tempest on the move
In the post-Cold War era, electromagnetically shielded Tempest computing and communications equipment took a back seat to other security needs. Now the demands of asymmetric warfare have put Humvee wheels under Tempest products.
Satellite ground stations will form climate network
<font color="CC0000">UPDATED</font> A nationwide Climate Reference Network of automated ground stations will beam local temperature, precipitation, radiation and wind speed to geostationary operational environmental satellites, under a program announced yesterday.<br>
Putnam: Tighten cybersecurity or face legislation
The White House's year-old National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace is 'useful as a paperweight,' but that's about all.
Federal agencies rescue camper via satellite beacon
The 406-MHz satellite personal locator beacon helped save a camper lost in the Adirondacks.<br>
Byrne leaves DHS for Microsoft
Microsoft Corp. has hired another Homeland Security Department official for its team headed by Tom Richey, Microsoft Federal's director of homeland security. <br>
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