Auditors scrutinize PDA, Net service buys
The General Accounting Office stepped up its oversight of government purchase card misuse yesterday with a report detailing questionable buys of personal digital assistants, portable computers and Internet service plans by Federal Aviation Administration employees.
Wireless infrastructure goes unguarded
The national wireless infrastructure 'is one of the most important and least protected parts' of U.S. communications capability, a technology strategist said today.<br>
NASA sky-eye watches Iraqi smoke plumes
As media computer simulations zoom across battlefields in Iraq, NASA's Earth Observatory Natural Hazards Web site, at <i>earthobservatory.nasa.gov</i>, is showing real images of oil well fires and dust storms in southern Iraq. <br>
Vendor: 'War runs on IT'
Zebra Technologies Corp. of Vernon Hills, Ill., makes the 2-D bar code equipment that identifies and routes Humvees, tanks and helicopters on their way to battlefields in Iraq.<br>
Info seekers, hackers besiege government sites
War protesters and hackers are assaulting <i>.gov</i> and <i>.mil</i> Websites 'in digital retaliation' for the war in Iraq in record numbers, according to one security firm. The White House says the attacks are not unexpected.<br>
IGs: Watch those Social Security numbers
Fifteen inspectors general this month told the President's Council on Integrity and Efficiency that federal agencies are lax in overseeing the use and disclosure of Social Security numbers stored in agency databases.<br>
Citrix Systems adds options to software suite
Citrix Systems Inc. is broadening MetaFrame, one of the earliest remote access and management infrastructures for heterogeneous clients on Microsoft Windows networks, to handle conferencing and identity management.
Citrix expands MetaFrame applications
Citrix Systems Inc. is broadening MetaFrame'one of the earliest remote-access and management infrastructures'to include conferencing and identity management.<br>
How Air Force will move to Web services
The Global Combat Support System will be 'one of the main projects using XML messaging' to connect 22 pipelines for supplies, transportation, maintenance and other functions.<br>
In New Mexico, troopers use GPS-ready radios
New Mexico State Police have joined federal civilian and military users of a two-way satellite data radio with Global Positioning System tracking, from EMS Technologies Inc. of Atlanta.
HP exec: 'It's us and Dell'
Hewlett-Packard Co. personal systems executive vice president Duane Zitzner, speaking today in a teleconference, said that 'in the PC space, it's coming down to us and Dell' Computer Corp. <br>
New Mexico police use new satellite system
New Mexico state police have joined federal civilian and military users of a two-way satellite data radio with Global Positioning System tracking.<br>
Shared workspaces keep DOD docs in the know
While offline aboard ships or planes, Navy physician Cmdr. Eric Rasmussen continues working in his Groove Workspace desktop collaboration software.
Library aims to 'capture the human record'
With digital content doubling in volume each year, the Library of Congress is figuring out how to save it all in a national digital information infrastructure.<br>
Coast Guard's Deepwater is afloat, GAO says
Coast Guard acquisition planning for the decades-long, $17 billion Integrated Deepwater System procurement of cutters and aircraft 'was among the best of the federal agencies we have evaluated,' the General Accounting Office's JayEtta Z. Hecker told a Senate subcommittee earlier this month.
Red Hat Linux Advanced now a COE kernel
Red Hat Linux Advanced Server has become the first Linux platform to achieve certification for the Defense Information Infrastructure Common Operating Environment.
TSA performance bonuses are pass-fail
As the Transportation Security Administration tries to establish a results-oriented work culture, the fledgling agency is using an interim performance management system to decide who gets bonuses, the GAO said in a report today.<br>
Coast Guard breaks ice with acquisition method, GAO says
Coast Guard acquisition planning for the decades-long, $17 billion Integrated Deepwater System procurement of cutters and aircraft 'was among the best of the federal agencies we have evaluated,' the General Accounting Office's JayEtta Z. Hecker told a Senate subcommittee this week.<br>
Military's newest weapon: instant messaging
A military doctor working in Kuwait finds instant messaging, secure communications keep him in touch with his team around the world.<br>
Red Hat Linux gets DII COE nod
Red Hat Linux Advanced Server is the first Linux platform to receive certification for the Defense Information Infrastructure Common Operating Environment.
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