Free WiFi service to expand in Washington
With the support of lawmakers, the Open Park Project plans to extend its free WiFi service beyond Capitol Hill to the Mall in the coming months.
Try out software that can spot contaminants
There's a new free update available of Visual Sample Plan, which federal and state agencies use to take statistically significant samples at contaminated sites.
Despite spinoff of PC group, IBM to scale up PC manufacturing
When IBM spins off its PC teams to Lenovo Group next year for about $1.75 billion, 'there will be a large number of collaborative elements,' IBM's PC chief says.
New command enlists four-star beta testers
The new Joint Systems Integration Command has evolved from a center that ensures interoperability into one that also deploys prototype systems.
NIST draft specs spark do-over
The verdict is in on the National Institute of Standards and Technology's month-old draft specifications for a governmentwide smart card.
Homeland Security to inject XML into DRM to assist in data sharing
The Homeland Security Department's Michael Daconta is leading a revision of the 30-page Data Reference Model, released in October, to help homeland defenders exchange data securely while preserving individuals' privacy.
Interagency board reworking smart-card standard
The Government Smart Card Interagency Advisory Board is revising draft smart-card standards to accommodate agencies' existing cards.
Insecure credentials worry states, feds
Fake IDs are becoming as prevalent as fake currency was back in 1865, when the Secret Service was established to fight counterfeiting, said the agency's assistant chief of forensic services.
Older Windows OSes need critical patch
Microsoft Corp. yesterday recommended immediate patching to prevent remote code execution through Internet Explorer 6 on some older Windows operating systems.
SSA to test XML-driven knowledge net
To handle looming baby-boomer retirements without a staff increase, the Social Security Administration is creating an intranet app to share institutional knowledge.
IBM opens on-demand center near D.C.
The company today launched a Tivoli orchestration and provisioning lab where agencies can test designs for on-demand and Web services.
DHS to update its collaboration portals
The Homeland Security Department is considering a competition within the next six months to refresh its intranet and extranet collaboration portals.
DOD conducts real-time Web services test
The Joint Forces Command, Strategic Command and Defense Information Systems Agency this month tried out Web services in simulated combat.
Atmospheric research center plugs into grid computing
The National Center for Atmospheric Research is ramping up for grid computing with a test bed for managing multiple supercomputing resources under a single interface.
Hydrogen could soon power portable devices
The Energy Department has announced demonstration projects to develop nonpolluting hydrogen fuels that give off only water as a byproduct--even in notebooks.
Justice gets security app for 100,000 users
The Justice Department has signed a four-year, department-wide license for Enterprise Mobile Security Manager software from Senforce Technologies Inc. for about 100,000 users.
New standard could reshuffle smart cards
Nearly 4 million smart cards in use by government do not match the specifications set out this month in a proposed standard for a governmentwide identification card.
Protocols keep Web services messages in line
Agencies planning to automate Web services transactions build in reliability with new protocols, speakers said yesterday at the XML 2004 conference.
GPO has insurance plan for print disasters
A flexible disaster recovery agreement would cover agency print crises at three levels'mechanical failure, building outages or regional disaster.
DOD revs up satellite strategy
The military intends to launch special-purpose satellites for global communications over the next two decades, at a total cost of $18 billion.
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