People

Army CIO thinks strategically about integrated networking

A new plan details service actions between 2008 to 2015 with a heavy focus on large programs.

Digital Government

Tech that tracks your moves

Maturing wireless options spawn a host of useful location-aware applications

People

Air Force to expand radio over IP

CIO Lt. Gen. Peterson called improving tactical communications one of his highest priorities.

Modernization

Broadband operators reject ding-a-ling answers

Scottsburg, Ind., officials got tired of waiting for broadband service to come, so they created their own

People

Tickets to travel

How border states, with the blessing of the Homeland SecurityDepartment, are setting their own card standards for identifying travelers at border crossings

People

Air Force 'shocked' by Chinese actions in space

Secretary Michael Wynne says the service must defense U.S. space assets.

Modernization

Alliance: DHS will miss Pass card deadline

The Smart Card Alliance says the department cannot finish testing ID cards with RFID tags in time for them to be an alternative to passports by next summer.

Modernization

Wilsker: Work by any other name

Increasingly, organizations think of telework as part of their strategy for letting employees be mobile.

People

Feds promise states $1 billion

Money could start to flow to localities for interoperable communications.

Modernization

FCC helps Google's open-access bid

The commission ruled that consumers will be able to use whatever phone and software they want on networks that use a portion of the spectrum to be auctioned.

Cybersecurity

DOD mandates data encryption for mobile devices

According to a policy signed July 3 by CIO John Grimes, all unclassified data not approved for public release must be encrypted.

Modernization

Will WiMax save the day?

In theory, WiMax can blanket a city with affordable and fast wireless data service, but how often that will happen remains to be seen.

People

DHS, DOD solving first responder ID card interoperability problem

The Summer Breeze exercise in Washington metropolitan area runs multiple scenarios for emergency services personnel.

Digital Government

Utah, Wisconsin tops in mobility investment

The study, conducted by CDW Government, covers such mobility categories as notebook PCs, nonwireless handheld devices and wireless communications devices.

Modernization

Dual-mode: Two is better than one

Smart phones that switch between cellular and Wi-Fi could reduce telecom expenses.

Modernization

Tiny robots could help urban ops

DARPA wants industry input on a program to develop autonomous ground robots that can act as mobile radio relay nodes.

Modernization

It's a wireless world

Like it or not, smart phones and handheld messaging devices are all over government. Here’s how to make sure this invasion of mobile devices doesn’t drain your organization’s budget or threaten its security.

Modernization

Mobile security requires an action plan

Security is one of the biggest management challenges that agencies face with mobile wireless devices.

Modernization

GSA offers contracts not available on Networx

The agency is seeking bids on six wireless telecom contracts worth about $93 million.