People
Customs and Border Protection to expand wireless test
CBP will take its Border Net program to the Great Lakes region.
Digital Government
GSA program offers latest in satellite services
The SATCOM II contract offers services that extend to areas across the country and around the globe, where traditional networks and cellular links often fail.
Modernization
UCLA spinoff to help DARPA increase network bandwidth
Under a $5.96 million contract, Silvus Communication Systems will build and demonstrate multiple input/multiple output wireless communications technology for MANETs.
Digital Government
Partners get ready for IWN
Justice Department is ready with plans for the initial implementationsof its Integrated Wireless Network project.
Modernization
DOJ taps General Dynamics for IWN wireless comm system
The network will provide consolidated communications among the federal, state and local levels of government and law enforcement.
Cybersecurity
DOD at work on more wireless policies
One forthcoming policy will address the "Starbucks problem," in which remote DOD users connect to nonsecure wireless links.
People
The battle for spectrum
Growing demand and a finite supply of radio frequencies could force confrontation — and compromise — between the U.S. government and competing global interests.
People
Army can now jam IEDs without disrupting communications
The Navy helped the service remove conflicts from the frequency spectrum so that IED jammers and communications equipment can be used in the same environment.
People
Dix to direct Juniper's government affairs
The Capitol Hill veteran will act as a liaison between Juniper and Congress, the executive branch and federal agencies.
Modernization
GSA defends deal with Treasury
GSA will halve management fee, but only for some services.
Modernization
DOD rolls out radio-over-IP net
The U.S. Central Command is using the RIPRnet, which links analog radios to a IP-based network, to support convoy operations in Iraq.
Modernization
911 vendor joins partnership
911 Enable will participate in the National Emergency Number Association's Next Generation Partner Program.
People
DISA seeks broadband satcom service for Air Force One
The service, which will also cover 26 other Special Air Mission aircraft, should provide voice over IP, videoconferencing and other applications.
Modernization
Cisco bites Apple
Cisco files suit over Apple's iPhone name, after five years of unsuccessful negotiations.
People
Interactive Intelligence to open East Coast regional HQ
The developer of business communications software said the new office in Herndon, Va., will serve its federal clients, including the Defense and Homeland Security departments.
Digital Government
CES: GPS serves up new options
Products on display at the Consumer Electronics Show include a cell phone with integrated GPS technology.
People
DISA to develop satellite comms architecture
The agency is asking industry to help develop a Transformational Communications Architecture for satellite systems that serve DOD, the intelligence community and NASA.
Modernization
6 technologies that reshaped government
In FCW’s first two decades, innovations paved the way for better information sharing.
Modernization
Web extra: Transforming technologies made their mark in the past 20 years
CD-ROM, GIS, viruses and wireless computing had significant effects on how government conducted business.
People
Counter-IED systems jam tactical comms in Iraq
Technology designed to defend against improvised explosive devices is interfering with a wide range of tactical radio systems, according to the Naval Sea Systems Command.
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