Modernization
DOD Global Broadcast System goes two-way
A DISA engineering team incorporated a commercial, two-way satellite TV standard into GBS.
Modernization
Key House leader pushes for FAA telecom project funding
Verizon lobbies to kill troubled FAA effort.
Modernization
GSA report finds more benefits than costs for telework
Agencies save much more than they spend in equipping employees to work from home, but management support is still often lacking.
Cybersecurity
DOD toughens up wireless LAN security rules
Besides tougher and encryption standards, the new policy also requires intrusion detection systems that can geo-locate hackers or rogue access points.
Modernization
IWN moves to second phase
General Dynamics, Lockheed will vie for $3B wireless contract
Modernization
COOP policies lack leadership
Policy-makers push telework to the center of business continuity planning.
People
Justice picks General Dynamics, Lockheed for wireless work
The two integrators, picked from a field of five, will compete to design the wireless network, which will serve 80,000 users in law enforcement.
Cybersecurity
DHS doesn't take cyberattack threats seriously, former IG says
The United States and the Homeland Security Department are “manifestly and woefully unprepared” for a cyberattack, the former DHS inspector general said.
Modernization
Army awards $72 million contract to DataPath
The company will provide specialized portable satellite earth terminals and support services to the U.S. Joint Forces in Iraq.
People
State CIOs skeptical of hurricane readiness
Conference attendees say that communications interoperability problems that plagued disaster responses last year have not been fixed.
Modernization
GIS firm extends government reach
The company will try to sell its geographic information system products and services to federal and state customers after finding success among counties and cities.
Modernization
Mobile work zone ahead
Better wireless options are spurring a building boom of mobile applications
Modernization
Davis asks OMB to act against TCE
Congressman asks Evans to intercede in Treasury's determination to award its Treasury Communications Enterprise contract rather than using Networx.
Modernization
NASA outer space communications in peril
Managers should be more diligent about maintaining a deteriorating network, auditors find.
Modernization
Extensions eliminate cell blind spots
Lawrence Berkeley lab uses indoor mobile technology to boost spotty coverage
Modernization
New Jersey picks Cingular
The wireless provider has signed a three-year deal with the Garden State.
Modernization
Palm seeks to break ‘Crackberry’ addiction
The company is angling for the federal market with the new Treo.
Modernization
Military interoperability test begins
Cisco Systems is providing the core network infrastructure for the exercise, which started today in Lager Aulenbach, Germany.
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