Modernization

What ever happened to IPv5?

On the road to IPv6, everyone seems to have overlooked a mile marker.

Modernization

Where the road leads

Applications to ride the IPv6 highway are slow to emerge.

Modernization

A new view of MOBIS

Services GWAC indirectly supports IT projects.

Modernization

DHS authorization bill: A mandate for info sharing

The House bill calls for DHS to establish a comprehensive IT network architecture.

Cybersecurity

House bill boosts DHS CIO, security positions

The officers would gain direct control over the budgets, workforce and operations of various DHS agencies.

People

DHS names new privacy officer

Hugo Teufel III previously worked for the Interior Department and the state of Colorado.

Modernization

Migrating to IPv6

With deadlines looming, agencies need to get serious about upgrading their data networks to the next-generation IP.

People

DOD rethinks its IT procurement strategy

With concerns about abuses and a need to fulfill complex missions, is DOD ready to play taps for its use of GSA contracts?

People

Europe targets at-risk groups for 'e-Inclusion'

The program aims to help people gain Internet access and boost broadband coverage to 90 percent of the European Union's population.

People

Lights out

Taking down part of the country’s fiber-optic infrastructure could be a crippling blow, but is it so easily done?

People

Comments, please

A new Defense Department memo directs all DOD organizations to use the online Federal Docket Management System to issue regulations.

Cybersecurity

TSA readies Registered Traveler system

The publication of a business model was the final major step.

People

FBI charges Pa. staff members in data wipe case

Employees erased e-mail messages and other data from the computers of a state senator under investigation for corruption.

People

TSA unveils plan for Registered Traveler program

The strategy includes use of a "commercially neutral" central system to receive and transmit enrollment data.

People

Louisiana tests readiness for hurricanes

The two-day simulation, involving federal, state, local and private organizations, is intended to identify potential flaws in existing plans.

People

Texas 211 network to aid emergency planning

Residents can let the state know if they will require special transportation assistance in the event of an emergency evacuation.

Modernization

Extra protection

Is application-specific backup software worth the added cost?

Modernization

U.S. attorneys to receive secure remote access

Blue Ridge Networks will provide virtual private network services for 14,000 users.

Digital Government

Energy auctions save county $25M

The online auctions pooled the buying power of 18 agencies and other organizations in Montgomery County, Md.

People

Protests put brakes on ITES

GAO expects to rule on objections from 5 firms by August.