Digital Government

Colorado creates IT backup facility

The department is partnering with ViaWest to provide the infrastructure and operational services for the site.

Cybersecurity

Wanted: Information assurance-savvy people

DOD is poised to push a new training and certification program to all military services and civilian departments.

Modernization

Search fusion

Support grows for new way to integrate information analysis and retrieval tools.

Acquisition

Apple to supply 36,000 laptops to Maine schools

Contract also includes software, wireless Internet and help-desk services for middle school students.

Modernization

N.Y. counties turn to Salient to boost efficiency

The state's Association of Counties is pushing the company's software to help county officials gauge their performance.

Modernization

Identity management requires card smarts

Building the brains behind mandatory ID card programs won’t be easy.

Modernization

MetaMatrix manages Web services data

Company's Dimension 5 acts as a bridge from existing data sources to the XML-based requirements of new applications.

Modernization

IBM identity management hones in on small organizations

Tivoli Identity Manager Express takes best practices from larger systems and simplifies them for use at smaller organizations.

Modernization

Who’s knocking on your network door?

Caymas offers identity-driven access control

Digital Government

NASCIO steps up health IT efforts

The group released its first brief on how state CIOs can steer their enterprise IT efforts to align with national efforts.

Cybersecurity

Cisco unveils new security mgt suite

The product suite includes the new Cisco Security Manager as well as new a version of the company's monitoring, analysis and response system.

Digital Government

Survey: Public unsure of EHRs

An IDC survey shows that a majority of people may not know about EHRs, and those who do worry about the privacy of their health information.

Digital Government

Home is where health IT is

Aging baby boomers are sparking a revolution in long-term care

People

EU focuses on health education

A new initiative in Europe would improve the quality of information its citizens receive about health issues.

People

DOD sets military, procurement targets

Officials foresee a greater reliance on IT and major changes in how technology is acquired.

Modernization

StillSecure offers free intrustion-detection system

It's a version of the company's Snort-based Strata Guard.

People

Agency CIO councils perform offstage

Federal insiders expect larger role for internal councils

Digital Government

Companies seek to break language barrier

Rival approaches to translation vie for emerging market

Digital Government

HHS awards grants for e-prescribing tests

Four pilot projects will study the effectiveness of standards for interoperable e-prescribing systems.

People

Responders to use DOD-grade simulation

DHS awarded a contract to a defense supplier for a PC-based 3-D training system.