Digital Government

Courts office leaps onto Linux

The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts hired PEC Solutions to convert the company's Solaris machines to Linux systems.

Modernization

Oak Ridge to develop network

The Energy Department lab received $4.5 million to build a so-called petascale network.

Digital Government

Cerritos aims for citywide Wi-Fi

It will be one of the first communities to have citywide broadband Internet access using wireless LAN technology.

People

Utah eREP merges welfare systems

The Utah Cares is the first component of the state's Electronic Resource and Eligibility Product.

People

Architecture guides DHS investments

The Homeland Security Department completed the first draft of its enterprise architecture in mid-October.

People

Federal architecture creates opportunities

The Office of Management and Budget's federal enterprise architecture is a business-based framework that describes the kinds of operations carried out by government.

People

Homeland security's secret weapon

Enterprise architecture modeling emerges as key tool for improving readiness

Digital Government

North Carolina aims for grid computing

MCNC this week announced the launch of enterprise grid computing services as the first component of North Carolina's statewide infrastructure.

Digital Government

Market researcher predicts outsourcing growth

Fiscal pressures and aging workforces will limit the in-house resources governments can devote to IT, according to a report from Input.

Digital Government

PeopleSoft, ESRI track responders

Geographic information system specialist ESRI and PeopleSoft extended their partnership to provide Web-based resources for tracking first responder assets during emergencies.

Digital Government

Alabama agencies embrace new system

It's not even a year old, but Alabama's integrated IT system for courts and law enforcement already has thousands of users.

Digital Government

Oregon pushes for DHS dollars

The race is on for states to submit plans for using the $1.9 billion targeted for local first responders.

Digital Government

Observer extends network view

Network Instruments' analyzer monitors application, wireless traffic

People

Forman joins autonomic computing firm

The former federal e-government leader will head worldwide services for a new software company

Digital Government

Texas axes education tech unit

Budget cuts claimed the 16-person educational technology division of the Texas Education Agency.

People

PC Mall Gov wins Va. supplier contract

Virginia agencies will buy all their Microsoft products through PC Mall Gov for the next two years.

People

Service checkup

Outsourcing contracts is the subject of new performance management tools

People

Some services are hard to measure

One vendor tackles task of measuring performance in application development

People

Deciding who owns the problem

Given the intent of service-level management as a hybrid discipline crossing business and information technology boundaries, where will the decision to purchase SLM tools come from?

Digital Government

Grant cut threatens Fla. network

The future of the network that provides Internet access for Florida's school districts is in doubt.