Nov 19th 2009
Agencies now have until Aug. 30 to hire a telecommunications provider. GSA and the carriers still are concerned that they will not have enough time to complete the transition by mid-2011. Interagency Management Council trying to increase the urgency of the need for agencies to move to Networx.
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Nov 16th 2009
Wednesday, October 14th, 2009 at 2:05pm
Biometric technology has proven to be an effective means to identify known and suspected individuals across our Law Enforcement, Homeland Security, Defense and Consular mission areas...
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Booz Allen Distinguished Speaker Series
Nov 13th 2009
Brigadier Gen. Steven Smith says his office will meet with his counterpart in the Marines this week and other services soon to figure out how to share certified products more easily. Vendors say the process to get on these lists is inconsistent, difficult and expensive. Smith says DoD recognizes the challenges and wants to increase collaboration among the services.
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Nov 12th 2009
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are casting a wary eye on one of the biggest information technology projects in the Federal government: the effort to build the "Electronic Records Archive" at the National Archives and Records Administration. Congressional watchdogs say the project has been plagued by contractor delays and cost overruns. And now, a House panel is wondering if NARA will ever realize the expectations from the ERA project.
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Oct 28th 2009
The number of data centers has almost tripled over the past 10 years across government. One estimate is that 80 percent of all these capabilities are underutilized. Federal CIO Vivek Kundra says cloud computing is part of the answer to reducing the data center infrastructure.
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Gary Winkler,
Jeff Sorenson,
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Greg Wilshusen,
Diane Watson,
Joseph Lieberman,
Susan Collins,
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Executive Leadership
Oct 27th 2009
A program supported by the Defense Department is continuing efforts to link public and private information sharing to use cutting-edge technologies to help people around the world in their times of need. A Washington-based Pentagon academician is part of the program's top leadership.
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Oct 13th 2009
One of the most popular websites in the Federal Government is USA.GOV, the government information portal run by the General Services Administration. But in an age when e-mail is being supplanted by "social collaboration" tools, what does the GSA do to to keep USA.GOV relevant to today's citizens?
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Sep 29th 2009
Agency goes with new vendor instead of incumbent, Unisys. The contract is worth up to half a billion dollars.
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Sep 29th 2009
Agency offering to help others transition to new telecommunications contract in any way possible. Only 28 percent of all agency services have moved to Networx so far.
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Sep 23rd 2009
While the SBINet isn't all it was cracked up to be, the Chair of a House Homeland Security Subcommittee says parts have been a smashing success.
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Sep 18th 2009
DHS and Boeing understand that they must show successes in 2010 or risk major changes to the initiative. Lawmakers express frustration over lack of progress after three years, $1.1 billion.
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Sep 9th 2009
With the eighth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks coming up at the end of the week, federal officials are continuing work to improve the nation's response to emergencies. The Federal Communications Commission is mapping out plans to keep the nation's lines of communication up and running in case something happens.
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Sep 1st 2009
Agency wants vendors to provide answers to 28 questions about how this new set up would work.
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Aug 25th 2009
The Homeland Security Department is relying on a variety of experts to understand the impact of the technology they are looking to deploy.
The goal is to provide other perspectives to ensure the technologies are effective...
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Daily Debrief
Aug 25th 2009
Science and Technology's Human Factors Division trying to improve recognition of suspicious behaviors. Panel of experts help office understand impact of their work.
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