AT&T wins $250M DOD telecom and data deal
AT&T Government Solutions won a 10-year, $250 million contract from the Defense Department to supply customized telecommunications and data services to military departments in Hawaii.
U.K. police communications go digital
A new digital radio system has been deployed by nearly all police forces in England, Scotland and Wales.
Alaska emergency radio network goes live
The new Alaska Land Mobile Radio System is now operational for 8,000 first responders, and is in the process of adding state troopers and additional police and emergency responders to the system.
Balutis joins Cisco
Alan Balutis has joined Cisco Systems Inc. as a distinguished fellow and director of its North American public sector consulting business
Qwest wins Minnesota networking deal
Qwest Communications International Inc. signed a two-year, $20 million agreement with the state of Minnesota to provide data networking technologies for the Office of Enterprise Technology.
All ears: Industry seeks answers at upcoming Networx summit
When the General Services Administration holds its Networx Transition Summit early next month, industry members expect GSA to tell them what steps it is taking to help federal agencies smoothly switch from the FTS2001 telecommunications contract to the Networx program.
R&D helps crack government market
One of the most stealthy, lethal and persistent weapon platforms in the Navy's arsenal is the submarine. But it has one fatal flaw: Communications is virtually impossible when the vessel is submerged and cruising.
A data path to recovery
To cope with an emergency, key government organizations, such as police, first responders and human services agencies, must be better able to communicate with each other, and they must have quick access to critical data. To meet these needs, many states are considering mobile disaster recovery equipment and solutions.
Command on the go
With flood waters knocking out power and wind crumpling communication towers, those responding to Hurricane Katrina were effectively silenced. The loss of communications led to a widespread breakdown in the chain of command, and with it any hope of a coordinated, effective response.
Katrina forces rethinking
Whatever the failures in the response to Hurricane Katrina ? and the scale and number of breakdowns were unprecedented ? the final tally must include the IT systems that did not function in those chaotic weeks or were never even implemented.
Arinc to shuffle frequencies of Georgia public-safety radios
<font color="CC0000">(Updated) </font color> As part of a national effort to secure clear radio signals for public safety communications systems, the Georgia Technology Authority has hired Arinc Inc. of Annapolis, Md., to manage a two-year project to re-assign frequencies.
FEMA solicits help overhauling warning system
According to an Aug. 14 notice, the Homeland Security Department is looking for a contractor to maintain, repair and refurbish the existing 24-hour emergency telephone network that links it with governors' offices and emergency officials in all 50 states.
GSA's Johnson: No truth to early Networx award talk
A top official at the General Services Administration has laid to rest industry rumors that the procurement agency might issue contract awards for its 10-year, $20 billion Networx program before the award dates next year.
N.J. reform commission calls for IT overhaul
A blue-ribbon panel established earlier this year by New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine (D) to study the performance of state government recommended this week appointing a chief information officer to oversee the state's strategic technology plan.
Business is waiting in the wings
There's a new technology that holds the promise of better and faster applications. And systems integrators are the best ones to help agencies implement the new technology. But in the case of IP Version 6, paper and reality don't quite mix.
The riddle of IPv6
It's hard to imagine a federal IT mandate that touches every agency where they communicate, execute and operate, and not see dollar signs. But as systems integrators and their partners eye the chance to convert government networks to the newest Internet protocol, they're finding it hard to get a handle on the opportunity.
Report says agency planning for move to IPv6 needs improvement
With significant challenges ahead for agencies as they move to Internet Protocol Version 6, the Government Accountability Office is questioning whether the government is doing enough to be successful.
Forecast: Sizzling
The defense market is heading into a hot spell, and not just because of the steamy Washington summer. Over the next several months, solicitations and awards will be issued for contracts that the Defense Department and the military will use to continue their business transformation efforts.
Special Report | DOD becomes an 'IDIQ world'
The Defense Department's drive to transform the way it does business and shift resources to military operations is reflected in a spate of new IT contracts the agency is expected to award in the coming months.
On all the time
Disaster recovery was a low priority for many government agencies until the flood of terrorist attacks, hurricanes and other disasters of recent years. Now disaster recovery, ensuring that IT works uninterruptedly, is a key component of the continuity of operations plans that government expects industry to help it carry out.
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