NIH manages nicely with VFA
<FONT SIZE=2>	From a retirement home for research-lab primates to the world's largest medical library, the National Institutes of Health has a staggering variety and number of buildings to maintain. </FONT>
Intelligence software
<FONT SIZE=2>	The Navy Training and Management Planning System, the central data warehouse for the chief of Naval Education and Training, has incorporated a business intelligence solution from Cognos Inc., Ottawa, to allow managers to tap into reports pertaining to funding, facilities, personnel, manpower, equipment and training courses.</FONT>
Wi-Fi in the city
<FONT SIZE=2>In early October, citizens and visitors to Athens, Ga., will enjoy free wireless network access across 24 blocks downtown. Anyone with a personal digital assistant, or handheld or laptop computer with a wireless network access card can surf the Internet or tap into Web sites of local shops. </FONT>
Navigation Technologies launches government unit
Digital map provider Navigation Technologies Corp. has launched a government business unit, to be led by Harry Voccola, Navigation senior vice president.
Tech Success: NIH manages nicely with VFA
<FONT SIZE=2>From a retirement home for research-lab primates to the world's largest medical library, the National Institutes of Health has a staggering variety and number of buildings to maintain. </FONT>
Five picked for first phase of Defense HR project
Five integrators have been selected for the first phase of the Defense Integrated Military Human Resource System, the Navy's Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command announced.
National Defense University introduces E-Gov Program
National Defense University's Information Resources Management College has introduced a new e-gov certificate program, geared to helping agencies comply with the Office of Management and Budget's e-gov initiatives.
Anteon wins $5.4 million Navy Aegis support work
Anteon International Corp. has been awarded a one-year task order to provide system support services to the Navy's Aegis destroyer shipbuilding program.
GAO recommends DLA sharpen customer service
To better address shortcomings in its mission of delivering supplies, the Defense Logistics Agency should strengthen avenues of customer feedback, according to a General Accounting Office Report.
Stanley Associates bolsters federal presence with CCI purchase
Stanley Associates Inc. strengthened its position in the federal market with its acquisition of CCC Inc., a technical and management services company whose customers include the Naval Air Systems Command, the U.S. Agency for International Development, NASA and the Coast Guard.
Survival Guide: Perspectives from the Field -- Gregory Burnham, chief technology officer for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
When terrorists flew a jet into the 90th floor of the World Trade Center's north tower, Gregory Burnham, who was in his office on the 71st floor, had one main focus: get out with his staff and let his family know he was OK.
Tech Success: Managed Objects gives Army big picture
When faulty routers or denial-of-service attacks plague an Army network, the top brass want to know one thing: How does it affect the ability of Army units to perform their missions?
Stopping terrorists in their tracks
All the clues were there: Student pilots interested in flying planes but not landing them; Osama bin Laden wanting to hijack a plane; funds being transferred to the United States from known bin Laden operatives.
Raytheon realigns government, defense units
Raytheon Co., Lexington, Mass., has reorganized its government and defense businesses into seven separate units, the company announced. "This new, leaner government and defense structure ... eliminates layers and cost and will enable us to move with greater speed and agility," said Daniel Burnham, chairman and chief executive officer of Raytheon.
DynCorp gets Air Force maintenance work
DynCorp has been awarded a $59 million contract to provide aircraft maintenance to the Air Force Air Armament Center's 46th Test Wing at Eglin Air Force Base.
More light for integrators: Metro fiber standard set
In June, the International Telecommunication Union in Geneva set the equipment standard for metropolitan-sized optical networks, those networks less than 31 miles long.
Ethernet goes beyond the desktop
When the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington cut the ribbon on its new data network in June, the center became the first U.S. Army medical system to use the newly ratified 10 Gigabit Ethernet standard. Installed by network integrator Force 3 Inc., the backbone replaces Walter Reed's previous asynchronous transfer mode network, which was slowing down under the weight of 6,000 users, said Trevia Martin, Force 3's vice president of operations who oversaw the installation.
Tech Success: Altiris puts upbeat on downtime
Using migration software from Altiris Inc., Lockheed Martin Corp. has cut to one-third the time needed to move files and settings from old computers to their replacements. And for an operation that replaces 3,500 NASA computers a year, this translates into some real time savings, both for the government and the integrator.
On the edge: News briefs
<b>Emergency alert</b><br>A promising device that alerts drivers of approaching emergency vehicles has run into trouble in its pilot stage, according to New Scientist magazine. The Warn-Tone, introduced by Leicester, U.K.-based Petards Civil Systems, overrides the outputs of car radios and cassette and compact disc players with spoken warnings. Issues about signal strength, which emanates from the EMS vehicles, still need to be resolved. The Radio Authority of Britain refuses to grant a test license, fearing signals will spill into neighboring homes and buildings. Petards is the government systems integration division of Screen Plc., Maidenhead, U.K., a security and surveillance solution provider.
Akamai shakes up USGS Web site
The U.S. Geological Survey might be the only agency that measures its Web traffic on the Richter scale. In the minutes after Gilroy, Calif., was rocked by a quake with a magnitude of 4.9 last May, the USGS earthquake site averaged 3,000 hits per second, up from the normal three to six hits per second.
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