Wireless mesh may hold future of computing
The Internet has replaced the PC as the chief programmable platform, an executive with Microsoft Corp. said Monday at Virginia IT conference.
Lockheed IT bullish on outsourcing
The future of government IT lies in peer-to-peer technology, Lockheed Martin IT president Linda Gooden predicted today.
GSA's Miller to join Robbins-Gioia
Emory Miller, former director of professional development at GSA, will join Robbins-Gioia LLC as senior vice president for corporate development.
GIG-BE gains tech stethoscope
InfoVista Inc. said the Defense Information Systems Agency has chosen its Foundation 1.0 software to monitor network performance and service levels in the Global Information Grid-Bandwidth Expansion project.
VeriSign says ICANN is stifling Net's progress
VeriSign Inc. argued today that the demand that it suspend its Site Finder wild-card search site will stifle new services and investment in the Internet's infrastructure.
Administration plan calls for merging tech agencies
Industry and government officials today pronounced IT healthy, despite the dot-com collapse, economic tribulations and wartime.
Library maps future of digital content
With $100 million in hand, the Library of Congress is looking for partners with matching funds to build a national digital information infrastructure.
Hardware's fortunes brighten, architect says
Enterprise efforts promote hardware clustering, industry systems architect says.
SSA workers win A-76 competitive sourcing
A Social Security Administration team underbid several private-sector competitors in the agency's first competitive-sourcing round under OMB Circular A-76.
Is HSD unprepared for biodefense?
The Homeland Security Department "is not constructed properly" to counter biological terrorism, said Dr. Tara O'Toole, director of the Johns Hopkins University Center for Civilian Biodefense Strategies.
Biometric group looks to hone standards
An IT standards committee has named four new task groups to rein in the proliferating methods and formats of biometric authentication.
HP exec: 'It's us and Dell'
Hewlett-Packard Co. personal systems executive vice president Duane Zitzner, speaking today in a teleconference, said that "in the PC space, it's coming down to us and Dell" Computer Corp.
Performance bonuses are pass-fail at TSA
As the Transportation Security Administration tries to establish a results-oriented work culture, the fledgling agency is using an interim performance management system to decide who gets bonuses, government auditors said in a new report.
Contractors making gains at mapping agency
The National Imagery and Mapping Agency is increasingly relying on contractors to supply both employees and technology, its director, retired Air Force Lt. Gen. James R. Clapper Jr., said today.
FBI sets up a cybercrime center in South Carolina
The FBI, the Secret Service and state law enforcement agencies last week opened a joint South Carolina Computer Crime Center, which will analyze electronic evidence of high-tech crimes and train forensic specialists.
Homeland Security expected to do more outsourcing
Secret Service assistant director Steve Colo says the new Homeland Security Department will consolidate all its component agencies' software licenses and predicted there would be more IT outsourcing pioneered by Transportation Security Administration.<br>
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