President Bush's recent executive order to upgrade the nation's emergency warning system lays out an ambitious plan to coordinate a patchwork of federal, state and local alert systems.
While the commercial applications are needed to support the development of high-performance computers, the science still relies heavily on the U.S. government for support.
Verizon Communications Inc. won a one-year, $7.4 million contract extension from the Defense Information Systems Agency to supply bandwidth manager services to the agency's Defense Information Systems Network.
With the hope of being able to form networks free of fixed infrastructure, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency awarded an 18-month contract worth $7.8 million to BAE Systems Inc.
General Dynamics Corp. will upgrade the Army's communications and data network infrastructure at Fort Hood, Texas, through a two-year contract worth $23 million.
The General Services Administration plans to issue a final request for proposals</a> this month for its eight-year, $1.8 billion Washington Interagency Telecommunications System 3 program.
The Homeland Security Department is looking to IT companies for ideas on building a second, redundant data center to supplement the one it operates under an agreement with the Navy.
Nicked by the recent rash of laptop thefts and natural disasters that cripple business operations, the federal government has renewed its push for agencies to beef up their telework plans.
Over the years, the Army Knowledge Online portal has evolved into what military leaders envisioned it would become: a single point where warfighters and their support networks could log in and access applications and services. But it had a serious flaw.
What may appear to be harmless loitering near the entrance of a subway tunnel could escalate quickly into a terrorist attack. Video surveillance helps monitor such vulnerable public areas, but the growing numbers of cameras have put a strain on the people tasked with monitoring them.
Computer Sciences Corp. received two contract extensions worth a total of $82 million for mainframe computer services from Australia's Federal Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs and the Australian Electoral Commission.
The White House's approach to private-sector critical infrastructure protection needs to be more authoritative, according to the Century Foundation think tank for homeland security.
AT&T Government Solutions Inc. won a $22.7 million subcontract from ITT Industries Inc. to support and manage a network operations center in Kuwait that will serve military commanders in Asia and Africa.
The federal government and private sector have not developed a coordinated plan for restoring the Internet and maintaining confidence in financial markets following a major breach in functioning, according to the Business Roundtable.
Alan Rosenberg, Global Crossing's vice president of partnership development, and his U.S. federal team are focused on four areas to position Global Crossing for more government business, and ultimately to win more prime contracts.
Humming away in a corner of most offices is a relic invented 163 years ago: the fax machine. Its relatively archaic core technology is a big part of why it remains relevant today.
Whether it's a hurricane, forest fire, terrorist attack or other disaster, telecom companies have assembled the hardware, plans and people to get communications networks back online within days or hours.
Secretary Mike Johanns alerted employees in the Washington area that a hacker broke into a database at headquarters and may have stolen the names, Social Security numbers and photos of about 26,000 current and former workers and contractors.
