The Defense Department is seeking industry input to help the agency establish and deploy an authentication infrastructure that will support a variety of IT devices, including desktops, domain controllers, routers, and Web and mail servers.
The House of Representatives is seeking industry input on the availability of dark fiber infrastructure within the Washington metropolitan area that could be incorporated into the House's wide area network.
At $4 billion, the Infrastructure Modernization program is one of the biggest Army opportunities of 2006 ? and one of the biggest federal government telecommunications awards as well.
Prospects might be brightening slightly for procurement activity on the multibillion-dollar federal Integrated Wireless Network (IWN) as a result of lessons learned from hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
The Treasury Department likely will push out re-awarding its controversial 10-year, $1 billion Treasury Communications Enterprise contract. It has extended the date that proposals are due to Dec. 8.
The Treasury Department has tapped 21 companies to develop new software applications, provide support and introduce technologies under a five-year, $3 billion deal.
Windows Cluster Server is based on the Windows Server 2003 server software, but has additional features that allow computers to be yoked together to work in parallel on computationally intensive tasks.
Cisco Systems Inc. has entered the burgeoning field of wireless mesh networking providers angling for municipal WiFi projects with its new line of Cisco Aironet 1500 outdoor access points.
Veterans Affairs Department CIO Robert McFarland wants to get it right and says release of the final request for proposals may take longer than planned.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is not adequately protecting its core databases containing sensitive disaster relief information, according to a new report from Homeland Security Department Inspector General Richard L. Skinner.
Northrop Grumman Corp. and CGI-AMS have been selected by the state of Virginia to spearhead its 10-year, multibillion-dollar IT transformation initiative.
The Federal Communications Commission today approved the mergers of SBC Communications Inc. and AT&T Corp. and Verizon Communications Inc. and MCI Inc. The deals could be final by early 2006.
The General Services Administration will hold a public forum on its multibillion-dollar Alliant procurement later next month, and may issue a second set of draft requests for proposals, according to the official in charge.
The Army Desktop and Mobile Computing 2 program will consist of multiple-award, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contracts that will run for a three-year base period, with three two-year options.
Cisco Systems Inc. has launched an IP-based communications platform that the company says will tie together disparate radio systems in order to achieve interoperability for first responders and other government users.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has temporarily blocked an order issued last week by a lower court that would have forced the Interior Department to disconnect its computers containing Individual Indian Trust data from the Internet.
The Secret Service is falling short in its efforts to protect sensitive online data about its operations and in securing its IT networks, according to two new reports from Homeland Security Department Inspector General Richard L. Skinner.
First responders would have more radio spectrum in the 700 megahertz band under legislation approved Oct. 20 by the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee as part of the fiscal 2006 fiscal budget resolution.
