Wireless goes citywide in Michigan

Grand Haven, Mich. flipped the switch this week on what it's calling the nation's first citywide WiFi network.

Air Force builds $490m comm infrastructure

The Air Force has hired several companies under a $490 million contract to build a communications infrastructure for deployed personnel.

GSA delays Networx draft RFP until December

The General Services Administration has delayed the release of a draft request for proposals for the Networx telecommunications and network services contract.

For Tech's Sake: VoIP: Reality amidst the hype

Despite the growing trend to pronounce the "Voice over Internet Protocol" acronym as a nasally "voip," purists still prefer to enunciate the letters V-O-I-P when they abbreviate the emerging technology.

Tapping into VoIP

ManTech International Corp., Fairfax, Va., released version 5.0 of its NetWitness wiretap tool. The new version includes better analytical features and increased abilities to monitor voice over IP traffic.

Mixed signals for state radio system

Pennsylvania officials are struggling to build a pre-Sept. 11, 2001, statewide radio system that must meet the needs of a world radically changed by the events of that day.

Wisconsin rides enterprise bus to savings

None

Collaborative efforts

Nearly three years after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, federal, state and local agencies are still deciding how best to collaborate and share vital information. The good news: emerging cooperative efforts such as the one engineered by this team from Science Applications International Corp., which negotiated the sharing of health data.

FAA oceanic system goes live in Oakland

The Federal Aviation Administration activated a system allowing for reduced space between aircraft flying over U.S. oceanic air space at Oakland.

Saudis tap TAMSCO for Air Force work

Technical and Management Services Corp. won a six-month, $11.2 million contract extension to provide support for the Royal Saudi Air Force.

Army seeks to speed selection of WIN-T contractor

The Army wants to expedite the process of choosing a contractor for its more than $10 billion Warfighter Information Network-Tactical project.

CSC wins $146M Army Transportation Information Systems contract

Computer Sciences Corp. won a contract to provide information processing and related services to the PM Transportation Information Systems program.

PSI nabs Navy technology Web services deal

Planning Systems Inc. won a four-year, $9.5 million contract from the Naval Sea Systems Command to provide Web services.

L-3 to help Marines with distance learning

L-3 Communications Corp. won a six-year, $50 million contract to design and develop distance-learning solutions for Marine Corps service members.

AT&T wins IRS network job

AT&T Corp. won a five-year, $54 million contract from the Internal Revenue Service to build a network that will integrate agency sites nationwide.

NMCI 'has not been a perfect process'

Navy Secretary England says officials are still working out the bugs in the portal and that things will improve over time.

'411 for 911'

A coalition of public safety and health organizations is sponsoring a program to create an electronic directory of the nation's first responders and emergency personnel.

Building a fiber fortress

As optical networks gradually gain acceptance for their ability to provide high bandwidth, the required networking equipment will have to incorporate proper security technology.

Integrators see opportunities, challenges for RFID

Between 2005 and 2007, spending on radio frequency identification technology will outpace spending on software and application development, according to a survey.

Videoconferencing grows up

We don't have Dick Tracy watches and holographic Star Trek displays, but videoconferencing is finally beginning to live up to its decades-old potential. You can thank the Internet again, or, more precisely, the Internet Protocol behind it. Besides data, both private and public IP networks are increasingly handling telephony traffic as telecom carriers and IT departments seek cheap, worldwide access over now-ubiquitous broadband connections.