Enterprise Architecture


VA seeks contractors for paperless benefits system

The Veterans Affairs Department plans to award multiple contracts to develop its paperless benefits project.

FBI's Dubree named assistant director of IT

Daniel Dubree is responsible for the operations of the bureau's information technology systems worldwide.

Voice over IP builds bridge to the future of DOD comms

The lessons of VOIP are helping expand and combine rich communications and collaboration on military networks.

Kundra: System will give agencies easier access to new technology

A new storefront is designed to let federal agencies buy technology in real time.

USPS takes open source route to upgrade mainframe app

Postal Service IT officials have upgraded the service's 15-year-old mainframe system to handle more transactions and lower the cost of operating the system.

Cobol remains old standby at agencies despite showing its age

As mainframe programming language Cobol marks 50 years of service, dedicated government users make plans for keeping the reliable old applications humming along.

FEMA plans consolidation of IT support contracts

The Federal Emergency Management Agency says it will consolidate the ways it contracts for systems engineering support and technical assistance.

Military seeks to marry communications, collaboration networks

The lessons of VOIP are helping expand and combine rich communications and collaboration on military networks.

Virtualization: A guide to the latest lessons learned

Recent studies highlight the evolving role of virtualization and the troubles that agencies might encounter.

New organization to address interoperability between social media, ID management

The Kantara Initiative will provide a venue for the identity management industry to cooperate in developing interoperable technologies that will better enable identity-based applications and other interactive online transactions.

EPA provides business intell, analytics tools in SaaS model

Environmental Protection Agency discovers that, despite a few glitches, Oracle business intelligence software can be shared across the entire agency.

GSA: Verizon’s Trusted Internet services cleared for Networx

Verizon Communications Inc. joins AT&T Inc., Qwest Communications Inc. and Sprint Solutions Inc. as a Managed Trusted Internet Protocol Service provider under the General Services Administration’s Networx telecommunications contract.