Author Archive

George I. Seffers

People

Lasers tested against missiles

Air Force awards contract to Textron Systems to assess laser systems as a way for aircraft to

Digital Government

The Michael Jacobs file

The Michael Jacobs file

People

Intercepts

Intercepts

Digital Government

Inside man's public face

NSA's Jacobs juggles crypto work with job as mayor

Digital Government

Report logs fed IT losses

The federal government will spend more than $75 million replacing IT hardware and services

Digital Government

Army orders smart card readers

The Army has selected SchlumbergerSema for the largest deployment of smart card readers in the United States

Digital Government

Y2K may be model for defense

Strategies for dealing with Y2K could help with homeland defense against cyberattacks and terrorism

People

Intercepts

Ol' Boys Network

People

Money enlists in company

Former Pentagon CIO Art Money is now a strategic adviser for Digital Data Development

Digital Government

Army orders smart card readers

SchlumbergerSema is supplying the Army with 60,000 smart card readers in the Common Access Card program

People

Network warfare making progress

DOD report says network-centric warfare promises to revolutionize U.S. military operations

Acquisition

NIMA postpones outsourcing

Because of the terrorist attacks, NIMA is postponing its contract to outsource its high-tech operations

Modernization

Government calls get through

System gives priority to emergency crews

People

Army goes online to track satisfaction

The service has conducted the Army Civilian Attitude Survey for more than 20 years, but this is the first time it has been offered online

People

A new kind of combat

Collaboration tools will aid intell efforts

People

Intercepts

In the hours following the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, Defense Department leaders made the media rounds to reassure the public that the military was ready to respond

Digital Government

Genoa software suite

Genoa requires a peer-to-peer computing architecture in which desktop computers are linked together to become virtual supercomputers

Modernization

NCS holds emergency nets

The National Communications System sustains telecom critical to emergency response

People

Spacecom on alert for cyberattacks

U.S. Space Command has not detected any increase in cyberattacks following today's attacks

People

Intercepts

The National Security Agency is working around the clock to detect and react to computer network attacks