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Cutting the Digital Ties That Bind
Both the military and the private sector are charging headlong into the wireless realm.
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Second Life Opens New Vistas
by Henry S. Kenyon

Second Life is a digital community that offers an online world for its “residents” who can create their own environments and set specific rules of behavior for visitors to their virtual properties. Virtual space allows users to imagine, create and collaborate in a world of their own making.
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DISA Rolls the DICE
by Rita Boland

The Defense Interoperability Communications Exercise 2006 (DICE 06) brought together personnel from military and civilian response agencies to generate joint interoperability certifications of integrated warfighting communication systems and capabilities. Worldwide exercise tests and certifies technologies while improving military-to-civilian agency communications.
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Wireless to the Nth Degree
by Maryann Lawlor

A U.S. Marine practices foot patrols with a mounted data automated communications terminal, a tactical computer that connects to an enhanced position location reporting system for wireless Internet access. Smart networks linking inexpensive devices will redefine network-centric warfare.
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Law Enforcement, Military Share Information Challenges
by Robert K. Ackerman

Similar hurdles encumber bringing new technologies and interoperability to public safety organizations.
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TacSat Delay Ignites Frustration
by Maryann Lawlor

Greg Ellison (l) and Dale Stottlemeyer, spacecraft mechanical engineers, Space Vehicles Directorate, U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, work on the Tactical Satellite 2 (TacSat-2). The micro satellite is scheduled for launch this year. Small satellites could offer big benefits, so why the wait?
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With Gen. Michael V. Hayden, USAF, as the new director of the CIA, do you believe the agency will change significantly?

Yes, because substantial changes are needed to increase the agency's effectiveness in the new national intelligence directorate.

Perhaps. His military influence is sure to affect how the agency is run.

Probably not. The CIA is steeped in tradition and one person cannot change an entire institution overnight.

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Conference Examines the Intersection of Government and Technology
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Cutting the Digital Ties That Bind
DISA Rolls the DICE
How to Submit Material for SIGNAL Connections
International Contracts
Law Enforcement, Military Share Information Challenges
Meet the SIGNAL Connections Staff
Missing Something?
Second Life Opens New Vistas
TacSat Delay Ignites Frustration
The Association Advantage
Wireless to the Nth Degree
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