May 26, 2006 • Volume 4 • Number 8
The Everyday IPv6
 Imagine a truly “networked soldier”, or using RFID type tag technologies to pro-actively monitor patients and provide more timely services to our veterans. Or having a smart refrigerator that tells you when something is wrong. These are just some applications made possible when the next generation INTERNET – IPv6 — is fully deployed. The government has a proactive approach when it comes to IPv6 according to the panelists appearing on the Federal Executive Forum on FederalNewsRadio. MORE On IPv6
Listen To Federal Executive Forum • Full Forum Transcript
Why Replace IPv4?
According to technologists, using existing technology, the U.S. could function fine on what we have now – IPv4 where the U.S. controls 70% of IPv4 addresses. But IPv4 has only a finite number of web addresses. The global market is moving to IPv6 where the number of IP addresses is not an issue. That opens the door to new applications not available using IPv4 technology. There is the opportunity to ask “What If?” and have the tools to make it a reality, Thus moving to IPv6 is not if, it's when. The IPv6 backbone will be in place by 2008 and the fruits seen by 2012.
The Future of IPv6: It's Bright Leaders Say
John McManus, Deputy CIO and CTO, NASA
 "From a NASA perspective, this really opens up a great deal for our mission for our exploration. To accomplish our vision for exploration we really have to have a much more mobile work force. And so our 11 centers do a lot more collaborative engineering, we do a lot more cooperative program and project development, so we spend a lot of time on the road."
Pete Tseronis, Director of Network Services, Education
"What I get excited about because the potential, and that’s what a lot of this is based on, if we are doing all of these things and maybe we take some of it for granted today to communicate electronically, just imagine what we can do based on all the knowledge we’ve garnered before implementation."
David Cheplick, Director of Telecommunications Operations, VA
"IPv6 will be coming, it’s going to take time to fully arrive but as it does, we are going to see the fruits of technology as we’ve not seen them before and as I mentioned before, with regard to telecommunications and telemedicine, all of this is going to give us hopefully opportunities for better health in the future."
Karen Evans, Administrator of eGovernment and Information Technology, OMB
"I think the big thing that we should walk away from this is not only are we seeing the convergence in the technology but you are seeing the convergence in the agencies now, business leading the way with the technology supporting it. And it isn’t so much the CIOs on the sidelines any more saying hey look at this new thing, it’s the discussion about what are the future services that we want to provide and how can we remain competitive and how can we be innovative."
Tom Kreidler, Vice President and General Manager, Juniper Federal Systems.
 "You take that technology that has expanded quality of service in the area of voice and video and you apply it to a consumer environment where you have IP addresses in everything from an appliance to a car...and if you couple RFID technology with that, that gives you essentially infinite logistics capability for the Department of Homeland Security, the military, etc. MORE
Major General Marilyn Quagliotti, Vice Director, DISA
"I hope you are ready for this: a converged IP network, voice, video and data, where we are going to network every soldier, sailor, airman, marine; where we will have fully networked manned and unmanned vehicles; where we will have a network that has IP addressable sensors on the network; that we will have rapid and agile IT infrastructure, with the capability to automatically configure and discover adjacent systems; that will enable end to end security and authentication to effectively support mission assurance".
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VIEWPOINT: RICHARD WHITE, AUTHOR OF THE "DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY" |
Abolish FEMA?
The Senate solution to prevent future problems is to replace FEMA with NPRA. NPRA would replace FEMA substantially in name only. NPRA would be subordinate to the Department of Homeland Security, same as FEMA. NPRA would be responsible for centrally directing federal disaster relief, same as FEMA, and would apply the “all hazards” approach to emergency management – mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery –same as FEMA. MORE
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FROM THE PUBLISHER: JEFF ERLICHMAN |
SBInet Meets The Multisector Workforce
Who is going to be doing the work that the government buys using the future SBInet contract? If you said “contractors” then you would be right. And that means contractors are going to be doing the work for which government managers are ultimately responsible and accountable. Welcome to the world of the “Multisector or Blended Workforce”. MORE
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