Digital Government
NASA to analyze VA errors
NASA is to begin operating a system for recording and analyzing VA medical errors and 'close calls'
Acquisition
Clinton order boosts women's businesses
President Clinton signed an executive order last week ordering agencies to meet specific goals in awarding contracts to small businesses owned by women, but the mandate alone may not encourage compliance, according to federal information technology experts.
People
Retirement planning made simple
Retirement planning can be complicated, but it doesn't have to be. If you properly address the four following questions, you will have the essentials of your plan.
Digital Government
Let the Web inform
Agencies would do well to follow the bumpersticker philosophy, 'If you think education is costly, try ignorance' when deciding what information to post or take off their World Wide Web sites
People
Prescription pains
If you're like me and are enrolled in the service benefit plan run by Blue Cross and Blue Shield, keep a close watch on your prescriptions.
Digital Government
When 'love' goes bad
The Department of Health and Human Services received more than 3 million 'love bug' e-mail messages, disrupting e-mail service in offices from a few hours to as many as 6 days
Modernization
Learning by doing
The Army has begun to help a former Cold War adversary build an advanced command and control system in hopes that it can apply what it learns to improve communications among its own widely distributed systems.
People
New push for federal CIO
Rep. Jim Turner plans to introduce legislation next month that would create the executivelevel position of chief information officer
People
E-gov: Customers first
While designing electronic government, federal information technology managers should keep one thing foremost in mind their 'customers.'
People
Timing is everything
Reacting to the delay in warnings about the 'love bug,' the CIO Council is working on a system to warn agencies about cyberattacks.
People
'West Wing' does feds right
I don't watch much television and have always been amazed at how much more I can get done when it's turned off. However, on Wednesday nights, there is a TV show I would urge everyone in and around government to watch: 'The West Wing,' NBC's weekly drama about President Josiah Bartlett (played by Martin Sheen) and senior White House staff.
People
DOD redefining info ops
Based on the lessons learned from the 78day air war in Kosovo, Defense Department officials are seeking to redefine the emerging field of hightech information operations, a senior DOD official said last week.
Acquisition
Funneling federal business to women
President Clinton's executive order released last week requires agencies to award 5 percent of all contracts to small, womanowned businesses by:
People
Replenishing the ranks
The federal work force could lose nearly a million employees over the next few years from retirement alone. So it is more important than ever for agencies to set aside money for initiatives to train and retain workers, including World Wide Webbased training and Internet forums.
Digital Government
Elron's NT firewall has it covered
With its CommandView Firewall for NT, Elron Software Inc. offers a flexible, easytoconfigure weapon in your arsenal against hackers
Digital Government