Digital Government
Details emerge on e-government directive
Agencies will be pushed to use more and more information technology to improve Americans' quality of life, according to details released Monday on Clinton's technology directive.
Digital Government
Terrorism more threatening than technology
Terrorism, not failing computers, poses the greatest threat to Americans who are overseas when 2000 arrives, State Department officials said Monday.
Digital Government
GSA's Ustad dies after cancer battle
Ida Ustad, deputy associate administrator for acquisition policy at the General Services Administration, died Nov. 29 of complications from cancer.
Digital Government
Fedwire Briefs
The Clinton administration last week issued two executive memorandums directing federal agencies to use information technology to offer better access to services and information.
Digital Government
Hiring must include disabled
The government has not done enough to hire people with disabilities, but that is set to change.
Digital Government
Systems Administrator Certification (DISA Approach)
After repeated break-ins through the same door, a shaken business owner likely would get the message and buy a sturdy lock, a big dog or a loud alarm.
Digital Government
Set Asides
The Commerce Department has delayed until Jan. 14 issuing new rules to ease restrictions on exporting encryption technology so that officials can review the changes.
Digital Government
Forbes slams IT programs
In a broadside against electronic information gathering by the federal government, Republican presidential candidate Steve Forbes last week warned that databases containing personal medical information, employment and income data and other sensitive information are an increasing threat to personal privacy.
Digital Government
DynCorp expands reach with GTE buy
DynCorp, already a large information technology services provider to the government, should be able to expand the range of services it offers to federal customers since completing its purchase last week of GTE Information Systems LLC.
Digital Government
On the Y2K stakeout
Well before midnight on New Year's Eve, Raleigh Owens will climb into his car and drive the 10 miles into West Branch, Iowa, to the Herbert Hoover presidential library, where he will wait for the new millennium to arrive.
Digital Government
A defrag in time saves nine: Two NT disk optimizers
Ever notice how much more sprightly your computers are after you've reformatted the drive and reinstalled software? That's because the file fragmentation that occurs when you open, change and resave data files eventually slows the system down. And that effect can be especially noticeable on heavily used data and application servers.
Modernization
Navy net price tag hits $10B
The Navy last week released the details of its servicewide intranet project, designed to be the foundation for hightech warfighting, and revealed that the total price for the project will be about $10 billion, making it one of the most costly government IT projects ever mounted.
Digital Government
Federal Web sites that have been defaced since Oct. 20
After repeated break-ins through the same door, a shaken business owner likely would get the message and buy a sturdy lock, a big dog or a loud alarm.
Digital Government
Agencies '99.9 percent compliant' for Y2K
All but one of the federal government's missioncritical computer systems are expected to be capable of operating Jan. 1, and problems with the remaining system a military battlefield command and control system should be avoided by a workaround, the Clinton administration reported last week.
Acquisition
Desktop outsourcer brings help desk in-house
Bucking a trend that is key to its own business livelihood, an outsourcing contractor on NASA's seat management contract is bringing its helpdesk operation back inhouse to improve service for its federal customers.
People
DOD to monitor bases worldwide
The United States and Russia have installed seven redundant communications links between national leaders in Washington and Moscow to ensure communications during the Year 2000 rollover, according to a message from the U.S. Defense Attache Office (DAO) in Moscow obtained by FCW.
Digital Government
Mapping GIS through space and time
When entrepreneur and former nursery worker Jack Dangermond asks, What is a tree? he's not spouting a cliche he heard years ago in some college philosophy class. He's serious.
Digital Government
Can vendors protest subcontracting decisions?
A company representative asked the following question: When a contracting decision is made by a federal agency, a disappointed offeror may file a bid protest with the General Accounting Office if it thinks that the procurement was conducted improperly. Are subcontracting decisions subject to the same procedures?
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Bluetooth backers demo wireless PCs
A group of information technology companies this month demonstrated hardware and software that enable devices to communicate wirelessly, eliminating the need for the cables that typically connect PCs to printers and other peripherals.
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