Health site garners accreditation
A consumer-oriented Web site run by the National Library of Medicine has received accreditation from an organization that promotes standards in the health care industry.
Packet Rat: Chairman Bill takes a seat
No, it wasn't an orchestra seat for 'The Producers,' and it sure wasn't a ticket to a Washington Wizards game. The hot show on the Rat's agenda last month was in U.S. District Court Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly's courtroom, where Microsoft Corp. chairman Bill Gates had a reserved seat.
Opportunity nosh
Government and industry executives held forth last week on the opportunities for women in the IT field at a breakfast session presented by Women in Technology and held at the Agriculture Department's Jamie L. Whitten Building in Washington.
CIO Council rolls out first take on e-gov best practices
The CIO Council last week laid the foundation for an <br>e-government knowledge base. 'We wanted to do something in real time and create a set of best practices that would be helpful immediately,' said Debra Stouffer, co-chairwoman of the CIO Council's Best Practices Committee.
People on the Move
The Office of Personnel Management has added three managers to its e-government staff.
GovBenefits sets the bar for e-gov
The launch of <a href="http://GovBenefits.gov">GovBenefits.gov</a> does more than just bring 55 benefits programs onto one Web site, it sets a positive tone for the other 23 Office of Management and Budget e-government projects yet to be finished, government officials say.
NEA applauds a smooth upgrade
Mike Burke was surprised last year when the National Endowment for the Arts upgraded an obsolete Cobol system to a platform-independent, distributed computing environment.
VHA overhaul puts the future in focus
When modernizing its health information system, the Veterans Health Administration decided to consider its future upgrade needs as well.
Air Force speeds up its supply line
For almost four decades, it took Air Force users weeks to receive supplies, whether they were pencils or aircraft parts.
DFAS tidies up stovepiped landscape
When the Defense Finance and Accounting Service was created in 1991, it took shape as an electronic Tower of Babel: 324 systems, dispersed around the globe and speaking in different tongues, to serve Defense Department agencies and the military services.
DOD will establish XML registry
The Defense Department has established a clearinghouse and registry for Extensible Markup Language components to get DOD's far-flung IT shops on the same page in their XML use.
Plans to remake INS emphasize IT
Congress is poised to break up the Immigration and Naturalization Service and order construction of a new generation of systems for border control.
FSS surplus jump-starts three GSA e-gov projects
The General Services Administration has found a way to finance three of its five e-government projects without dipping into its discretionary funds.
Defense coders are fading away
SALT LAKE CITY'The armed services are nearly out of the software coding business. For the most part, military officials have turned over development of new systems to contractors or have implemented commercial software.
Signal Command adds network duties
SALT LAKE CITY'The Army will launch two initiatives Oct. 1 to help standardize its software and networks.
Deepwhite tool offers XML for consistency
Forthcoming dynamic content creation tools from Corel Corp., publisher of office productivity favorites such as WordPerfect and CorelDraw, will carry a new brand name: Deepwhite.
Virtual job fair attracts 20,000 users for IT jobs
Officials at the Office of Personnel Management are calling the first virtual IT job fair a success, and they are not alone.
Air Force panel will scrutinize software issues
SALT LAKE CITY'The Air Force has established a panel to review software concerns and help create software policies.
IRS prompted to automate voice response
The IRS has awarded Aspect Communications Corp. a six-year, $150 million contract to maintain automated voice response systems at 40 customer service centers.
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