INS official wants more input from contractors
The Immigration and Naturalization Service might have one of the most sophisticated and efficient systems in the world for handling its more than 25 million paper files.
E-gov projects likely to end up in a bell curve
Progress on the Office of Management and Budget's 24 e-government projects likely will end up in a bell curve, according to Norman Lorentz, OMB's chief technology officer. A few projects will lead the way, most will come to fruition in the middle of OMB's 18- to 24-month time frame, and a few will have to be adjusted or scrapped altogether.
Agencies get preview of teleworking report
While Congress and agencies await a General Services Administration teleworking report due in April, agencies got an idea of the report's contents at FOSE 2002 in Washington this week.
Lockheed chief cites IT's growing role
Agency IT workers have become more important than ever as the government seeks to ensure secure operations under the 'new normal' conditions of post-Sept. 11, said Vance Coffman, chairman and CEO of Lockheed Martin Corp.
11 products win FOSE honors
GCN today honored 11 products for IT innovation at FOSE 2002. Each product was announced either at the show or shortly before, and each stood out in its category for usefulness and affordability to federal buyers.
FOSE visitor's shopping list calls for middleware
When Defense Department personnel managers want to know the number of officers in a particular rank across the service branches, they have to hunt out the counts from various personnel systems and add them up by hand.
Intel exec: Moore's law keeps going and going
Intel Corp.'s chief technology officer today predicted the exponential growth of chip transistor density will continue at least another decade. <b>Pat Gelsinger</b>, the first keynote speaker at the FOSE 2002 trade show in Washington, said Moore's Law, the 1960s-era prediction by Intel chairman emeritus Gordon Moore that transistor density would double every 18 to 24 months, has become a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Polycom introduces voice-Web-video bridge
A multimedia bridge coming later this year from Polycom Network Systems of Atlanta will link up to 900 participants in online meetings via telephones and browsers.
Shipboard networks ask: How hot is it?
Handheld computers are reducing the need for sailor 'rovers' to walk around reading hundreds of thermometers in the hottest work areas of Navy cruisers, destroyers and amphibious vessels. The temperature-taking is now done by the automated Heat Stress Management Program, managed by physiologist Jay Heaney of the Naval Health Research Center in San Diego.
OPM sketches map for online personnel files
A single database ultimately will link every federal employee once the Office of Personnel Management builds a giant personnel infrastructure.
GAO balks at OMB's refusal to share data
A minor turf battle has erupted over agencies' initial efforts to comply with the Government Information Security Reform Act.
USDA takes HR to new level
About 40 percent of Agriculture Department employees nationwide now tap into human resources services remotely through the Combined Administrative Management System.
GSA's payroll system keeps agencies in the money
When the Office of Personnel Management decided to scrap its 20-year-old payroll processing system last year, it considered keeping the operation in-house.
Labor will expand use of online expert advisers
The Labor Department plans to expand to about 100 the array of systems that offer expert advice to the public via the Web.
Runway system cleared for takeoff
After years of criticism over delays, cost overruns and malfunctions, the Federal Aviation Administration's system to warn air traffic controllers of potential runway accidents finally seems on-track.
Info sharing requires a change of mind, not hub
Agencies must change their mind-set, not necessarily their technology, to expand information sharing, federal officials told a congressional panel last month.
CIO Council backs NAPA study on IT pay
The CIO Council is backing a National Academy of Public Administration report that calls for government to rethink the pay of federal IT workers.
Guard begins overhaul of distress alert system
The Coast Guard's maritime 911 system to monitor distress calls from vessels is set for a major upgrade.
DISA delays contract award for DREN again
For the second time in two months, the Defense Information Systems Agency has delayed the award of a $400 million network contract.
OPM maps out self-serve site
More than 50 agencies are working with the Office of Personnel Management on versions of Employee Express, online personnel applications.
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