Switch interface eases life for novice admins
The Catalyst 3550-24 Intelligent Ethernet Switch from Cisco Systems Inc. works well at multiple levels of enterprise networking.
What's an expensive camera worth to you?
Why should you spend more than $5,000 for a digital camera body? In a word, flexibility.
INCOMING
Hearts and flowers. Soldiers overseas received electronic hugs and kisses on Valentine's Day.
Military will soon hear needles in haystacks
The electronic battlefield poses a dilemma for conventional radio communications, which can maximize either signal strength or noise filtering, but not both.
Army expands e-learning abilities
The Army has a vision of its future soldier. He is part of a fearless ground force, trained in modern warfare and as skilled in moving information and plotting strategies with advanced communications systems as he is in wielding a rifle.
INTERVIEW: Rep. Tom Davis, IT procurement reformer
As chairman of the House Government Reform Subcommittee on Technology and Procurement Policy, Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.) oversees all agency IT matters and procurement practices. He has headed the subcommittee since it was established last year.
Calendar
April 8-9. Military Spares and Inventory Management. Conference. London. Contact The SMi Group Ltd.; Web: <a href="http://www.smi-online.co.uk">www.smi-online.co.uk</a>; phone: 44-020-7827-6162.
Of the People: It's never too late or too early to recruit IT workers
Anyone who knows anything about the federal IT work force has heard talk about what many consider a crisis. If you haven't, take my word for it, there is a crisis. The federal government's IT work force is aging, so much so that an alarming number of employees are eligible for retirement or soon will be.
Business needs must drive IT projects
Leslie M. Cone is in charge of eight projects, 28 employees and 30 contractors at the Bureau of Land Management's Land and Resources Projects Office in Denver, but she's not complaining.
Cyber Eye: No good deed goes unpunished
Spare PC computing cycles worldwide are being harnessed to study 3.5 billion molecular compounds in hopes of finding one that can block the fatal anthrax toxin. A worthy cause'but secure? Maybe not.
@Info.Policy: Education statistics agency plays loose with privacy
A traditional way to balance privacy and research needs is to allow personal data to be used only in aggregate form for statistical purposes. The Census Bureau offers a good example.
Accelio Web suite handles workflow
A software suite from Accelio Corp. automates workflow and lets workers access enterprise information via the Web and handheld devices.
SSA seeks online medical confidentiality
The Social Security Administration is evaluating the results of a demonstration project to protect electronic medical records.
Load Balancing
The 7-year-old www.CDC.gov, Web site of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has been on what CIO Jim Seligman calls 'a continuous growth curve.'
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
In response to 'Federal jobs gain prestige, but hiring crisis persists' [GCN, Feb. 21, Page 1], I have observed a trend that continues in the worst way, and I feel compelled to voice my observations.
EDITORIAL
Occasionally I have to give the family greyhound a pill. Rather than sticking it down his gullet and having him spit it out, I encase it in tasty cheese, hoping he won't notice. But sometimes he catches on, and I find a sticky pill lying discarded somewhere in the kitchen.
Wireless cuts both ways for federal managers
Wireless LAN technology is a double-edged sword for many users, a GCN telephone survey of federal IT managers found.
The week's top stories from Feb. 25 through March 1
<p><a href="http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/18050-1.html">Edward Dancy Jr., a FGIPC founder, dies</a><p><a href="http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/18051-1.html">E-gov managers fight cultural resistance</a><p> <a href="http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/18048-1.html">IRS board starts the search for Rossotti's successor</a><p><a href="http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/18047-1.html">Security expert's one word of advice: basics</a><p><a href="http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/18044-1.html">Vice President unveils new FirstGov site</a><p>
E-gov managers fight cultural resistance
The managers of the Office of Management and Budget's 24 highlighted <br>e-government projects are enjoying their newfound access to the chiefs of federal programs and processes. But getting real cooperation is like 'herding cats,' said John Sindelar, the General Services Administration's E-Gov task force project manager.
Edward Dancy Jr., a FGIPC founder, dies
Edward D. Dancy Jr., who helped pioneer remote access systems while with the General Services Administration and was a founder of the Federation of Government Information Processing Councils, died Tuesday in Pensacola Beach, Fla., where he had lived for the past 10 years.
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