DID YOU HEAR
Vectors for evil. No, they're not terrorist-piloted Boeing 737s or letters loaded with anthrax. According to a recent e-mail slugfest among members of the government's XML Working Group, the vectors of evil are e-mail attachments. 'Just say no' to attachments, argued one combatant to another.
Ten agencies honored for innovative projects
Ten federal projects received awards for their innovative, effective use of IT at the Post Newsweek Government Awards banquet last month.
THE 50 STATES
The hole that Sept. 11 tore into the heart of our nation was an especially deep wound for state governments. New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia bore the direct brunt of the terrorists' blows, but state employees from Maine to Hawaii shared their grief, fear and sorrow as our nation's freedom and prosperity were challenged.
Three veteran federal IT execs named to Hall of Fame
Three government veterans with a combined 67 years of service were inducted last month into Post Newsweek Tech Media Group's IRM Hall of Fame at the 14th annual government awards gala.
14th Annual Post Newsweek Government Awards Gala
The Navy's Joseph R. Cipriano and the Mint's Jackie Fletcher took home Government Executive of the Year awards at the 14th annual Post Newsweek Tech Media Group awards gala in Washington last month, attended by about 1,000 federal and industry IT executives.
Mercer: GPRA is the key to funding in tough times
John Mercer, former counsel to the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee and so-called father of the Government Performance and Results Act, pleaded again with agency leaders to implement performance-based budgeting.
SSA site serves state, local governments and employees
The Social Security Administration has launched a Web site for state and local government offices and their workers. The site, at <a href="http://www.ssa.gov/slge">www.ssa.gov/slge/<a>, supplies information about withholding, reporting and paying Social Security and Medicare taxes, as well as which state and municipal employees the payments cover.The Social Security Administration has launched a Web site for state and local government offices and their workers. The site, at <a href="http://www.ssa.gov/slge">www.ssa.gov/slge/<a>, supplies information about withholding, reporting and paying Social Security and Medicare taxes, as well as which state and municipal employees the payments cover.
Calendar
November 14. Electronic Contracting Seminar.Philadelphia. Contact the National Contract Management Association Greater Philadelphia Chapter; phone: 215-569-5709; e-mail: <a href="mailto:figel@blankrome.com">figel@blankrome.com</a>.
FEDERAL CONTRACT LAW
Now that President Bush has placed the country on a war footing to respond to terrorist attacks, it is time to dust off some dormant procurement programs. Potentially, one of the most important of these is the Defense Priorities and Allocations System.
A database helps the help desk
On many help desks, a support analyst has the option of walking to a malfunctioning computer and fixing it. For Erika Pierce, however, work isn't that simple.
Good wireless pick depends on service
A cell phone is simply an advanced two-way radio, and about 40 percent of the U.S. population now carries one.
A SAN with a plan
Data is the grist of any application. The trick has always been getting that data from where it is to where it needs to be without causing bottlenecks in application performance.
INCOMING
Job training. The Army has outsourced construction of an enterprise learning management system that will let soldiers train on the Web. As many as 1 million soldiers annually will be able to use the system to meet their occupational specialty requirements.
Services award contracts for support, upgrade
The Navy, Army and Army National Guard recently awarded multimillion-dollar contracts for midsize to large-scale IT projects. And an Air Force command is deploying a new system for wireless LANs.
Navy reboots quickly after Sept. 11
The Navy lost 70 percent of its Pentagon office space when a hijacked jetliner crashed into the building on Sept. 11. But within a week'with the help of contractors'the department was back at work.
MaxAttach can make snapshots of disk volumes
Maxtor Corp.'s new MaxAttach NAS 6000 storage appliance scales from 1.9T to 5.7T in capacity.
VA sends Spot to fetch data
The simple sentence 'See Spot run' has taken on new meaning at the Veterans Affairs Department's National Center for Patient Safety in Ann Arbor, Mich.
Some agencies shift from postal mail to e-mail
When mail deliveries in some areas of downtown Washington slowed or stopped last month, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Federal Communications Commission, and Interior and Transportation departments encouraged e-mail filings in place of postal mail, according to NetCompliance Inc., a Washington Internet provider.
Fla. IS director calls for state infrastructure alerts
Florida's Information Security Office director Scott McPherson wants to prepare for terrorist attacks that could wreak havoc on airports, water and utility plants, and a host of other public systems central to everyday life.
INTERNAUT
Watching new network security initiatives emerge this winter will be like watching a sporting event.
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