NIST scientist is Nobel man
Eric A. Cornell, a National Institute of Standards and Technology senior scientist, shared in the 2001 Nobel Prize in physics awarded this month for research into an exotic state of matter.
State inks deal with CSC for telecom services
The State Department's Diplomatic Telecommunications Services Program Office, which manages networking and telecommunications for U.S. embassies and consulates, will get IT services and support through a recent deal with Computer Sciences Corp.
Bush proposes more flexibility on work force
The Bush administration last week proposed giving federal managers greater discretion in worker buyouts, recruitment and retention.
Education Web site gets first half of redesign
The Education Department last week launched a redesigned Web site that's easier to navigate. Users now have the option of personalizing the site, at <a href="http://www.ed.gov">www.ed.gov</a>.
PACKET RAT
When last heard from, our anthropomorphic hero was crawling through an air duct above a meeting room somewhere in Redmond, Wash., observing a band of giant pandas as they programmed intentional bugs into Microsoft Internet Information Server software to undermine national security.
FIND A WORD
BUY, BUY, BUY
DID YOU HEAR
Good call. On Sept. 11, Federal Aviation Administration controllers safely landed several thousand commercial flights in unscheduled places in a hurry, almost certainly forestalling more terrorist hijacks. Who gave the order?
IT staff talk about access for handicapped
How do you ensure that your systems and information are accessible to people with disabilities? That's a big question with agencies these days, and the search for answers drew a crowd to a two-day conference in Washington earlier this month.
People on the Move
Virginia L. McCormick, business development manager at OAO Corp. of Greenbelt, Md., and a 46-year General Services Administration employee, received the first Janice K. Mendenhall Spirit of Leadership award from the Industry Advisory Council during its Executive Leadership Conference last week in Hershey, Pa.
HHS awaits funds for one of 23 e-gov projects
The Health and Human Services Department has been developing its Federal Commons grants portal since 1998 with the help of agency volunteers and donations. Now the President's Management Council has selected the project for funding as one of the top 23 e-government initiatives announced last week.
GPS sets sights to 36-meter accuracy
The Defense Department's Global Positioning System today closed in on targets with a 36-meter horizontal accuracy standard for civilian use'much finer than the 100-meter accuracy under the 1995 GPS standard. Thirty-six meters equals about 119 feet.
ATF moves from client-server to Web architecture
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms has awarded $5.6 million worth of task orders to PEC Solutions Inc. of Fairfax, Va., for IT services including development of a Web application for entering and retrieving information about arson and criminal misuse of explosives.
Calendar
November 5-7. PDF 2001 West. Conference. Scottsdale, Ariz. Contact the Wiley Anasazi Group; phone: 877-278-2131; Web: <a href="http://www.pdfconference.com">www.pdfconference.com</a>.
OF THE PEOPLE
The federal CIO Council has long contended that the General Schedule system for classifying and setting salaries of federal IT workers is broken. But for many months, the council has been singing solo in a cavernous arena with few listeners.
Handhelds gather health data
The challenges of poverty, disease and political conflict in the Third World prompted the Center of Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance to conduct its health research in a small way.
Enterprise firewalls halt network traffic
Keeping your network up and running while safe from attack is the first concern of every administrator.
Crimefighting tool lets users copy an entire hard drive without a trace
Even before the terrorist attacks, the Secret Service and other law enforcement agencies were using the Image MASSter Solo 2 Forensic Kit, a three-piece hardware kit for covertly copying a suspect's computer files.
NAS puts data within easy reach
How do you give thousands of users immediate access to large files without bogging down network servers? That's one of an IT manager's greatest challenges.
Acrobat gets digital signature capability
Agencies that use Adobe Portable Document Format for their output can add digital signature capability for $39 per seat.
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