People on the Move
Barbara B. Tillett, a driving force in the development of the Library of Congress' Integrated Library System, received the Arthur S. Flemming Award earlier this summer.
Federal managers reluctant to send employees home to work
The government has fallen far short of its mandated goal of letting a quarter of the eligible work force telecommute, and inflexible managers are to blame, a House panel heard yesterday.
A $594 hub links devices in SANs
Bullet 600, a Fibre Channel hub from High Velocity Systems Inc. of Danbury, Conn., has six DB-9 ports for connecting devices in a storage area network.
Cache system will speed up storage arrays
A data storage manufacturer has introduced a cache system that speeds up enterprise applications on server farms and storage area networks.
This app can help keep files in sync
EcKnowledge collaboration server software from Casahl Technology Inc. can synchronize records in the FileMaker Pro 5 database manager from FileMaker Inc. of Santa Clara, Calif., with more than 50 groupware, database management and enterprise resource planning applications.
WITS change adds IP; needs at Census met
The General Services Administration has added IP telephony products to the Washington Interagency Telecommunications System 2001 contract, and the Census Bureau is the first big customer.
VA outsources call center
After passage of the 1996 Veterans Health Care Eligibility Reform Act, the Veterans Affairs Department faced the task of communicating the new rules to veterans as well as employees.
CYBER EYE
One of the trickiest issues in securing computer systems and their data is that, although plenty of information is available, few practitioners agree about best practices.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
After reading the Of the People column, 'With GS-2210, OPM does the right thing for techies,' I felt the need to provide feedback to the statements made by Ira Hobbs [<a href="http://www.gcn.com/vol20_no21/manager/4735-1.html">GCN, July 30, Page 42</a>].
NMCI test wrangle is settled
The Navy and the Defense Department agreed yesterday to a testing strategy for the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet, after more than a month of back and forth over how to evaluate performance of the mammoth outsourcing contract.
OF THE PEOPLE
Keeping tabs on someone is easier than ever. Parents worried about the viewing habits of their children, law enforcement officials trying to nab suspected criminals and employers concerned about the online whereabouts of their employees have myriad tools available to track where others go and what they do.
Navy tries dual-role PCs
To many, the term user-friendly security is the ultimate oxymoron. But when you need to provide secure network access to front-line troops in combat situations, a system has to be simple enough that nontechnical users can access it and communicate rapidly. It also must be secure enough that data can't be compromised.
Videoconferencing puts a better face forward
Telecommuting has been slow to catch on, mostly because the powerful trio of e-mail, fax and telephone still falls short of a face-to-face workplace.
Colorful Palm m505 has an expansion slot
You'll have the blues on the new m505 Palm personal digital assistant, and the reds, too. Its thin-film-transistor display can show up to 65,000 colors.
Web tool gives PDA a hand
I'm old enough to remember fiddling with a sewing machine-sized Osborne portable computer with dual floppy drives. It was another 10 years before people regularly traveled with computers.
DISA kills $400m research net contract
The Defense Department has canceled a $400 million contract with Global Crossing Ltd. of Bermuda to add advanced fiber-optic services to the Defense Research and Engineering Network.
Defense undersecretary sets goal to accelerate acquisitions process
By 2006, half of the acquisition work force in the Defense Department will be eligible for retirement'a factor that will challenge DOD's ability to recruit technically savvy specialists even more than the already-high demand for skilled workers.
Justice retreats on Microsoft breakup
After a three-year pitched battle in the courts, the Justice Department's Antitrust Division today announced it would no longer try to break up Microsoft Corp., which an appeals court earlier this year declared to have an illegal monopoly in the PC operating system market.
Study recommends scrapping GS pay scale
The federal government should replace the traditional GS-level system with four broad pay bands to address the shortage of information technology workers, according to the results of the National Academy of Public Administration released today.
Rep. Horn to retire at end of 2002
Rep. Steve Horn, a watchdog of federal information technology efforts'particularly during year 2000 preparations'said yesterday he will retire from the House of Representatives at the end of next year.
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