White House puts new face on its Web site
Responding to widespread criticism that it had a mediocre Web site, the White House relaunched <i>www.whitehouse.gov</i> just before the Labor Day weekend.
IRS will offer online payment for individuals
The IRS plans to go live tomorrow with a Web payment system for taxpayers who use Form 1040 or file quarterly. The service has offered online filing for several years but not online payment.
Florida CIO resigns following arrest
Roy Cales resigned Aug. 30 as Florida's chief information officer after the Leon County sheriff's department issued a warrant for his arrest for grand theft.
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Microsoft releases its first 64-bit server OS
Microsoft Corp. last week delivered to hardware manufacturers its first operating system for the new 64-bit Intel Itanium platform.
AF will deduct delinquent card balances from pay
The Defense Finance and Accounting Service in October will start making involuntary deductions from the pay of government credit cardholders among the Air Force's 8,000 personnel if their accounts become more than 90 days overdue.
Marines want NMCI, commandant says
The Marine Corps fully stands behind the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet and plans to make the transition to the new enterprise infrastructure in mid- and late 2002, Corps Commandant Gen. James L. Jones said this week.
Air Force does about-face on A-76 at Lackland
The Air Force decided this week to recompete a controversial A-76 outsourcing competition at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio. The service will suspend future outsourcing initiatives under the Office of Management and Budget directive until an acquisition strategy panel can meet.
Arbitrator: FAA computer specialists get raise
The Federal Aviation Administration's computer specialists are entitled to the same pay raise that other federal computer specialists received in January, an arbitrator ruled this week.
Apple opens a SmartPay virtual store
Apple Computer Inc. last week opened a portion of its online product store specifically for users of the General Services Administration's SmartPay credit card, and John MacKinnon, director of Apple federal sales, said it will carry 'a little bit of everything.'
Federal energy managers claim 11% power savings
Federal Energy Management Program officials, including FEMP utility program manager <b>Brad Gustafson</b>, yesterday held a national webcast to describe their recent efforts to cut electricity consumption in federal buildings in California.
NOAA tags SER Solutions for data conversion
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is looking to a Herndon, Va., company to help it create the world's largest digital archive of climate data at the National Climatic Data Center.
Three fed programs are award finalists
Three federal programs are among the 15 finalists in the Innovations in the American Government award competition, sponsored by Harvard University's Institute of Government Innovation and the Council for Excellence in Government.
GSA revamps Section 508 Web site
The General Services Administration has relaunched a Web site that serves as a resource for Section 508 of the 1998 Rehabilitation Act Amendments. An informational site has been up for two years, but <a href="http://www.section508.gov">section508.gov</a>, launched this week, reaches out to a wider audience.
DISA chief says DOD's Code Red defense worked
The director of the Defense Information Systems Agency today said the decision to block public access to many Defense Department Web sites because of threats posed by the Code Red computer virus limited damage to servers and let the department keep its systems running.
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Is the phrase hair-brained or hare-brained? I suppose I could look it up, but what would be the fun in that? At any rate, the scheme I'm about to describe to you is both.
ONLINE BUYING
Is the king dead already? I recently wrote that DVD is probably the best PC storage solution to date [<a href="http://www.gcn.com/20_22/peripherals/16743-1.html">GCN/Shopper, August, Page 12</a>], especially for individual users. I was impressed with the very flexible read-write capabilities of DVD, along with its storage capacities of up to 17G per dual-layer, double-sided disk.
E-bidding has USDA on a roll
When two agencies within the Agriculture Department decided to create an electronic bidding system, they used something old to make something new: an interactive Web application running on a Cobol mainframe system.
Invite IM in or it could take a back door
If you haven't used instant messaging, you have no idea how useful it is.
Get the picture on digital projectors, plasma displays
Most people who address meetings and group discussions know the panic of a slide show or projected presentation gone awry. You stare into the abyss for a long moment while you desperately wonder: Will I ever get it to work?
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