DID YOU HEAR
The hoax that wouldn't die. Off and on for years, the Internet has floated a rumor that the so-called Federal Bill 602P will impose a 5 cent alternative postage surcharge, collected by Internet service providers, for every e-mail sent. That's fiction, but the Postal Service's revenue loss to e-mail is fact.
Tech group swings into fundraising
About 144 information technology professionals who are also members of the Women in Technology group in the Washington area took to the links earlier this month at the Westwood Country Club in Vienna, Va., for WIT's Second Annual Golf Tournament.
People on the Move
James R. Clapper has been named director of the National Imagery and Mapping Agency, the first civilian to hold the post. He replaces Army Lt. Gen. James C. King, who will retire later this year.1
DOD cuts fiber for research
The Defense Department has cancelled a $400 million contract with Global Crossing Ltd. of Hamilton, Bermuda, to add advanced fiber-optic services to the Defense Research and Engineering Network connecting more than 6,000 scientists and engineers throughout the United States, Puerto Rico, Guam and other U.S. territories.
MAA local services awarded in Texas
The General Services Administration's Federal Technology Service this week awarded two Metropolitan Area Acquisition contracts for local telecommunications at federal agencies in and around San Antonio, cutting current rates there by an estimated 50 percent.
U.S. courts may put more case records online
A committee of federal judges this week recommended posting most federal court case files online, with some restrictions.
Few feds delinquent with SmartPay cards, report says
Despite recent charges of misuse of Defense Department credit cards, almost all employees who hold them have been paying their bills on time.
How do digital cameras fare? We find out by taking pictures
Digital cameras, whether professional-grade or point-and-shoot, have surpassed conventional film cameras in functionality. At the high end, digital is catching up with film in quality and price.
CALENDAR
September 4-7 IRMCO Conference. Hershey, Pa. Contact General Services Administration; phone: 202-501-4298; e-mail: <a href="mailto:betty.moore@gsa.gov">betty.moore@gsa.gov</a>; Web: <a href="http://www.itpolicy.gsa.gov/irmco/irmco01.htm">www.itpolicy.gsa.gov/irmco/irmco01.htm</a>.
OF THE PEOPLE
Many of us spend more than a third of our adult lives at work. If you subtract the time when we're asleep and just look at waking hours, you can see the magnitude of jobs and careers on the rhythm of our lives. Some people actually spend more time with their co-workers than they do with their families.
Leaving VA, Bubniak offers IT wisdom
Robert P. Bubniak ended what he called a long ride in public service last month when he retired as the associate deputy assistant secretary for telecommunications at the Veterans Affairs Department.
Accounts Conceivable
Financial software serves many masters. It must first provide specific functionality for an agency, just as for any business use.
Middleware gives apps common look
A legacy-to-Web middleware company has a software development environment that can unify browser client interfaces to multiple applications.
Rumba upgrades PC-to-host apps
NetManage Inc.'s PC-to-host access software, Rumba, now has Secure Sockets Layer 3.0 authentication and interactive help.
INCOMING
Get it together. The Air Force's Air Mobility Command is using Unicenter TNG from Computer Associates International Inc. to consolidate its systems.
NARA is nearly done with Web site snapshots
Nearly all agencies have complied with the National Archives and Records Administration's program for saving snapshots of Clinton-era Web sites.
CYBER EYE
A friend who manages a small network with three servers recently told me this tale of woe.
No more delays'travel system is ready to go
The Pentagon has given the go-ahead for agencies to use the Defense Travel System now that technical problems and a protest that held up deployment have been resolved.
NOAA's satellite archive amasses environmental data
A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration archive of environmental satellite data uses different types of storage for different data availability needs.
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