Senate confirms Defense logistics official
JULY 23'The Senate earlier this month confirmed Diane K. Morales to be deputy undersecretary of Defense for logistics and materiel readiness.
Navy, DOD chiefs at odds over NMCI testing
Installation of the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet hit a snag recently: Navy and Defense Department brass can't agree on the best way to proceed with testing.
Despite site's popularity, IRS begins revamp
For the first time since the IRS made its debut on the Internet in December 1995, the agency is giving its Web site a makeover.
OMB balks at e-gov bill
The deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget is making it clear who he thinks is in charge of fulfilling the vision of a paperless government: himself.
Nations eager to join e-gov fraternity
Other nations are greatly increasing their spending on information technology, a panel of executives said last month at the Information Technology Association of America's management conference.
E-gov myths persist, report says
In the rush to cross the digital divide, federal and state governments still have major misconceptions about how to get the job done, a new study concludes.
FAA tries to get runway system off the ground
Detroit Metro Airport last month became the second of 34 airports across the country to receive an upgraded warning system to provide air traffic controllers with visual and aural alerts of potential runway accidents.
DOD research net gets $400m boost
Global Crossing Ltd. of Bermuda this month won a contract potentially worth $400 million from the Defense Department to provide advanced WAN services for the Defense Research and Engineering Network.
IRS miscalculates tax rebates on notices to some taxpayers
A programming error by the IRS miscalculated some amounts of the special tax rebates for 500,000 households, and the agency mailed letters with the wrong information to taxpayers before catching its mistake.
PACKET RAT
The Rat's jaw slackened at the recent news that New Mexico's attorney general had reached an antitrust settlement with Microsoft Corp.
CROSSWORD
Super-duper-computing
DID YOU HEAR
Burning question. Canon USA Inc. of Lake Success, N.Y., recalled 60,000 fax-copiers after five of them caught fire. Dell Computer Corp. recalled a notebook PC battery that might overheat and ignite if overcharged.
AFFIRM-GCN roundtable transcript (PDF file)
The Association for Federal IRM and Government Computer News recently conducted a roundtable to explore the status of electronic government and where agencies need to go next for e-government transformation. The discussion, moderated by GCN editorial director Thomas R. Temin, took place at the City Club in Washington. The participants are identified in the opening paragraphs of the transcript that follows. Also attending were AFFIRM members Robert Golas of Oracle Corp. and Michael Lisagor of Celerity Works of Vienna, Va.
White House sidesteps Code Red worm
JULY 20'The White House Web site managed to sidestep a massive denial of service attack last week by moving to an alternate IP address that the Code Red worm could not find.
What's e-government? How do we do it?
The Association for Federal IRM and Government Computer News recently conducted a roundtable to explore the status of electronic government and where agencies need to go next for e-government transformation.
State's IG calls for focus on cybersecurity
The State Department must evaluate its foreign operations and draw up plans for systems security, State's inspector general has concluded.
FedCIRC will help agencies with patches
The Federal Computer Incident Response Center this fall will begin helping agencies keep software patches shipshape, FedCIRC liaison director Lawrence Hale says.
Gateway Solo PCs for $999 hit the street
New low- and high-end Solo notebook PCs available today from Gateway Inc. have moved up from PC Card networking to integrated 802.11b Wireless Ethernet and Bluetooth connectivity.
SPAWAR plans to modernize its financial apps
The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center in San Diego will modernize its financial processes by using Internet portal platforms designed by SAP Public Services Inc. of Wayne, Pa., and PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc. of New York.
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