Logistics spending lacks enterprise underpinning, GAO says
JULY 6—The Defense Logistics Agency is violating Defense Department policy by failing to have an enterprise architecture in place to guide its $900 million Business Systems Modernization, a General Accounting Office report found late last month.
IRS chooses tax package for agents' notebook PCs
JULY 6—IRS revenue agents and international examiners soon will begin using the same tax software as the large and midsize corporations they audit.
THE BOTTOM LINE
Public spending is a noble undertaking. We have the Great Wall of China, the Great Pyramids of Giza and Roman roads to remind us that public works projects are some of humanity's most enduring legacies.
ONLINE BUYING
Does the government need a czar to exercise top-down control over wireless networks, the wireless Web, cell phones, personal digital assistants and other devices?
Execs: Take the long view on acquisitions
Agencies looking to get the most out of their procurement systems need to look beyond any given procurement to the end result and develop a coordinated, detailed plan for getting there.
With USB, portable storage is a snap
You don't have to be a power user to know that valuable data, including digitized pictures of your kids or your '65 Mustang, should be stored somewhere other than on a hard drive.
Mueller nominated as FBI director
JULY 5'Robert Mueller, a Justice Department veteran, has been nominated by President Bush to be FBI director, succeeding Louis Freeh.
Mapping software goes the distance
Off-the-shelf mapping software has become less expensive and more capable, a double plus for agencies that are finding ever more uses for mapping and analysis applications.
Commerce to get new technology chief
JULY 5'President Bush plans to nominate Phillip Bond as undersecretary of Commerce for technology, according to a White House press release issued this week.
Baseline monitors
It's natural to prefer a large monitor; the bigger the better. And LCD models would be high on anyone's wish list.
GAO denies Qwest protest of FTS 2000 extensions
JULY 5'The General Accounting Office has dismissed a challenge to sole-source contract extensions for FTS 2000 providers Sprint Corp. and AT&T Corp.
Justice sends $12M in grants to states for crime reporting systems
JULY 3'The Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics and the FBI awarded $11.7 million to 24 states to upgrade systems for reporting crime data to the federal National Incident Based Reporting System. Justice Statistics also announced that it plans to award an additional $1.4 million to Minnesota and New York in the next few weeks so those states can align their crime reporting systems with NIBRS.
Police Academy
When technology-challenged employees sit down at a computer to learn something new, the last thing they want is to have to take time to learn the system first.
INTERNAUT
The politically inspired Web defacement known as hack-tivism made news following the April 1 landing of a Navy surveillance plane on Chinese territory.
EDITORIAL
Recently, in a Maryland county, a man was arrested for'and confessed to'a murder he'd committed months earlier. He was caught only after witnesses saw him attempting to abduct another woman and drag her into his house, which happened to be steps from the earlier crime scene.
CIO OUTLOOK
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 is a good case study in the challenges of operating in the public sector.
IT overhaul serves Illinois county well
Poet Carl Sandburg called Chicago 'the city with the broad shoulders.' But surrounding Cook County is even more muscular.
Editorial Cartoon
Should government organizations run advertising on their Web sites? In the wake of tight budgets, many state and local sites are opening up their sites to advertisers.
THE 50 STATES
DIXIE DATA. The Phenix City Police Department plans to acquire mobile data terminals so officers can tap its records management system remotely.
COUNTY LINES
Joggers and bikers in Florida's Pinellas County can hit the trail with greater peace of mind, thanks to the Enforcer Project, a crime mapping program which gives police an edge on muggers and other criminals.
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