GPS products find a way to get you there
A Global Positioning System unit got me to 38 degrees, 50 minutes north and 77 degrees, 45 minutes west on time.
Ergonomic products find the comfort zone
Ergonomics isn't far removed from assistive, or adaptive, technology. In fact, the same hardware and software that makes the workplace more convenient and safer for all workers often can be used to make computers accessible to disabled users.
Antitrust ruling doesn't hinder feds' buying from Microsoft
JULY 12—Last month's federal appeals court finding that Microsoft Corp. has engaged in monopolistic business practices does not affect federal purchase or use of the company's software, the General Services Administration confirmed today.
eArmyU is helping re-enlistment goals
JULY 12— The Army is boasting about impressive re-enlistment figures seven months after it contracted with PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc. of New York to build an electronic-learning portal where soldiers can receive free, online education from 24 colleges and universities.
President creates management council, calls for COOs
JULY 12—In a presidential memorandum issued yesterday afternoon, President Bush called for each federal agency to name a chief operating officer. Twenty-one of the COOs will comprise the newly created President's Management Council.
INCOMING
The Navy awarded CACI International Inc. of Arlington, Va., a $20 million contract to provide engineering and logistical services to the service's fleet of cruisers, frigates and destroyers.
NMCI security features to boost Navy cybersafety
The Navy-Marine Corps Intranet will give the Navy a layered systems defense that officials expect will decrease its vulnerability to cyberattacks.
Marines go to the Web, select pixel pattern for new fatigues
The Marines Corps went high-tech in its design for new camouflage fatigues. The uniforms, which will be ready for Marines to buy by the end of the year, were designed by computer and feature a pixel pattern that resembles computer chips.
Telecom crowd keeps rolling out goods
The economic downturn hasn't slowed the pace of new communications product introductions.
Oracle9i readies DBMSes for clustered servers, adds XML
Oracle Corp. has upgraded its flagship database management system for clustering.
Defense spends 6 in 10 contract dollars
The Defense Department is the favorite customer of information technology contractors, according to a Grant Thornton LLP government contractor survey released in May.
Library gives capacity on demand
An enterprise tape library from Advanced Digital Information Corp. can increase capacity on demand for data consolidation and storage networks.
Trade commission manages travel online
The International Trade Commission has moved a step closer to paperless travel management with a system that went online in April.
CYBER EYE
A lot of attention has been paid recently to security holes found in Microsoft Corp. software products such as Exchange Server and the new Office XP suite.
Weather Eye
Weather data comes in all forms: coastal charts annotated in flowery 19th-century script, photographs from 1960s satellites, Doppler radar images and handwritten notes from backyard meteorologists.
Editorial Cartoon
About a decade ago, the government chucked its grand-design approach to modernization in favor of modular planning. But has there really been any change? Big projects still seem to lumber along, often out of control. What's been your experience?
ANOTHER VIEW
The General Accounting Office has determined that the federal work force has become a significant risk factor.
EDITORIAL
With the Federal Aviation Administration's release of its latest plan for upgrading systems, another agency joins the crowd of would-be modernizers with checkered histories.
Comptroller: Federal sites need to get interactive
JULY 11—Comptroller General David M. Walker today called for more effective use of the Web for government-to-citizen transactions, saying the federal government needs to go beyond its proliferation of static Web pages.
Lack of workers spurs agencies to offload IT
There's little doubt that federal agencies are under the gun to outsource secondary information technology functions and services.
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