Route Fifty

FGIPC honors Treasury CIO Flyzik and nine government programs

James Flyzik last week received the John J. Franke Award from the Federation of Government Information Processing Councils.

By GCN
June 29, 2001

Mobile products ride in to town like the circus

Microsoft Corp.'s 11-city Mobile Experience Tour pulled in to Washington recently on a 45-foot semi-trailer and set up outside the Ronald Reagan Building.

By GCN
June 29, 2001

Parker leads list of AFFIRM honorees

The Association for Federal Information Resources Managers presented its annual Executive Leadership Awards at a luncheon recently in Washington.

By GCN
June 29, 2001

Software shapes up for the office of the future

Every administrator knows that a network is only as good as its software. Most users are painfully aware of it, too, especially when they must cope with old or homegrown programs that don't function well within a modern network.

By GCN
June 29, 2001

OMB campaigns for A-76 on the Hill

JUNE 29'Representatives of the Office of Management and Budget met yesterday with the House Government Reform Subcommittee on Technology and Procurement Policy to discuss congressional concerns about the administration's push for outsourcing government services under OMB's Circular A-76.

By GCN
June 29, 2001

OMB campaigns for A-76 on the Hill

JUNE 29'Representatives of the Office of Management and Budget met yesterday with the House Government Reform Subcommittee on Technology and Procurement Policy to discuss congressional concerns about the administration's push for outsourcing government services under OMB's Circular A-76.

By GCN
June 29, 2001

DOD will re-engineer high-end software environments

JUNE 29The Defense Department last week chose contractors to upgrade software environments at several military research centers.

By GCN
June 29, 2001

Treasury won't rest on its clean-audit laurels

Five years after the Government Management Reform Act ordered federal agencies to audit their departmentwide financial statements, the Treasury Department in March received its first unqualified or 'clean' audit.

By GCN
June 28, 2001

DOD will overhaul its acquisition training to fit students' needs

The Defense Department's director of procurement announced plans to overhaul the agency's acquisition training for contractors later this year by increasing the number of courses that are customized to fit an employee's area of expertise.

By GCN
June 28, 2001

Army calls on VOIP to place all base's messages on one system

Thousands of soldiers stationed at Picatinny Arsenal in New Jersey will be able to get a lot more use out of their telephones when the Army upgrades the base's ancient system with about 500 IP phones.

By GCN
June 28, 2001

State workers can access HR data on Web

The State Department has replaced its legacy human resources reporting system with a browser application that lets personnel make their own queries.

By GCN
June 28, 2001

NIST goes public to keep federal secrets

For more than two decades, the Data Encryption Standard and its cousin, Triple DES, have encrypted millions of government, commercial and personal messages.

By GCN
June 28, 2001

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DID YOU HEAR

I-vote. German voters will boldly go where no electorate has gone before'to the Internet. The I-vote scheme is the brainchild of a German consulting company, ivl Gmbh, and a research group called Internet-Voting.

FGIPC honors Treasury CIO Flyzik and nine government programs

James Flyzik last week received the John J. Franke Award from the Federation of Government Information Processing Councils.

Mobile products ride in to town like the circus

Microsoft Corp.'s 11-city Mobile Experience Tour pulled in to Washington recently on a 45-foot semi-trailer and set up outside the Ronald Reagan Building.

Parker leads list of AFFIRM honorees

The Association for Federal Information Resources Managers presented its annual Executive Leadership Awards at a luncheon recently in Washington.

People on the Move

President Bush will nominate John H. Marburger III, director of the Energy Department's Brookhaven National Laboratory, to head the Office of Science and Technology Policy.

Software shapes up for the office of the future

Every administrator knows that a network is only as good as its software. Most users are painfully aware of it, too, especially when they must cope with old or homegrown programs that don't function well within a modern network.

OMB campaigns for A-76 on the Hill

JUNE 29'Representatives of the Office of Management and Budget met yesterday with the House Government Reform Subcommittee on Technology and Procurement Policy to discuss congressional concerns about the administration's push for outsourcing government services under OMB's Circular A-76.

OMB campaigns for A-76 on the Hill

JUNE 29'Representatives of the Office of Management and Budget met yesterday with the House Government Reform Subcommittee on Technology and Procurement Policy to discuss congressional concerns about the administration's push for outsourcing government services under OMB's Circular A-76.

DOD will re-engineer high-end software environments

JUNE 29The Defense Department last week chose contractors to upgrade software environments at several military research centers.

FEDERAL CONTRACT LAW

Since 1996, when Congress directed agencies to adopt alternative dispute resolution policies, all but two cabinet level departments have implemented them.

Treasury won't rest on its clean-audit laurels

Five years after the Government Management Reform Act ordered federal agencies to audit their departmentwide financial statements, the Treasury Department in March received its first unqualified or 'clean' audit.

The MO the merrier

For large-scale data archiving and retrieval, optical jukeboxes, also known as optical disk libraries, bring a fast return on investment.

DOD will overhaul its acquisition training to fit students' needs

The Defense Department's director of procurement announced plans to overhaul the agency's acquisition training for contractors later this year by increasing the number of courses that are customized to fit an employee's area of expertise.

INCOMING

Interstate Electronics Corp. of Anaheim, Calif., won a $30 million contract to provide intelligent displays for the Army's new Interim Armored Vehicle program.

Army calls on VOIP to place all base's messages on one system

Thousands of soldiers stationed at Picatinny Arsenal in New Jersey will be able to get a lot more use out of their telephones when the Army upgrades the base's ancient system with about 500 IP phones.

INTERNAUT

Federal buyers have always been leaders in purchasing computer hardware, software and services online. But that doesn't carry over to other types of government purchases.

State workers can access HR data on Web

The State Department has replaced its legacy human resources reporting system with a browser application that lets personnel make their own queries.

NIST goes public to keep federal secrets

For more than two decades, the Data Encryption Standard and its cousin, Triple DES, have encrypted millions of government, commercial and personal messages.

POWER USER

With software, it's sometimes difficult to tell the difference between muscle and bloat.

LINGUA PROGRAMMATICA

I-vote. German voters will boldly go where no electorate has gone before'to the Internet. The I-vote scheme is the brainchild of a German consulting company, ivl Gmbh, and a research group called Internet-Voting.

James Flyzik last week received the John J. Franke Award from the Federation of Government Information Processing Councils.

Microsoft Corp.'s 11-city Mobile Experience Tour pulled in to Washington recently on a 45-foot semi-trailer and set up outside the Ronald Reagan Building.

The Association for Federal Information Resources Managers presented its annual Executive Leadership Awards at a luncheon recently in Washington.

President Bush will nominate John H. Marburger III, director of the Energy Department's Brookhaven National Laboratory, to head the Office of Science and Technology Policy.

Every administrator knows that a network is only as good as its software. Most users are painfully aware of it, too, especially when they must cope with old or homegrown programs that don't function well within a modern network.

JUNE 29'Representatives of the Office of Management and Budget met yesterday with the House Government Reform Subcommittee on Technology and Procurement Policy to discuss congressional concerns about the administration's push for outsourcing government services under OMB's Circular A-76.

JUNE 29'Representatives of the Office of Management and Budget met yesterday with the House Government Reform Subcommittee on Technology and Procurement Policy to discuss congressional concerns about the administration's push for outsourcing government services under OMB's Circular A-76.

JUNE 29&#151;The Defense Department last week chose contractors to upgrade software environments at several military research centers.

Since 1996, when Congress directed agencies to adopt alternative dispute resolution policies, all but two cabinet level departments have implemented them.

Five years after the Government Management Reform Act ordered federal agencies to audit their departmentwide financial statements, the Treasury Department in March received its first unqualified or 'clean' audit.

For large-scale data archiving and retrieval, optical jukeboxes, also known as optical disk libraries, bring a fast return on investment.

The Defense Department's director of procurement announced plans to overhaul the agency's acquisition training for contractors later this year by increasing the number of courses that are customized to fit an employee's area of expertise.

Interstate Electronics Corp. of Anaheim, Calif., won a $30 million contract to provide intelligent displays for the Army's new Interim Armored Vehicle program.

Thousands of soldiers stationed at Picatinny Arsenal in New Jersey will be able to get a lot more use out of their telephones when the Army upgrades the base's ancient system with about 500 IP phones.

Federal buyers have always been leaders in purchasing computer hardware, software and services online. But that doesn't carry over to other types of government purchases.

The State Department has replaced its legacy human resources reporting system with a browser application that lets personnel make their own queries.

For more than two decades, the Data Encryption Standard and its cousin, Triple DES, have encrypted millions of government, commercial and personal messages.

With software, it's sometimes difficult to tell the difference between muscle and bloat.

JUNE 29The Defense Department last week chose contractors to upgrade software environments at several military research centers.