ANOTHER VIEW
Wow, has it been three years? It has certainly been enjoyable and challenging. So why did I leave my job last month as the Commerce Department's chief information officer?
EDITORIAL
Bureaucracies only rarely can muster the wherewithal to revolutionize themselves. That is why so many electronic-government efforts seem to defy success.
INTERVIEW: T. Wood Parker, TRW's enterprising planner
T. Wood Parker joined TRW Inc. in January as vice president and general manager of the company's global information technology business in Reston, Va.
508 deadline is only the beginning
JUNE 21—It's Section 508 deadline day, when all federal systems are supposed to be accessible to disabled workers.
Military has muddled its systems, general says
JUNE 21—Army Lt. Gen. Joseph K. Kellogg Jr. sees too many hands stirring the interoperability pot.
85 U.S. federal supercomputers among world's top 500
JUNE 21—Massive systems for modeling weapons, weather and combustion research head up the latest list of the world's 500 fastest computers, according to a semiannual independent survey released today at <a href="http://www.top500.org"> www.top500.org</a>.
President pushes assistive technology and telecommuting
JUNE 20—President Bush this morning said he will establish an Office of the 21st Century Workforce within the Labor Department to bring 'new opportunities for U.S. workers,' particularly in assistive and telecommuting technologies.
Rumsfeld names new DARPA director
JUNE 19'The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has a new chief, Anthony J. Tether.
DOD procurement team puts on a new Web face
JUNE 18—The Defense Procurement Office recently rolled out a redesigned Web site that it calls cleaner, easier to maneuver and compliant with Section 508 accessibility requirements.
Bureau won't rest on Census 2000 laurels
JUNE 18—In terms of automation, Census 2000 was one of the most successful surveys ever conducted, Census Bureau chief information officer Richard W. Swartz said last week.
Defense in tug-of-war over wireless spectrum
For decades the Defense Department has used a prime area of radio frequency to run more than 100 of its sophisticated electronic systems.
App leads IG to murderer
Special agent Bruce Sackman felt almost certain that evidence strong enough to convict a serial-killer doctor was sitting on his desk in a pile of more than 1,000 medical records from around the world.
IG flags flaws in railroad agency e-mail award
The Federal Railroad Administration inappropriately awarded a three-year, $760,000 schedule contract to replace its e-mail system, the Transportation Department inspector general has concluded.
IRS will expand e-filing availability
The IRS will make electronic filing available to 99.1 percent of all taxpayers next year.
Customs outlines a paperless future
The Customs Service has chalked out four phases for its modernization of commercial, enforcement and administrative operations.
DOD reverses its PC disposal plan
The Defense Department this month changed its procedures for disposing of old computers whose hard drives store unclassified information, rescinding a 5-month-old policy that required destroying them for security reasons.
OMB names e-gov chieftain
JUNE 15—Mark A. Forman, a Unisys Corp. vice president, will become the federal government's leading information technology executive.
AT&T files FTS 2001 complaint with GAO
AT&T Corp. has moved its protest of the multibillion-dollar FTS 2001 program to the General Accounting Office.
Senate power swap doesn't shake federal IT issues
The Senate's unprecedented flip last month, which left Democrats in power, will likely have little or no effect on most information technology issues affecting federal workers.
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