IRS lowers PC costs by using reverse auction
The IRS this month saved 49 percent on desktop and notebook PCs in a reverse auction, agency officials said.
UDDI project has potential federal uses
The Universal Description, Discovery and Integration directory project, at <a href="http://www.uddi.org">www.uddi.org</a>, has enlisted more than 200 vendors for its free directory of platform-independent electronic-commerce applications for the Web.
GAO says FAA falls short on modernization
Improvements expected from the Federal Aviation Administration's modernized air traffic control system have fallen short, the General Accounting Office says.
PACKET RAT
It was Saturday morning at the Rat burrow, and the whiskered one was trying to sleep off another software migration all-nighter.
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PC PIECES
DID YOU HEAR
Hang up! There's a row in Hong Kong because the medical society won't ban doctors from using cell phones in operating rooms.
OMB hires temporaries to help with management functions
The Bush administration is hiring temporary help to fill voids in management at the Office of Management and Budget.
Support center crew helps get NMCI going
One of the hubs for the development of the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet is the Norfolk Network Operations Center, one of a half-dozen support centers being built for the $6.9 billion project [<a href="http://www.gcn.com/vol20_no11/news/4279-1.html">GCN, May 21, Page 1</a>].
Gauss turns over SPAWAR reins to Slaght
Rear Adm. John A. Gauss, commander of the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, will retire from the Navy July 1, but he plans to continue working for the government.
People on the Move
Jeffrey S. Heimerman, director of the Technology Users Support Program for the Environmental Protection Agency's Technology Innovation Office, has won the Association for Federal IRM's May Leadership Award for providing online remediation training.
FEDERAL CONTRACT LAW
A delegation from the People's Republic of China is touring the United States to find out how our government buys what it needs.
FAA's security plan ready to fly, CIO says
After a history of computer security weaknesses, the Federal Aviation Administration is confident it has a solid systems security plan in place.
FAA, Lockheed Martin begin talks on ATC modernization
MAY 25'The Federal Aviation Administration is negotiating with Lockheed Martin Corp. to replace traffic management systems at three air route traffic control centers.
Antivirus apps fail to stamp out bugs effectively
Be careful what you choose to keep your computers bug-free, or it might end up bugging you.
Speech systems reduce the need for keyboards
I have been testing and using sound recognition and speech recognition hardware and software since 1982.
You can check out a load of more information
The mother lode of resources on accessibility products is Abledata, at <a href="http://www.abledata.com">www.abledata.com</a>.
Tools to provide access abound
Mandates are easier made than met. That's especially true when it comes to complying with the accessibility requirements of Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1998.
CERT hit by service denial attack
MAY 24'The CERT Coordination Center at Carnegie Mellon University's Software Engineering Institute is under fire from a distributed denial-of-service attack that has taken its Web site offline for several days.
DOD's med school teaches online through MedPix
MAY 24'The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences today announced a database-driven online teaching program called MedPix. Defense Department medical personnel can study radiology and dermatology 'cases of the week' on the university's Web site, at rad.usuhs.mil/synapse/radpix.html#top. Pathology cases of the week will be posted later this summer.
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