Plasma gives presentations eye-popping image quality
Plastering a message across a billboard is a good way to make sure people see it. In the computer world, you need plasma instead of plaster.
Phones get cold test
A civilian expedition that trekked to the North Pole on skis used a pair of Navy Iridium satellite telephones to stay in contact with the rest of the world.
People on the Move
Navy Vice Adm. Richard Mayo has been named chief information officer of the Navy.
POWER USER
Section 508, the accessibility regulation that agencies must comply with by June 21, exempts military command and control, weaponry, intelligence and cryptologic equipment, as well as back-office equipment used for maintenance and repair.
PACKET RAT
When the Rat arrived in San Francisco for yet another information technology task force meeting, he found the city abuzz about IBM Corp. Only it was probably not the kind of buzz that IBM expected.
Outsourcing: The heat is on
To outsource or not to outsource?For most agencies, that is <i>not</i> the question. The question now is: When and how?
Notebook PCs go wireless
Most notebook PC makers' newest models can make connections wirelessly under the WiFi or wireless fidelity standard. Shorter-range Bluetooth radio-frequency connectivity is less common and usually optional.
Navy steams full speed ahead on Web technology
SAN DIEGO'The Navy is well into Web-enabling all of its administrative applications, Rear Adm. Kenneth Slaght said last month at the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association's Jointable Technology Symposium.
NOAA hurricane awareness site offers assistance
Beach season is approaching, and the population of coastal areas is growing, which increases the possibility of hurricane devastation in the United States.
Microsoft .Net will rely on XML
Microsoft Corp.'s .Net foray into the Extensible Markup Language will make information accessible to the thickest and thinnest clients, company officials say.
MAA contractor files for bankruptcy protection
Winstar Communications Inc. of New York, which holds federal telephone service contracts worth an estimated $3 billion in 12 metro areas, filed last month for protection from creditors under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
I read with interest 'Feds shoulder burden of technology worker shortage' [<a href="http://www.gcn.com/vol20_no5/readsurvey/3735-1.html">GCN, March 5, Page 16</a>]. One bone of contention is the lack of mention of Series 334 computer specialists within the Defense Department's Civilian Acquisition Workforce Personnel Demonstration Project. We also were excluded from the January specialty pay increase.
Integrated database lets doctors track patients
Typically, Air Force doctors rifle through reams of paper records and database files to view a patient's medical history. It's a task that can take several office visits before doctors get to the root of a problem.
In Person
The Postal Service will offer an extra, in-person validation service for the digital certificates it issues.
INTERVIEW: Walter Kross, Flight Explorer's commander
Ten years ago, Walter Kross directed the largest military transportation operation since World War II. Now he's leading a new enterprise in the private sector.
INTERNAUT
Privacy, privacy, privacy. The issue won't go away in the government, even though federal Web sites now have official privacy statements posted.
INCOMING
Somewhere in the National Security Agency are miniature desktop cameras that study the irises of NSA workers before those users can access secure networks.
IBM says goal is to make servers self-managing
Developing a 'living, breathing server' is the goal of IBM Corp.'s Project eLiza.
Hackers disable HHS sites, attack other agencies
Attacks on Web sites plagued several federal agencies recently.
HUD on the move with e-gov
A portal that will serve as a one-stop shop for low- and moderate-income families and individuals to get information on buying a home is one of the Housing and Urban Development Department's major electronic-government initiatives.
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