FBI to roll out new case management app
MARCH 21—The FBI next month will implement a case management system to support its national Innocent Images program, through which it tries to nab child pornographers.
PeopleSoft snares Defense HR contract
MARCH 21—The Navy has awarded the first phase of a contract for a new Defense Department-wide human resources management and payroll system to PeopleSoft Inc., the Pleasanton, Calif., company announced today at the FOSE 2001 trade show in Washington.
Flyzik will step down as CIO Council vice chairman
MARCH 21'Using a 'Survivor'-themed backdrop to discuss matters before the Chief Information Officers Council during the FOSE 2001 trade show in Washington, James Flyzik said today that he will be leaving the proverbial island.
GCN names winners of the Best New Technology at FOSE Awards
MARCH 21'Last night during at an awards party at the Washington Convention Center, GCN honored 11 companies for new products introduced at or shortly before the FOSE 2001 trade show.
State and local officials see IT as a growth market
MARCH 20'State and local government officials at the State of the States briefing yesterday in Falls Church, Va., were surprisingly bullish on information technology, given the gloom and doom sentiments creeping into the nation's economy.
FOSE kicks off 25th Year with Microsoft Keynote, Webcast
MARCH 20'FOSE 2001, the largest government information technology conference and showcase in the world, unveils its 25th conference this morning at the Washington, D.C., Convention Center with a keynote address by Craig Mundie, Microsoft's Senior Vice President for Advanced Strategies. Mundie is among the speakers who, in a first for FOSE, will have their presentations webcast from the conference. <p> FOSElive, located at <a href="http://www.foselive.com">www.foselive.com</a>, will present three days of FOSE speakers, corporate presentations and interviews, according to Alec Dann, vice president of Internet for Post Newsweek Tech Media Group.
Air Force prepares to roll out new personnel database
MARCH 19—Combine a 20-year old computer with frustrated users and an over-the-counter database application. What do you get? The Air Force Military Personnel Data System (MILMOD), one of the largest databases in the world.
NMCI prices raise eyebrows at Navy
MARCH 19—Navy agencies are starting to grumble about the prices EDS Corp. is charging for seats under the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet contract.
This notebook really goes
The rugged little magnesium Itronix GoBook resists bumps and splashes that would kill another notebook PC. I know, because it traveled with me to the beaches of the Bahamas.
PACKET RAT
The Rat had forgotten the joys of parenting an infant. But once he got reacquainted with them, he was raring to return to his agency command bunker. It was the only place he could hope to enjoy a few uninterrupted hours of sleep.
Federal webmasters get a little respect
Federal webmasters and developers got a look at the future of the Web and its increasing influence on government this month at the FedWeb2001 conference in Bethesda, Md.
CROSSWORD
Messaging Mayhem
DID YOU HEAR
Good to the last drop. The famous Internet coffeepot at Cambridge University's computer lab launched the webcam craze in the early 1990s. Now it has poured its last drop.
The electronic enigma
The House's technology sage, Rep. Tom Davis, is nothing if not blunt about the need to speed government's pace in going electronic.
Security is like laundry; something always needs cleansing
ORLANDO, Fla.'There would be martial law in the United States within three days if hackers could disable the banking and financial system through a coordinated attack, a top federal official warned.
Security officer's advice has a ring to it
When she's not securing systems or chasing down bad code, Bette Pollard releases her creative anxiety through poems, jingles and limericks
FAA plans when STARS will come out
Nearly five years after the Federal Aviation Administration conceived its new airport approach radar system, the flight agency may finally be seeing STARS.
IPIC show opens with work force, e-gov focus
AUSTIN, Texas'A pair of familiar government information technology gurus espoused complementary topics'work force shortages and electronic-government challenges'last week at the Information Processing Interagency Conference.
Army's logistics outsourcing effort is A-OK
When news of the $680 million contract to overhaul the Army's antiquated wholesale logistics system filtered down to 400 Army Materiel Command employees in two software development centers in Pennsylvania and Missouri, they feared the worst.
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