IRS posts Web page for small businesses
The IRS last week unveiled a new section of its Web site to assist 45 million small-business and self-employed taxpayers.
DISA contracts could run up to $2.2 billion
The Defense Information Systems Agency has awarded set-aside contracts that could be worth nearly $2.2 billion to three small businesses.
Do agencies trust the Web a bit too much?
The government puts too much faith in Web sites to disseminate information, according to a recent report by the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science.
FBI official warns banks on computer security
A successful hacker attack against the banking and financial system could cripple the United States within three days, an FBI official warned this week.
CALENDAR
<b>12 IT Forum with VA's Chuck DeCoste</b><br>Washington. Contact Post Newsweek Tech Media Group; phone: 703-226-1215; Web: <a href="http://www.gcn.com/events/index.html">www.gcn.com/events/index.html</a>.
OF THE PEOPLE
Now that the president's cabinet has arrived, lower-level appointees are steadily stepping aboard the federal ship and taking charge.
USDA techie says teamwork keeps projects on track
Scott Snover has been at the Agriculture Department for 24 years in various capacities, starting as a civil engineer in the field. His current assignment as national project manager of the Common Computing Environment program has convinced him that team effort is key to any successful project.
Mac OS X takes a walk on the Unix side
The Zen of X: Yes, Zen rhymes, because the X in Mac OS X is pronounced like 10.
If you can't do the job yourself, there are Web site monitors for hire
If your organization is short-staffed but still requires regular Web site checkups, you might consider buying help from a small but growing number of service providers specializing in Web performance monitoring.
Network management moves to next level
Network monitoring has gone past the stage of using hardware sniffers to chase down errant packets of data. Dozens of programs exist to not only help measure network performance but to anticipate problems as well.
FBI site boosts background checks
The FBI is developing a Web application that will provide firearms dealers with another way to perform background checks on prospective gun buyers.
Defense continues push to create single systems platform
A warfighter in Bosnia learned the hard way that each PC in a shipment to U.S. command centers relied on separate software to perform different functions.
Shipboard staffs await rules for handhelds
ABOARD THE USS CONSTELLATION'The Navy's network administrators are in limbo until they get official direction on the use of handheld devices. In the meantime, they must keep handheld-accessible LANs and information secure.
SSA gets ready for customer service on the Web
The Social Security Administration has completed proof-of-concept tests for Web customer service pilots that could begin as soon as this spring.
HHS reduces its paperwork burden
Whenever agencies plan to collect information from citizens about Medicare, taxes, cancer treatments or anything else, they must file a stack of documents to comply with, ironically, the 1995 Paperwork Reduction Act.
@INFO.POLICY
What should President Bush do on the information policy front? Common responses to this question include grandiose suggestions for new laws, offices and programs. I think the major response should deal with implementation, and I have some pedestrian suggestions.
Analyze this: Just how good is your site?
It's futile to point fingers when a mission-critical Web site fails to perform as expected, BMC Software Inc.'s Mary Nugent believes.
CYBER EYE
At the risk of repeating myself, I'll say: Security is a human problem, not a technology problem, and likely to get worse before it gets better.
Logging On
Standardizing Forest Service data is as much a cultural challenge as a technological one.
Feds shoulder burden of technology worker shortage
For many federal information technology executives, the shortage of technology workers is a dreary fact of life.
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