USDA will harvest CCE project in 2002
The Agriculture Department's systems team is confident it will complete its farm services modernization project next year as planned, despite persistent setbacks.
FBI surveillance systems get digital upgrade
Amid ongoing debate over surveillance tools' potential to invade privacy, the FBI is replacing its analog wiretapping equipment with digital systems in all 56 field offices.
Defense doesn't learn much from its e-voting pilot
During the November presidential election, the Defense Department expected nearly 500 civilian and military employees to participate in an electronic-voting pilot. Only 84 voters did.
Project's first phase will take 15 months
The initial building phase of the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet was supposed to be over in three months, but now it looks more like 15 months, according to a government source close to the project.
Consolidated mainframes speed responses to taxpayers
After successfully completing the consolidation of 67 mainframes to 20 faster mainframes this month, the IRS began planning the consolidation of its midrange systems.
Most agencies slammed Anna Kournikova virus over the net
Most federal agencies hit a blazing return of serve last week when a virus masquerading as a photo of tennis star Anna Kournikova attacked systems worldwide.
Kisses from Kosovo
Spc. Tamara Locke, a medical technician with the 313th Hospital Unit at Camp Bondsteel in Kosovo, hadn't seen her husband and two children since last August, and she didn't expect to until her tour of duty is over in April.
Commission calls for three new federal information offices
FEB. 16—The National Commission on Libraries and Information Science, an independent executive agency, last month released a comprehensive assessment of the way the government disseminates public information.
Horn retains oversight of major technology issues
A turnover in congressional committees won't keep Rep. Steve Horn (R-Calif.) from looking over the shoulders of agencies' information technology chiefs.
PACKET RAT
The arrival of the Rat family's newest member gave the whiskered one a chance to get out of the office just as things were growing increasingly strange.
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DID YOU HEAR
An emergency procurement at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center last month drew the attention of the watchdogs at <a href="http://nasawatch.com">nasawatch.com</a>.
SSA forges ahead with online apps
'Burned the first time, cautious the second time.' That might be the motto for the Social Security Administration's online service efforts.
Users can get flood insurance info on the Web
The Federal Emergency Management Agency last week unveiled the electronic Map Service Center, which will let users order Flood Insurance Rate Maps online.
IRS puts a military tax guide online
How do military personnel determine how much of their yearly income is taxable while stationed in Bosnia or aboard a ship in the Mediterranean?
DOD OKs HP's OpenView to manage DMS
The Defense Department has adopted Hewlett-Packard OpenView Network Node Manager as its primary tool for managing the classified Defense Message System.
It's still not 1984 for facial biometrics
How close is facial biometrics to George Orwell's Big Brother? Not very.
NEXRAD crew is ready when hotline gets wind of trouble
'No two days are ever the same,' Daryl L. Covey said. 'There are dead days, and then all hell breaks loose.'
CIO Council launches site for XML pilots
The government has begun at least seven Extensible Markup Language projects, according to the new <a href="http://xml.gov">xml.gov</a> clearinghouse site.
People on the Move
The Air Force and GCN honored 18 employees last week for their work in systems security. The awards were presented at the GCN-Washington Technology Executive Information Technology Forum in Washington.
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