E-gov vendor portals go belly-up
Only a year ago, the vendor community sizzled with dot-com heat, as online vendors popped up to take advantage of the growing electronic-government movement. Fueled by easy venture capital, entrepreneurs talked about revolutionizing the way government does business.
EDGAR's test a success; upgrade nears end
With a successful stress test tucked under its belt and the integration of a fee tracking upgrade nearly complete, the Securities and Exchange Commission expects to call its filing system modernization a wrap on April 20.
Navy center taps two for $500m contract
For a systems upgrade that could be worth nearly $500 million, the Navy's Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center in San Diego has chosen two companies to overhaul shipboard computers and communications as part of a five-year program.
IRS builds large-scale VPN for field agents
About 15,000 IRS field agents now can dial up tax records securely on a virtual private network.
New security certification program draws feds
A new security certification program for network and systems administrators is attracting federal participants, who combined make up the largest group to gain credentials through the program.
Navy uses Palms to rate pilot carrier landings
Aboard the USS Constellation'Some Navy landing signal officers are using handheld technology to ease the task of grading pilots' abilities, but others have yet to get a grip on the idea.
National security experts featured in webcast
In the Solutions 2000 seminar presented in this webcast, three experts on government systems security provide views on how to respond to security threats through policy initiatives, resource allocation and advanced technology.
PACKET RAT
The Rat's paranoia was sharpening to a point after his private panda powwow.
CROSSWORD
Hill High Jinks
DID YOU HEAR
Cybercharity sprinted to the finish line last month when government purchasing portal FedCenter.com and the Zachary Hebda Foundation donated $17,000 to the Johns Hopkins Children's Center for leukemia vaccine research. FedCenter runners and others raised the money with the 5K Zack's Run, named for a 5-year-old leukemia victim.
House subcommittees get new leadership on IT issues
FEB. 2—When Rep. Steve Horn (R-Calif.) takes control of a newly created Government Reform subcommittee, he will continue to oversee the computer security issues he has watchdogged since the start of year 2000 code repairs.
The inauguration goes techie
Whooping it up for a new president, the federal information technology industry held its own ball'dubbed the e-Government & Technology Inaugural Gala'on a snowy night in Washington Jan. 20.
People on the Move
Alan P. Balutis is leaving the National Institute of Standards and Technology to become executive director and chief operating officer for both the Federation of Government Information Processing Councils and the Industry Advisory Council.
FBI employee arrested on porn charges
A 30-year-old FBI technician from Woodbridge, Va., was arrested on a child pornography charge last month.
Spec released for trusted PC platform
The Trusted Computing Platform Alliance has released Version 1.0 of its specification for PC subsystems that perform security functions.
Water stats flow toWeb
A new Web calculator has cut 'from two or three days to 10 seconds' the time it takes to estimate the water flow in a Massachusetts river or stream, said Geological Survey hydrologist Kernell Ries.
Katzen urges CIOs to push for FirstGov
The former deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget urged career federal employees to forge ahead with the FirstGov portal to online government information.
5 million items on Library of Congress site
The Library of Congress' Web site, at <a href="http://www.loc.gov">www.loc.gov</a>, has reached its goal of 5 million items online under the National Digital Library Program.
HP network router forwards documents
The paperless office suffered another setback last month when Hewlett-Packard Co. announced a new kind of network router'for documents.
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