How a city slicker found his niche
How did a native New Yorker like Steve Jennings wind up in Harris County, Texas, as executive director of the Central Technology Center? 'I drove,' he said.
Sprawling Texas agency takes stock of buildings with software
Wide open spaces are great for cowboys and country songs, but they sure can make it difficult to keep track of an organization's infrastructure. That is, until cowpokes go digital.
NEW PRODUCTS
An integrated access device from Cabletron Systems Inc. of Rochester, N.H., puts voice, video and data on the same asynchronous transfer mode WAN.
CYBER EYE
Ever since the November elections, people have been saying, 'There's got to be a better way.' Not surprisingly, companies that market digital certificate technology are saying digital certificates are that way.
IBM eServer runs fast but keeps its cool with new processor design
IBM Corp.'s new 24-processor symmetric multiprocessing server uses the company's latest processors to run faster than its predecessor without running hotter.
Use enterprise client firewall with some VPNs
Symantec Corp. has designed a desktop firewall application that will protect enterprise and remote clients from back-door attacks.
Maryland utility agency sets a fast pace with Web redesign
Maryland Gov. Parris N. Glendening last April signed a bill that requires all state agencies to make at least 50 percent of their services accessible on the Internet by January 2002. The state's Public Service Commission is way ahead of schedule.
Web site serves up heaping helpings of e-gov to populous county
Harris County's Web site is more popular than butterscotch pie at an ant's picnic, averaging about 10,000 visits each day. The county has been adding government services to the site, at <a href="http://www.co.harris.tx.us">www.co.harris.tx.us</a>, since it went online three years ago.
Agriculture CIO Leo changes sides
JAN. 30—Joseph Leo, a 34-year government veteran, has left his job as the Agriculture Department's chief information officer to join Science Applications International Corp. of San Diego.
CERT Coordinating Center warns of DNS software vulnerabilities
JAN. 29—The CERT Coordinating Center at the Software Engineering Institute at Pittsburgh's Carnegie Mellon University announced what it called serious vulnerabilities in Domain Name Server software that could affect every service on the Internet.
DOD to focus on improving software management
Jan. 29—Undersecretary of Defense Delores M. Etter told a group of software and electronics engineers that the issues facing the Defense Department this year revolve around the need to increase software capabilities.
Rumsfeld posts his 'rules'
JAN. 29'Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld has posted on the <a href=" http://www.defenselink.mil/">Defense Department Web site</a> a list of quotations, reflections and quips that he says have helped him survive and prosper during more than three decades of public service.
Minneapolis schools to build self-funded procurement site
JAN. 29—The Minneapolis Public Schools have chosen two contractors to build a self-funded procurement Web site linked to legacy financial systems.
Cray enters Linux cluster market
JAN. 29—Cray, a brand name long associated with vector supercomputing, will soon appear on commodity server clusters running the open-source Linux operating system.
Have your bracelet call my briefcase
JAN. 26'Parolees in Utah might soon have their movements followed by satellite.
New DOD site designed for special needs
JAN. 25—A relocating military family with a special-needs member often has trouble finding information on such things as schools and healthcare institutions.
IRS names Lutes to direct e-services
JAN. 25—The IRS has selected Terence Lutes as its new director of Electronic Tax Administration.
SPAWAR center awards upgrade contracts
JAN. 24—The Navy's Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center in San Diego has chosen two engineering and consulting firms to provide shipboard computer and communications equipment as part of a five-year systems upgrade contract that could be worth nearly $500 million.
CIO Council unveils e-government database
JAN. 24—The Chief Information Officers Council this week launched an online database that for the first time makes available a systematic catalogue of federal electronic-government initiatives.
Balutis will leave NIST to helm advisory councils
JAN. 24—Alan P. Balutis will leave his post as director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Advanced Technology Program to become executive director and chief operating officer for the Federation of Government Information Processing Councils and the Industry Advisory Council.
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