Anti-.gov hacker group is back at work
JAN. 23— A hacker group with a penchant for defacing .gov and .mil Web sites, was back at work last week, attacking 26 national and state government sites, including two U.S. government sites.
Federal Web sites: In with the new, archive the old
JAN. 23'Some agency Web sites are changing with the arrival of the Bush administration, but the National Archives and Records Administration wants to document what those sites contained at the end of the Clinton years.
IRS shuffles senior IT officers
JAN. 22—The IRS today announced several management changes made in an effort to boost the implementation of projects by its Business Systems Modernization Office.
State launches new Web site as administration changes
JAN. 22'The State Department last week announced the launch of a revamped Web site, at <a href="http://state.gov"> state.gov</a>, organized around a database-driven structure.
Melissa variant spreads via Office 2001 for Mac
JAN. 22—The Melissa worm is back in a slightly sneakier format, but she doesn't seem to have the same legs she had in March 1999.
Continue FirstGov, Katzen urges
JAN. 19—The outgoing deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget today urged career federal employees to forge ahead with the <a href="http://firstgov.gov">FirstGov.gov </a>search portal that provides a wide range of government information online.
IT tests await Bush
President George W. Bush is about to discover that not everything is bigger in Texas.
Feds give the term tune-up new meaning
Managers of two federal Web sites recently hired the Web equivalent to look under the hoods of their sites and see if they are meeting users' peak performance demands.
Library to complete set of electronic-journal archives
The Library of Congress this month will become the permanent repository for the electronic archives of eight physics journals published by the American Physical Society.
Army salutes workers for excellence in systems work
The Army and GCN honored 10 employees in the service's Office of the Director of Information Systems for Command, Control, Communications and Computers for excellence in systems development, management and implementation.
Clinton, sidestepping Congress, creates new federal unit to manage air traffic
Shortly before leaving office, President Clinton issued an executive order creating an Air Traffic Organization within the Federal Aviation Administration. His move sidestepped Congress, which has ignored proposals to fold air traffic control functions into a performance-based unit of FAA.
FAA automates inventories via handhelds
The Federal Aviation Administration has implemented an inventory management system using handheld computers to minimize data entry and speed access.
GOP leaders settle on new House committee chairmen
With the shuffling of GOP House committee chairmanships complete, eight representatives remain as the second-ranking Republicans on panels they formerly led.
IRS' newest blueprint gets down to business
In its latest modernization blueprint, the IRS does something it did not do in its early systems design plans: It details how technology will support the service's business process overhaul.
East, West take cue on digital cinema standards
The National Institute of Standards and Technology and the National Information Standards Organization held a film festival this month, but no Oscars were presented.
Bush pushed Texas into digital era, CIO says
As governor of Texas, President George W. Bush was a champion of electronic-government initiatives, the state's chief information officer says.
Rumsfeld sees role for commercial IT at DOD
Defense Secretary-designee Donald H. Rumsfeld emphasized the importance of information technology to the nation's security at his confirmation hearing this month.
Sandia signs biological computing R&D pact
JAN. 19—An Energy Department laboratory and a genetics research company today signed an agreement to develop superfast computers and algorithms for cutting-edge biological research.
The Hammer's last hurrah
The National Partnership for Reinventing Government handed out the last of more than 1,300 Hammer Awards and toasted previous winners during the NPR Hammer Award Alumni Event last week at the Mint building.
People on the Move
David C. Litchfield, the Navy's deputy program executive officer for information technology and one of the service's executives in charge of the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet, is leaving that job this week.
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