UNSCRAMBLE
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PACKET RAT
The Rat, still plotting ways to bring the Two Steves (Ballmer and Case) to blows, took advantage of a break in the weather to drive his wife and kids to see the National Zoo's giant pandas.
DID YOU HEAR
Hardship pay is on the way for enlisted military personnel who serve longer than 30 days in spots with unusually poor living conditions outside the continental United States.
FBI employee charged for porn on bureau system
JAN. 19—A 30-year-old FBI technician from Woodbridge, Va., was arrested on a child pornography charge yesterday.
On IT front, everything old is new again
Federal agencies share scores of broad information technology objectives'security, personnel, cost-efficiency, electronic government and regulatory compliance'but the consequences of failure or success vary widely.
Lotus server gains tool for collaboration
Knowledge management was one of the stars of the Lotusphere 2001 conference last week in Orlando, Fla.
FirstGov site highlights new e-gov apps
To get a sense of how electronic the government is becoming, go to <a href="www.firstgov.gov/featured/transact.html">www.firstgov.gov/featured/transact.html</a>.
Public-safety agencies get new channels
Incompatible equipment and congested communications frequencies have hampered rescue workers at disasters such as the Oklahoma City bombing. The Federal Communications Commission has issued rules to ensure that federal, state and local public-safety agencies can communicate.
IT industry group to focus on security
Nineteen hardware and software vendors and Internet providers last week announced the formation of an Information Technology Information Sharing and Analysis Center for cybersecurity.
Census site a hit
In 1800, the United States had a population of 5.3 million. In a single day, the release of the Census 2000 results garnered almost as many Web hits without bringing down the Census Bureau's server.
GCN Lab gets upgrade of its test bed
The GCN Lab has completed a two-month upgrade of its test bed, strengthening reviewers' ability to evaluate cutting-edge products for government users.
FTC, agencies target growing Internet fraud
Nearly half of the fraud cases pursued by the Federal Trade Commission in the past fiscal year were Internet-related, according to a report on the efforts of federal agencies and state attorneys general to combat scams.
USPS offers secure e-mail to agencies
The Postal Service last week introduced an Internet-based secure messaging service that lets government agencies secure and authenticate internal electronic correspondence.
California county's UPS helps keep it in communication
JAN. 18—It was business as usual for the Santa Cruz County emergency communications center yesterday, despite the hour-long blackout ordered by Gov. Gray Davis on the Northern California community. The center dispatches calls for the sheriff's office, Santa Cruz police, and all fire emergencies and ambulances in the county.
NCSA's Linux supercomputer to test Itanium technology
JAN. 18—The National Center for Supercomputing Applications has ordered a new Linux-based cluster that will test the large-scale use of Intel Corp.'s 64-bit processor technology.
GAO puts work force woes on high-risk list
JAN. 18—The General Accounting Office yesterday added strategic human capital management—that is, the work force'to its biannual list of high-risk problems.
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FEDERAL CONTRACT LAW
For the first time in 30 years, the Labor Department has rewritten the affirmative action rules for government contractors.
ERP redefines State's HR practices
The State Department has witnessed a transformation in its human resource procedures since implementing an enterprise resource planning system last April.
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