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As a computer geek, I hear at least once a month: 'Hey, what PC should I buy?'
PATCH PANEL
For the wise systems administrators who wait for the first service pack or upgrade before adopting a new operating system, I have good news and better news about Microsoft Windows 2000.
Tweaking the system
Let's say you've made the jump to Microsoft Windows 2000; you did your homework, planned your migration and figured out what you wanted Active Directory to do for you. Then you clicked on the CD, and presto'you're running Win 2000.
Dynamic disks
With all the attention paid to Active Directory and other features in Microsoft Windows 2000, some of the most useful new features in the operating system have gone largely unnoticed.
DNA: Marines tap Microsoft's Distributed interNet Architecture to keep track of recruit processing
About four years ago, officials at the Marine Recruiting Center at Fort Belvoir, Va., decided to automate their system for directing and monitoring enlistment processing for new recruits.
START
The Internal Revenue Service is undergoing a massive hardware and software upgrade at the desktop level, laying the groundwork for a migration to a Windows 2000 environment in about two years.
Gormley leaves FSS, joins consultancy as vice president
OCT. 9—Federal Supply Service assistant commissioner Bill Gormley will retire from government next month to become senior vice president of Washington Management Group, a Washington consultancy on Multiple Award Schedule contracting matters. His successor has not been named yet.
Navy has high hopes for embattled NMCI deal
OCT. 6'Today's award of the potential $16 billion Navy-Marine Corps Intranet contract to Electronic Data Systems Corp. caps months of contention and controversy over the federal government's largest information technology procurement.
EDS wins contract to build, run Navy intranet
Oct. 6 ' Electronic Data Systems Corp. has won a $6 billion, five-year contract to build and run the much-heralded Navy Marine Corps Intranet, Navy officials announced today.
Navy set to name winner, runner-up of NMCI crown
Oct. 6'When the Navy announces the winner of the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet contract later today, one of four companies vying for the $6 billion 5-year contract will walk away the winner.
NARA steps back to look at its records policies
OCT. 5'The National Archives and Records Administration has embarked on a broad review of its record-keeping policies.
IBM releases new S/390 server, renames entire product line
OCT. 4—IBM Corp. has released the latest of its S/390 series of mainframe systems, renaming it the zSeries 900 eServer as part of a wide rebranding of its server lines.
NIST selects algorithm for a new Advanced Encryption Standard
OCT. 4—The National Institute of Standards and Technology has announced the winner of its three-year competition for a new Advanced Encryption Standard.
Wireless LANs
Old-timers'that is, those who recall the days before CDs, cassettes and even 8-track tapes'had hi-fi, a reference to high-fidelity sound.
INTERNAUT
Digital government means more than posting information on the Internet or exchanging data in electronic format. True digital government means making a commitment to change the way agencies interact with the public.
COUNTY LINES
An eye out. To honor an agreement it made with the federal Justice Department, Maryland's Montgomery County Police Department has adopted a tracking system to monitor whether police officers are stopping motorists in a fair manner.
Corel makes shifting from Windows to Linux a snap
Until recently, no software vendor had a desktop version of the Linux operating system that didn't require a savvy technician or programmer on staff.
Teachers combine know-how on the Net
Novice teachers often face the first day of school equipped with nothing more than a piece of chalk, a three-day orientation program and the enthusiasm of youth.
Studies slam state, city government Web sites as second-rate
State and city governments fail to use the Web to reach out effectively to residents, two new studies have concluded.
IT vendors rarely face debarment
A GCN/State & Local survey of state procurement and information technology agencies has found that few states debar or suspend vendors that perform poorly. The debarment hammer falls only rarely on information technology vendors in those states where it is used.
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