LETTER TO THE EDITOR
I urge the Navy and Congress to stop the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet from being implemented.
EDITORIAL
In the classic Mario Puzo novel <i>The Godfather</i>, elder Don Corleone rarely uses the phone, simply assuming the authorities would be listening in. Today, not only is the phone booth disappearing, people routinely blab out loud in all sorts of public places on their cell phones. Yet, the same people are horrified at the thought of digital wireless conversations being tapped.
Feds expect to significantly step up notebook use
Look for the upsurge in notebook computer use on the government scene to continue.
INTERVIEW: Ophelia Y. Falls, federal accessibility specialist
Ophelia Y. Falls is director of the Agriculture Department's Accessible Technology Program and its Technology Accessible Resources Gives Employment Today Center, both of which she established in 1992.
Conference showcases enterprise software for Palm OS
PASADENA, Calif., Sept. 7—The Demo Mobile conference yesterday previewed enterprise-level applications for devices running the handheld Palm OS from Palm Inc. of Santa Clara, Calif.
Company brings the whole eGrail into the open-source community
Open-source technology has been a boon to agencies with readily available technical skills and tight budgets'look at the fervor with which some administrators have embraced Linux and the Apache Web server.
Web management software
Content. That's what the Web is all about. And government agencies have plenty of content to put on the Web. But the nature of that content has changed dramatically since the beginning of the Web age way back in the mid-1990s.
Navy awards two more ERP pilot contracts
As part of its enterprise resource planning pilot, the Navy has awarded two more contracts, bringing the total number to four.
Joint chiefs make Web technology a logistics focus
Armed services officials can dramatically improve their logistics systems' performance by using Web technology, according to the Joint Chiefs of Staff's logistics director. He cited the Global Combat Support System as an important component of Defense Department logistics overhaul.
Navy carrier to run Win 2000
The Navy's next-generation aircraft carrier will use Microsoft Windows 2000 to run its communications systems, aircraft and weapons launchers, and other ship electronics.
BRIEFING BOOK
Navy plan. Navy officials plan to release the final version next month of their vision for the service's core 40,000 information technology workers.
COMMUNICATIONS: NEW PRODUCT
Intel's HD DMC-24 high-density digital modem card doubles the analog call capacity of its LanRover Access Switch and LanRover D56 concentrator.
Fast Ethernet switches offer Web interface
Two Ethernet switches from Compex Inc. of Anaheim, Calif., have Web interfaces that offer diagnostic readings.
Network monitoring tool aims to improve uptime
Extreme Networks Inc. of Santa Clara, Calif., has a network monitoring tool that keeps an eye on the application layer performance of an enterprise network.
IRS sends forms with TaxFax
Taxpayers requested about 3 million pages of tax forms, schedules and instructions from an IRS fax-back system from last December through April, an average of more than 80,000 calls a week.
INTERNAUT
Personalization has become the watchword of Web developers. They're rapidly customizing start pages, targeting banner ads, localizing news feeds and even sending maps to wireless phones' Global Positioning System coordinates.
Energy CIO John Gilligan returns to Air Force
SEPT. 6—Energy chief information officer John M. Gilligan is leaving the department for a high-level job with the Air Force.
Wen Ho Lee to remain jailed pending appeals court review
SEPT. 6—Wen Ho Lee, the former Los Alamos National Laboratory scientist charged with mishandling nuclear secrets, will remain jailed pending a review of his case by the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver.
It's all over but the counting for Census 2000
SEPT. 6—Many of the 10,000-plus computers that powered the Census 2000 head count are heading for new locations and new tasks.
Fast Ethernet switches have Web interface
Two Fast Ethernet switches from Compex Inc. of Anaheim, Calif., come with built-in Web servers and a Web management interface.
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