CIO OUTLOOK
Unless you've been on a desert island, you know that privacy is getting a lot of attention these days. The 106th Congress has 51 House bills and 23 Senate bills pending on the subject.
BUY LINES
This month I want to examine what appears to be the end chapter in the story about a contract to automate Hawaii's library system. The state's Supreme Court recently issued a final decision on this project that provides some valuable insights.
Panel urges an e-government office at OMB
SEPT. 5—The President's Information Technology Advisory Committee last week released a report on ways to improve public access to federal information resources and simplify internal and external government transactions.
BIA's system upgrade lands at center of trust fund lawsuit
A Bureau of Indian Affairs systems chief has alleged that the bureau retaliated against her because she criticized a multimillion-dollar systems project.
Air Force plans an IT blowout
MONTGOMERY, Ala.'The Air Force wants to pull off a trifecta win in information technology deployment.
Bobby blows whistle on inaccessible Web pages
Bobby 3.2, a free application from the Center for Applied Special Technology, analyzes Web page source code for accessibility to disabled users.
PROFESSIONAL CALENDAR
GCN Forum with GSA's William N. Gormley Luncheon speech. Washington. Contact Government Computer News
EDGAR plans a holiday
The Securities and Exchange Commission's modernization team will not be relaxing over turkey, stuffing and football during the Thanksgiving holiday. Instead, a team of 50 employees will complete the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system's Internet upgrade.
Feds push IT spending toward $50 billion mark
In the next five years, the government will boost its information technology budget to $49.1 billion, according to industry analysts.
PACKET RAT
The Rat always thought a razor was an instrument of personal hygiene'that is, until he got mowed down by the latest instrument of pedestrian endangerment, the Razor folding aluminum scooter.
'Bean counter' heads FTS systems shop
Robert Suda has set himself three goals at the Federal Technology Service's IT Solutions Office: encourage electronic commerce, improve customer service and focus on employee satisfaction.
SAM software segments files across libraries
New file segmentation software from LSC Inc. lets users of the company's Storage and Archive Manager File System (SAM-FS) middleware speed up recovery of huge files from tape libraries.
NSA to issue outsourcing RFP in Oct.
Three bidding teams plan to vie for the National Security Agency's $5 billion information technology outsourcing contract.
AF command to test workflow system
MONTGOMERY, Ala.'The Air Force Air Combat Command will be the first to use the production version of a new document workflow system.
Justice releases RFP for Carnivore technical review
The Justice Department last month released a request for proposals seeking an independent technical team to review Carnivore, the FBI's controversial e-mail filtering application. Justice plans to award a contract to a university team by Sept. 25.
Interior turns to attached storage to eliminate data shuffle
A high-capacity data storage system prevents Minerals Management Service geophysicists from hogging the Interior Department's computer resources.
Treasury team preps for ERP system rollout
The Treasury Department soon will begin installing hardware at an IRS facility that will support a new enterprisewide personnel system.
GAO report says EPA must keep improving IT security
In a follow-up to its review last winter of security at the Environmental Protection Agency, the General Accounting Office has advised the agency that its information security programs still need work.
Scientists have high hopes for fusion simulation
The Energy Department wants to push commercial software companies to develop supersoftware, just as it has pushed hardware developers and manufacturers to develop supercomputers.
High-performance computing program tests the leading edge
Over the last six years, Defense Department laboratories have seen a 50-fold increase in computing capacity, thanks to rapid hardware and software development, said Cray J. Henry, director of the Defense Department's High-Performance Computing Modernization Program.
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