Animation software gets closing credit
Animation software helped to close the file on 'The Fugitive,' the Dr. Sam Sheppard murder case that supplied the plot for a Hollywood feature film and a TV series.
Maricopa uses IT to manage fast growth
Maricopa County, Ariz., is the fourth most-populous county in the nation and is ranked among the fastest growing. So chief information officer Linden Thatcher must have his work cut out for him, keeping up with rapid growth and the latest technology, right? Yet this is how Thatcher describes his job: 'Every day I come in to the office, sit down and say to myself, 'What a great time.' '
Quality enterprise suite enables remote users to collaborate
The Doors Enterprise Requirements Suite from Quality Systems and Software Inc. lets remote workers collaborate via a shared document editor, Web interface and database.
Transportation seeks ASP for a million travel vouchers
JULY 31—The Transportation Department has issued a procurement request for a Web application service provider to process travel authorizations and vouchers for any federal traveler, beginning in January.
FAA awards CSC a $329 million contract for distributed air traffic control
JULY 31—The Federal Aviation Administration today announced it has awarded a software development and support contract potentially worth $329 million to Computer Sciences Corp. under the Free Flight Program.
DOD top brass will outsource network management, security
JULY 31—The Office of the Secretary of Defense plans to outsource all common applications and information security services for its 5,500 unclassified users.
Data system integration at Education's SFA becomes first share-in-savings contract
JULY 27—The revamp of the Education Department's Student Financial Assistance data system won't cost the department a dime.
Web-based logistics systems will improve performance, Joint Chiefs director says
JULY 27—Armed services officials can dramatically improve their logistics systems' performance by using Web technology, according to the Joint Chiefs of Staff's logistics director.
Next-generation aircraft carrier to run Microsoft
JULY 27—The Navy's next-generation aircraft carrier will use Microsoft Windows-based operating systems to run its communications systems, aircraft and weapons launchers, and other ship electronics, after Lockheed Martin Corp. officials chose Microsoft earlier this month.
THE BOTTOM LINE
To B2B or not to B2B, that is the question. And if it isn't, it should be.
ONLINE BUYING
I cooked up a new heresy recently while searching vendor Web sites for product specifications and pricing for GCN buyers guides: The feds should dumb down their PCs.
Road to successful e-commerce begins with a paper chase
The federal government is a large and diverse enterprise that is on the verge of revolutionizing its procurement practices through the deployment of new systems and technologies.
Acquiring minds turn to FAI's Online U.
It's like many institutions of higher learning. Students check in, register, get a campus map, go to the administration building and sign up for classes. But the differences here are that this campus is virtual, the buildings are subdirectories and the cyberstudents are government procurement specialists.
FREE STUFF
If you're a Web developer, you're probably starting to offer more multimedia content on your site. The trouble is, multimedia authoring and development tools can be expensive, and it's tough to get supervisors to pay for them when there's not yet a huge audience.
RocketTalk is making a lot of noise among free IM services
In the growing field of free Internet instant messaging services, RocketTalk is one that stands out.
Make a connection
As ubiquitous as e-mail is in the workplace today, it took years for it to really change the office. Individuals had been using chat boards and e-mail services long before it became a real work tool outside of the scientific community.
Celeron chips bring power to low-end Gateway models
If you need proof that you can have the features you want and power you need in an Intel Celeron notebook PC, look no further than Gateway Inc.'s low-end offerings.
Sometimes, less is more
The definition of a low-end notebook PC has changed radically in the past year, ever since the arrival of the portable Pentium III processor and Intel's SpeedStep technology, which adjusts clock speed on the fly to reduce power consumption.
PERSPECTIVES
When Shakespeare wrote about 'a rose by any other name,' he clearly wasn't waxing poetic about seat management, as a recent survey of GCN readers shows.
FROM THE EDITOR
Remember when faxes were exceptional? Because of their expense and relative rarity, at one time an incoming fax was something to stop work for and notice. Then came Federal Express and its clones with the amazing feat of next-day delivery. Now, overnight delivery has become so common that FedEx deliveries sometimes sit in stacks for hours or days before someone opens them.
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