Route Fifty

What's seat management? ... Is that your final answer?

What's in a name? A great deal, apparently, when you're talking about seat management.

By GCN
July 5, 2000

Feds still in the dark and wary of seat management

Not sure exactly what seat management is? You're not alone.

By GCN
July 5, 2000

Summer bargains for fed PC buyers

JULY 3Clearing their inventory of slower Intel processors, PC makers are slashing prices for systems that were leading-edge only months ago.

By GCN
July 3, 2000

$1b WITS 2001 contract offers new phone services

JULY 3Washington area agencies will keep their telephone numbers and get lower prices under the new Washington Interagency Telecommunications System 2001 contract for local service. But they will have to change their ordering and billing procedures, said officials of contractor Bell Atlantic Corp.

By GCN
July 3, 2000

FirstGov officials set rules for companies using government data

JULY 3Web site operators seeking to provide visitors with access to government information will be able to use data collected by FirstGov.gov, the proposed federal Web portal, as long as they follow certain rules, officials said last week.

By GCN
July 3, 2000

PC tablet might be handy, but it's also awfully heavy

The Qbe Cirrus Personal Computing Tablet has everything: a keyboard, a mouse, a webcam, Universal Serial Bus and serial ports, PC Card slots, a touch screen, voice recognition, a CD-ROM drive and a smart card reader. But it can't defy gravity.

By GCN
June 30, 2000

Lab's speedster paces at a rate of 12.3 TFLOPS

The Energy Department last week unveiled the fastest computer in the world'for the moment.

By GCN
June 30, 2000

Oops'Energy facility fails to wipe data from surplus IT

The Energy Department's Savannah River Site failed to wipe the data from surplus hard drives earmarked for a September 1999 delivery to China, Energy's inspector general reported last month.

By GCN
June 30, 2000

Defense's fleet support branch pulls out of the depot business

The Defense Logistics Agency is streamlining the way it buys and manages the thousands of parts that keep the Defense Department's tanks, trucks and bulldozers rolling.

By GCN
June 30, 2000

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FEDERAL CONTRACT LAW

The weighty Federal Acquisition Regulation, governing most procurements by the government, is a living thing that continues to evolve. Consider these recent changes:

ANOTHER VIEW

More and more, state and local governments are applying environmentally conscious thinking in their requirements for technology buys.

EDITORIAL

I recently addressed a group of program managers from a large bureau of a Cabinet department. These folks weren't technical, but they knew they had to modernize their systems to deliver detailed information collected from thousands of private facilities.

What's seat management? ... Is that your final answer?

What's in a name? A great deal, apparently, when you're talking about seat management.

Feds still in the dark and wary of seat management

Not sure exactly what seat management is? You're not alone.

Summer bargains for fed PC buyers

JULY 3Clearing their inventory of slower Intel processors, PC makers are slashing prices for systems that were leading-edge only months ago.

$1b WITS 2001 contract offers new phone services

JULY 3Washington area agencies will keep their telephone numbers and get lower prices under the new Washington Interagency Telecommunications System 2001 contract for local service. But they will have to change their ordering and billing procedures, said officials of contractor Bell Atlantic Corp.

FirstGov officials set rules for companies using government data

JULY 3Web site operators seeking to provide visitors with access to government information will be able to use data collected by FirstGov.gov, the proposed federal Web portal, as long as they follow certain rules, officials said last week.

PC tablet might be handy, but it's also awfully heavy

The Qbe Cirrus Personal Computing Tablet has everything: a keyboard, a mouse, a webcam, Universal Serial Bus and serial ports, PC Card slots, a touch screen, voice recognition, a CD-ROM drive and a smart card reader. But it can't defy gravity.

Lab's speedster paces at a rate of 12.3 TFLOPS

The Energy Department last week unveiled the fastest computer in the world'for the moment.

Oops'Energy facility fails to wipe data from surplus IT

The Energy Department's Savannah River Site failed to wipe the data from surplus hard drives earmarked for a September 1999 delivery to China, Energy's inspector general reported last month.

Senator seeks security $$

The United States is doing 'less than it should' to protect its critical infrastructure from weapons of mass disruption, Sen. Charles Schumer said recently and called for a $256 million increase in fiscal 2001 funding for systems security.

Defense's fleet support branch pulls out of the depot business

The Defense Logistics Agency is streamlining the way it buys and manages the thousands of parts that keep the Defense Department's tanks, trucks and bulldozers rolling.

NSF adds South Pole satellite

Comsat Corp. is maneuvering the world's oldest working communications satellite into a new orbit to provide an extra data link to the U.S. Amundsen-Scott South Pole science station.

GSA again meets with union

It's d'ja vu all over again for the General Services Administration and the American Federation of Government Employees.

Section 508 training begins

The General Services Administration has begun offering training programs about how agencies can make sure they are complying with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act Amendments.

Lab decodes chromosomes

The 704-processor IBM RS/6000 SP supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tenn., processed the sequences of three human chromosomes as part of the international Human Genome Project, an Oak Ridge scientist said last week.

Senate passes E-Sign bill

President Clinton on Friday was to digitally sign the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act into law, using a certificate from the General Services Administration's digital certificate program, GSA officials said.

Coast Guard gets IT helpers

The Coast Guard has negotiated a $23 million blanket purchasing agreement for information systems services.

Will portables outpace PCs?

Portable information devices will rival PCs for computing, networking and entertainment use by 2003, the George Washington University Forecast of Technology and Strategy predicted last month.

The weighty Federal Acquisition Regulation, governing most procurements by the government, is a living thing that continues to evolve. Consider these recent changes:

More and more, state and local governments are applying environmentally conscious thinking in their requirements for technology buys.

I recently addressed a group of program managers from a large bureau of a Cabinet department. These folks weren't technical, but they knew they had to modernize their systems to deliver detailed information collected from thousands of private facilities.

What's in a name? A great deal, apparently, when you're talking about seat management.

Not sure exactly what seat management is? You're not alone.

JULY 3&#151;Clearing their inventory of slower Intel processors, PC makers are slashing prices for systems that were leading-edge only months ago.

JULY 3&#151;Web site operators seeking to provide visitors with access to government information will be able to use data collected by FirstGov.gov, the proposed federal Web portal, as long as they follow certain rules, officials said last week.

The Qbe Cirrus Personal Computing Tablet has everything: a keyboard, a mouse, a webcam, Universal Serial Bus and serial ports, PC Card slots, a touch screen, voice recognition, a CD-ROM drive and a smart card reader. But it can't defy gravity.

The Energy Department last week unveiled the fastest computer in the world'for the moment.

The Energy Department's Savannah River Site failed to wipe the data from surplus hard drives earmarked for a September 1999 delivery to China, Energy's inspector general reported last month.

The United States is doing 'less than it should' to protect its critical infrastructure from weapons of mass disruption, Sen. Charles Schumer said recently and called for a $256 million increase in fiscal 2001 funding for systems security.

The Defense Logistics Agency is streamlining the way it buys and manages the thousands of parts that keep the Defense Department's tanks, trucks and bulldozers rolling.

Comsat Corp. is maneuvering the world's oldest working communications satellite into a new orbit to provide an extra data link to the U.S. Amundsen-Scott South Pole science station.

It's d'ja vu all over again for the General Services Administration and the American Federation of Government Employees.

The General Services Administration has begun offering training programs about how agencies can make sure they are complying with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act Amendments.

The 704-processor IBM RS/6000 SP supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tenn., processed the sequences of three human chromosomes as part of the international Human Genome Project, an Oak Ridge scientist said last week.

President Clinton on Friday was to digitally sign the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act into law, using a certificate from the General Services Administration's digital certificate program, GSA officials said.

The Coast Guard has negotiated a $23 million blanket purchasing agreement for information systems services.

Portable information devices will rival PCs for computing, networking and entertainment use by 2003, the George Washington University Forecast of Technology and Strategy predicted last month.

JULY 3Clearing their inventory of slower Intel processors, PC makers are slashing prices for systems that were leading-edge only months ago.

JULY 3Web site operators seeking to provide visitors with access to government information will be able to use data collected by FirstGov.gov, the proposed federal Web portal, as long as they follow certain rules, officials said last week.