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IT aids a condor's return to the wild

A satellite tracking system is keeping tabs on an adult female California condor released into the wilderness after 14 years in captivity. The information Fish and Wildlife Service conservationists collect from the project could help boost the endangered bird's population in Southern California.

By GCN
June 9, 2000

ATF uses banding system to lift IT pay

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms has adopted a pay banding system to boost its efforts to recruit and retain high-caliber information technology employees, an ATF official said.

By GCN
June 9, 2000

Energy holds supercomputing high ground

The government has the four fastest computers in with world, and 75 of the 500 fastest, as ranked on a semiannual list updated last week on the Web at <a href="http://www.top500.org">www.top500.org</a>.

By GCN
June 9, 2000

Wireless Net will soar, speakers say

ATLANTA'No one at the SuperComm trade show here last week was predicting the death of the wired Internet, but several companies were making bets that the wireless Internet will soon overshadow it.

By GCN
June 9, 2000

Privacy commission proposal gets an unenthusiastic reception

Federal and state officials, as well as academics and industry leaders, last month expressed mixed reactions to a proposed Privacy Commission at back-to-back hearings on Capitol Hill.

By GCN
June 9, 2000

House directs INS to implement a port data collection system by 2005

The House and Senate last month passed by voice vote an amendment requiring the Justice Department to establish an entry-and-exit data collection system at airports, seaports and other high-traffic ports of entry by Dec. 31, 2005.

By GCN
June 9, 2000

EPA CIO Levine cut his teeth on states' systems

After almost 25 years of managing information technology in state governments, Edwin A. Levine has jumped headfirst into the federal sector.

By GCN
June 9, 2000

Section 508 expected to affect buying process

New rules governing the accessibility of information technology will likely have a significant impact on procurement methods, said some federal officials and vendors who are still assessing potential effects.

By GCN
June 9, 2000

Accessible IT would alleviate work force shortages, advocates predict

Implementing Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1998 could be a good thing both for disenfranchised workers and the federal work force, said Andy Imparto, president and chief executive officer of the American Association of People with Disabilities.

By GCN
June 9, 2000

Agriculture takes aim at Section 508 with TARGET Center

At the Agriculture Department, making information technology accessible to people with disabilities is a two-way street, providing disabled workers with career opportunities that might otherwise be limited.

By GCN
June 9, 2000

FAA tests flight planning tool

The Federal Aviation Administration is testing technology developed by Computer Sciences Corp. to see if it can speed departures from some of the nation's busiest airports.

By GCN
June 9, 2000

State eyes app to meet financial systems order

The State Department will use a commercial application to address criticism leveled by the General Accounting Office that the agency is not complying with federal financial reporting edicts, a department official said.

By GCN
June 9, 2000

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IT aids a condor's return to the wild

A satellite tracking system is keeping tabs on an adult female California condor released into the wilderness after 14 years in captivity. The information Fish and Wildlife Service conservationists collect from the project could help boost the endangered bird's population in Southern California.

PACKET RAT

The legal woes at Microsoft Corp. are having an annoying impact on the Rat's travel plans. All that stress affecting the Redmondians' conference schedules is trickling down to technophiles of the Rat's ilk like a Seattle drizzle.

ATF uses banding system to lift IT pay

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms has adopted a pay banding system to boost its efforts to recruit and retain high-caliber information technology employees, an ATF official said.

PROFESSIONAL CALENDAR

22 Storage Area NetworksSeminar. Washington. Contact theDigital Government Institute.

Energy holds supercomputing high ground

The government has the four fastest computers in with world, and 75 of the 500 fastest, as ranked on a semiannual list updated last week on the Web at <a href="http://www.top500.org">www.top500.org</a>.

Wireless Net will soar, speakers say

ATLANTA'No one at the SuperComm trade show here last week was predicting the death of the wired Internet, but several companies were making bets that the wireless Internet will soon overshadow it.

People

Nestor Traffic Systems Inc. of Providence, R.I., has appointed Zev Fogel and Robert Kerr to the company's executive management team. Fogel is vice president of business development and Kerr is vice president of administration. They will work at the company's Southern California office.

Privacy commission proposal gets an unenthusiastic reception

Federal and state officials, as well as academics and industry leaders, last month expressed mixed reactions to a proposed Privacy Commission at back-to-back hearings on Capitol Hill.

House directs INS to implement a port data collection system by 2005

The House and Senate last month passed by voice vote an amendment requiring the Justice Department to establish an entry-and-exit data collection system at airports, seaports and other high-traffic ports of entry by Dec. 31, 2005.

EPA CIO Levine cut his teeth on states' systems

After almost 25 years of managing information technology in state governments, Edwin A. Levine has jumped headfirst into the federal sector.

Section 508 expected to affect buying process

New rules governing the accessibility of information technology will likely have a significant impact on procurement methods, said some federal officials and vendors who are still assessing potential effects.

Accessible IT would alleviate work force shortages, advocates predict

Implementing Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1998 could be a good thing both for disenfranchised workers and the federal work force, said Andy Imparto, president and chief executive officer of the American Association of People with Disabilities.

Agriculture takes aim at Section 508 with TARGET Center

At the Agriculture Department, making information technology accessible to people with disabilities is a two-way street, providing disabled workers with career opportunities that might otherwise be limited.

Navy boosts online recruiting

The Navy recently revamped its <a href="http://www.NavyJobs.com">NavyJobs.com</a> recruiting site to reach more young candidates in cyberspace, and the redesign appears to be working, officials said.

FAA tests flight planning tool

The Federal Aviation Administration is testing technology developed by Computer Sciences Corp. to see if it can speed departures from some of the nation's busiest airports.

Tool creates 3-D Web images

A free Virtual Reality Modeling Language tool called GeoVRML 1.0, downloadable from <a href="http://www.geovrml.org">www.geovrml.org</a>, can express geographic data in three dimensions for Web viewing.

OMB hears case for NMCI

The Office of Management and Budget this month questioned Navy and Defense Department officials about plans for funding the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet, said Paul Brubaker, DOD's acting deputy chief information officer.

State eyes app to meet financial systems order

The State Department will use a commercial application to address criticism leveled by the General Accounting Office that the agency is not complying with federal financial reporting edicts, a department official said.

NRL journals go digital

The Naval Research Laboratory and the American Institute of Physics have finished a two-year project to translate eight physics journals into digital format [<a href="http://www.gcn.com/vol19_no5/enterprise/1401-1.html"><i>GCN</i>, March 6, Page 30</a>].

Center offers more software

The Transportation Department's Millennium Solutions Center will supply records management software in addition to network applications and services it already offers government users.