Route Fifty

Agencies may get more time for Section 508 fixes

MAY 25The Senate last week passed an amendment that would give federal agencies a bit more time in making their information technology accessible to the disabled.

By GCN
May 25, 2000

Plug-ins and other services can help you fine-tune your online searches

Online buyers have several options to help determine the products and suppliers that best meet their needs. Downloading a shopping plug-in for your browser, for example, enhances the ability to find the best product at the best price, while a service such as BizRate helps in selecting the best supplier.

By GCN
May 24, 2000

When it comes to computer prices, the cost of components is the most important factor

It's difficult for a company to market and properly support any office computer priced less than about $1,000'its profit margin is small enough already. But declining component costs mean that, as time passes, you get better performance for the same price.

By GCN
May 24, 2000

Bargain hunting for a computer can be hit-or-miss

Most of the computers in my office have been running for years'some for more than a decade'and all are quality machines from makers such as IBM Corp., Compaq Computer Corp. and Dell Computer Corp. There's even an old Zeos from the days when that company was doing well.

By GCN
May 24, 2000

Congress extends deadline for INS data system

May 24The House yesterday passed by voice vote an amendment requiring the Justice Department to establish an entry and exit data collection system at airports, seaports and high-traffic land border ports of entry by Dec. 31, 2005.

By GCN
May 24, 2000

Controls on the Nikon Coolpix 990 are good enough for professionals

Besides being one of the first of the new crop of 3.34-megapixel digital cameras, Nikon Inc.'s Coolpix 990 is the first to offer a Universal Serial Bus connection. And it is only the second, after the Coolpix 950, to allow uncompressed files, which are essential for large-format, high-quality color prints as well as for photo cropping.

By GCN
May 23, 2000

This Tool puts Excel to work in SQL Server

Like practically every other online analytical processing product, Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 has a Microsoft Excel add-in client. But its Excel add-in is not sufficiently powerful for large amounts of data.

By GCN
May 23, 2000

Lawmakers take e-government hearing on the road

MAY 23Rep. Steve Horn (R-Calif.) and Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.) took to the hills of Northern Virginia on Monday to debate the challenges the federal government faces and the strategies it should adopt as it moves into electronic government.

By GCN
May 23, 2000

Suite users get new options from free downloads and ASPs

With prices ranging from nothing for a download to nearly $1,000 for a retail copy of a fully-equipped office applications suite, buyers may well wonder why they should have to spend money when equivalent software is available gratis. It's a question worth more than idle speculation.

By GCN
May 23, 2000

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Agencies may get more time for Section 508 fixes

MAY 25The Senate last week passed an amendment that would give federal agencies a bit more time in making their information technology accessible to the disabled.

PERSPECTIVES

Like the drumbeat from a marching band, the word has been going out for the last nine months that cybersecurity would be this year's big action item. A scan of the headlines on almost any day indicates that the predictions have come true.

FROM THE EDITOR

It wasn't so long ago that pundits who measure office productivity pronounced the PC a failure. That is, the investments that agencies'and companies'had made throughout the 1980s and early 1990s apparently weren't paying off in measurable white-collar productivity.

THE BOTTOM LINE

The other day I was browsing through the General Services Administration schedule, fantasizing about what I could buy if I had a federal credit card, when I found a special item called Professional Legal Services.

ONLINE BUYING

You don't need a Cadillac to drive to the store. A Honda, Chevy or four-cylinder pickup truck such as my '95 Mazda would do.

Reverse auctions

The Naval Supply Systems Command broke new ground in federal procurement last month when it conducted an online reverse auction for technology components of aircraft ejector seats.

Free Stuff

The Internet has proven a lot of things over the past few years, including that you can get too much of a good thing. Who can sort through all of the information on today's Net? How can you find what you need? How can you share your info and target it to the correct people?

Plug-ins and other services can help you fine-tune your online searches

Bots & search tools

Multipurpose modems

If you want to use the Internet to send e-mail, broadcast faxes or set up an automated telephone answering service, there's a full-featured multipurpose modem out there for you.

When it comes to computer prices, the cost of components is the most important factor

It's difficult for a company to market and properly support any office computer priced less than about $1,000'its profit margin is small enough already. But declining component costs mean that, as time passes, you get better performance for the same price.

Bargain hunting for a computer can be hit-or-miss

Most of the computers in my office have been running for years'some for more than a decade'and all are quality machines from makers such as IBM Corp., Compaq Computer Corp. and Dell Computer Corp. There's even an old Zeos from the days when that company was doing well.

Bargain PCs

The average office worker doesn't use all of a high-end PC's power; it's difficult to buy a new computer that won't perform well running an office suite or accessing a network.

Congress extends deadline for INS data system

May 24The House yesterday passed by voice vote an amendment requiring the Justice Department to establish an entry and exit data collection system at airports, seaports and high-traffic land border ports of entry by Dec. 31, 2005.

Controls on the Nikon Coolpix 990 are good enough for professionals

Digital Cameras

The Internet has made digital photography a medium for our age, enabled by affordable and convenient digital cameras.

This Tool puts Excel to work in SQL Server

Like practically every other online analytical processing product, Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 has a Microsoft Excel add-in client. But its Excel add-in is not sufficiently powerful for large amounts of data.

Lawmakers take e-government hearing on the road

MAY 23Rep. Steve Horn (R-Calif.) and Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.) took to the hills of Northern Virginia on Monday to debate the challenges the federal government faces and the strategies it should adopt as it moves into electronic government.

Statistics Software

Suite users get new options from free downloads and ASPs

With prices ranging from nothing for a download to nearly $1,000 for a retail copy of a fully-equipped office applications suite, buyers may well wonder why they should have to spend money when equivalent software is available gratis. It's a question worth more than idle speculation.

MAY 25&#151;The Senate last week passed an amendment that would give federal agencies a bit more time in making their information technology accessible to the disabled.

Like the drumbeat from a marching band, the word has been going out for the last nine months that cybersecurity would be this year's big action item. A scan of the headlines on almost any day indicates that the predictions have come true.

It wasn't so long ago that pundits who measure office productivity pronounced the PC a failure. That is, the investments that agencies'and companies'had made throughout the 1980s and early 1990s apparently weren't paying off in measurable white-collar productivity.

The other day I was browsing through the General Services Administration schedule, fantasizing about what I could buy if I had a federal credit card, when I found a special item called Professional Legal Services.

You don't need a Cadillac to drive to the store. A Honda, Chevy or four-cylinder pickup truck such as my '95 Mazda would do.

The Naval Supply Systems Command broke new ground in federal procurement last month when it conducted an online reverse auction for technology components of aircraft ejector seats.

The Internet has proven a lot of things over the past few years, including that you can get too much of a good thing. Who can sort through all of the information on today's Net? How can you find what you need? How can you share your info and target it to the correct people?

If you want to use the Internet to send e-mail, broadcast faxes or set up an automated telephone answering service, there's a full-featured multipurpose modem out there for you.

It's difficult for a company to market and properly support any office computer priced less than about $1,000'its profit margin is small enough already. But declining component costs mean that, as time passes, you get better performance for the same price.

Most of the computers in my office have been running for years'some for more than a decade'and all are quality machines from makers such as IBM Corp., Compaq Computer Corp. and Dell Computer Corp. There's even an old Zeos from the days when that company was doing well.

The average office worker doesn't use all of a high-end PC's power; it's difficult to buy a new computer that won't perform well running an office suite or accessing a network.

May 24&#151;The House yesterday passed by voice vote an amendment requiring the Justice Department to establish an entry and exit data collection system at airports, seaports and high-traffic land border ports of entry by Dec. 31, 2005.

The Internet has made digital photography a medium for our age, enabled by affordable and convenient digital cameras.

Like practically every other online analytical processing product, Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 has a Microsoft Excel add-in client. But its Excel add-in is not sufficiently powerful for large amounts of data.

MAY 23&#151;Rep. Steve Horn (R-Calif.) and Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.) took to the hills of Northern Virginia on Monday to debate the challenges the federal government faces and the strategies it should adopt as it moves into electronic government.

With prices ranging from nothing for a download to nearly $1,000 for a retail copy of a fully-equipped office applications suite, buyers may well wonder why they should have to spend money when equivalent software is available gratis. It's a question worth more than idle speculation.

MAY 25The Senate last week passed an amendment that would give federal agencies a bit more time in making their information technology accessible to the disabled.

May 24The House yesterday passed by voice vote an amendment requiring the Justice Department to establish an entry and exit data collection system at airports, seaports and high-traffic land border ports of entry by Dec. 31, 2005.

MAY 23Rep. Steve Horn (R-Calif.) and Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.) took to the hills of Northern Virginia on Monday to debate the challenges the federal government faces and the strategies it should adopt as it moves into electronic government.