Navy receives intranet bids
JUNE 2—Now the hard work begins.
Will agencies cotton to industry trend of outsourcing basic apps?
As agencies try to cope with the shortfall in systems workers, outsourcing some or perhaps all the work done by their information technology shops could become more alluring.
Don't let minor attacks obscure bigger threats, experts warn
Information technology professionals should not be distracted by the recent outbreak of e-mail viruses or the arrest of a suspect in a rash of distributed denial-of-service attacks, experts warned.
FBI honors exemplary efforts in information systems development
The FBI and GCN honored 19 bureau employees for excellence in systems development, management and implementation.
Federal acquisition reform hasn't solved persistent procurement problems, GAO says
Information technology procurement problems persist, despite recent federal acquisition reforms, according to the General Accounting Office.
NOAA's goal: making maps more manageable
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Marine Chart Division will manage files from its remote offices via the Internet this month when it completes an upgrade to a more powerful database.
Carnegie Mellon creates a second center devoted to security issues
At Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, the new Carnegie Mellon Institute for Survivable Systems will form public-private research partnerships to secure the nation's information infrastructure.
In fighting viruses, agencies find that quick response proves crucial
A speedy response is the key to containing and blocking computer viruses, federal information technology executives learned as they labored under a recent barrage of infected e-mail messages.
CIO Council: Lack of funding hinders security
The Chief Information Officers Council has begun projects to help agencies improve security practices, but members say a lack of funding and oversight is hamstringing the efforts.
Scientists begin returning to Los Alamos lab
Most of the Los Alamos National Laboratory has reopened, but employees are still taking stock of damage caused by a wildfire that last month swept through parts of New Mexico for more than two weeks.
Feds, industry meet to refine e-gov strategies
Reps. Steve Horn and Tom Davis took to the hills of Northern Virginia last month to debate strategies the federal government should adopt as it moves toward electronic government.
A net runs through IT in Big Sky country
Tony Herbert, administrator for Montana's Information Services Division, spent his high school years and early 20s in Alexandria, Va.
LANvault packages the tools you need to perform remote backup
LANvault from ATL Products Inc. bundles a digital tape library with a dedicated storage server and software for remote site backup.
IT executives say the road to digital government is flecked with potholes
ASHEVILLE, N.C.'Amid general euphoria about the prospects for digital government, state and local officials at the National Association of State Information Resource Executives' midyear conference identified serious problems that confront governments seeking to shift their services into electronic overdrive.
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Nine up-and-coming technologies are going to have a big impact on the way the government uses the Web, as well as on how people access government information from it.
A filter at the firewall will help shield agency nets from attack
Security experts want to stop denial-of-service attacks at their source by encouraging systems administrators to filter outgoing packets at routers and firewalls.
Uncle Sam puts $80m in state traffic plans
What do a Northwestern ferry boat, a Mid-Atlantic bridge and a Silicon Valley freeway have in common?
NeoTrace tracks packets through the Net
Ever have Internet connectivity problems? Who hasn't?
Brickbats fly in Iowa funding fray
Iowa's chief information officer, an appointee of Democratic Gov. Tom Vilsack, has set off a partisan brawl over information technology spending with the Republican leadership of the Iowa Legislature.
Colorado turns AF base into digital center
When the Air Force closed Denver's Lowry Air Force Base in October 1994, the surrounding community lost its economic mainstay. What do you do with two square miles of Air Force base once it has closed? Turn it into a theme park? A shopping mall? Hardly credible options for a collection of deserted runways, barracks, office buildings and workshops.
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