Lawmakers back bills to bolster DNA system
House lawmakers are examining three bills aimed at reducing backlogs in DNA laboratories and adding information about criminals to the national DNA database.
PACKET RAT
The Rat returned bright and early to his office after a strenuous weekend supervising a delegation of tradesmen called in to resolve certain household appliance problems.
Navy undersecretary to leave job for academic post
The Navy's No. 2 official, who has been a driving force behind the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet procurement and the department's implementation of enterprise resource planning, is leaving this summer for an academic job.
GSA salutes top trail bosses for IT skills
WILLIAMSBURG, Va.'The ability to make the Air Force's Cargo Movement Operations System dance into the year 2000 with few missteps landed Susan Kirkland the Trail Boss of the Year Award.
PROFESSIONAL CALENDAR
Telemedicine Conference.Phoenix. Contact the American Telemedicine Association.
Micron takes a new Web tack
The Web build-to-order trend for PCs and servers is leaving behind government resellers who can't add demonstrated value, says Harry B. Heisler, general manager of Micron Government Computer Systems Inc.
No joy for Joy in nanotech
Bill Joy draws the line at working on nanotechnology, or submicron-level computer circuits.
NOAA launches GOES-11
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and NASA this month launched a new weather satellite.
GIS Web interface specs set
Under a new standard for Web posting of geographic information system data, browsers can overlay maps from different vendors' GIS programs.
PTO on short list for award
The Patent and Trademark Office is up for an Innovations in American Government Award.
Center targets Internet fraud
The Justice Department and the National White Collar Crime Center last week announced the creation of the Internet Fraud Complaint Center.
NWS creates river basin site
The National Weather Service is making daily river forecasts and flood information about the nation's largest river basins available online.
FAR: Negotiate fair orders
An amendment to the Federal Acquisition Regulation directs procurement officials to ensure that orders under multiple-award contracts are fair and competitive.
E-government? So far it's mostly talk, researcher says
MAY 11'When it comes to online government and electronic service to citizens, the federal government isn't putting its money where its mouth is. That's according to Fed Sources president Tom Hewitt, who spoke during the McLean, Va., research firm's annual Outlook conference yesterday.
Army research center upgrades its Cray supercomputer
MAY 11—The Cray T3E-1200 supercomputer at the Army High Performance Computing Research Center in Minneapolis is undergoing an $18.5 million upgrade that will quadruple its performance and memory.
Rep. Davis says more buying reforms are coming
MAY 11'Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.) has promised more procurement reform legislation, including granting state governments the right to use the General Services Administration's Multiple Award Contracts for information technology.
HUD designs its system for equal and easy access
If there is a common goal in agencies' efforts toward online government, it is to provide easy access and ready information to both government employees and the public.
Consider more than bandwidth when choosing Internet access technology
Any agency building toward expanded online government will soon reach a fork in the road over its choice of Internet access technology.
VIEW FROM THE FRONT
Kathleen Perkins can't get enough of computers.
Installing kiosk system in Boston is no tea party, officials say
The city of Boston hit the streets last year with a program to put 20 interactive kiosks throughout the city at which residents could pay parking tickets, get a bus schedule or find the nearest Thai restaurant. The kiosks themselves have provided digital access to the public, officials said, but problems with connectivity and siting have hampered full deployment.
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