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.
Bell Atlantic network serves Washington-area agencies
Stop. No trespassing. This is a single network for federal agencies only.
Government Infrastructure
In the familiar concept of computer technology as an information highway, networks are where the rubber meets the road.
Letters to the Editor
I just received the April 17 issue of GCN and was pleasantly surprised to see a Test Drive of a Dell Latitude CPx running Red Hat Linux from Red Hat Inc. of Durham, N.C. I was less enthused after I read the article.
Editorial
The federal government needs an information technology czar like it needs a hole in the head.
Microsoft, Novell e-mail programs deliver for feds
On the federal enterprise e-mail software and groupware playing field, it's Microsoft Exchange Server vs. Novell GroupWise.
INTERVIEW: John Guy, HP's government organization chief
A 23-year veteran of Hewlett-Packard Co., John Guy leads the company's government marketing efforts.
U.S. peacekeepers use Net to access classified network
Halfway around the world, U.S. peacekeepers in East Timor are accessing the Defense Department's classified network through the Internet.
Soldiers get relocation help
Army Housing officials later this year will roll out a Web-based relational database management system that will let the tens of thousands of soldiers who move annually get housing data directly.
Two security products step beyond the firewall
NetFacade software from GTE Federal Network Systems goes a step beyond firewall and intrusion detection software. It simulates an entire sham network where intruders can wander at will while the administrator tracks their moves and captures their IP addresses.
Network-1 releases new hardening templates for line of Lucent servers
Network-1 Security Solutions Inc. has updated its CyberwallPlus-SV security hardening software for the QIP line of Domain Name System and Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol servers made by Lucent Technologies Inc. of Murray Hill, N.J.
NASA will use IP to talk it up
NASA is building a voice over IP system to help earthbound scientists stay in touch with their experiments on the International Space Station.
INTERNAUT
The Justice Department won't achieve its antitrust goals by breaking up Microsoft Corp.
Cross-tabulation software puts on a Web face
QQQ Software Inc. of Arlington, Va., has updated its venerable cross-tabulation software for 32-bit Microsoft Windows and the Web.
A system based on the National Weather Service's applications is available for sale
Two systems integrators'one of them a contractor for the National Weather Service's modernization effort'have jointly developed a commercial decision-support system based on the NWS technology.
Air Force transportation system program manager is top Trail Boss
MAY 10'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.
EPA expands access to data
The Environmental Protection Agency's online Aerometric Information Retrieval System (AIRS) hit the Web last fall, but only recently have EPA officials begun to promote their colorful AIRS Graphics on the Web (AGWeb) application.
POWER USER
Microsoft Word 2000 has handy formatting tools that you can apply selectively.
Drumbeat 2000 rolls out e-commerce capability in a hurry
Web developers have dozens of tools to make static Hypertext Markup Language pages. But only a handful of tools can create resilient, database-driven enterprise applications.
Equium makes powerful, inexpensive desktop system
I had high expectations for the fastest Celeron processor yet seen in the GCN Lab and, for the most part, the 500-MHz Toshiba Equium 7300D met them.
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