AF colonel: Money alone won't keep IT workers
Fresh from its success in Operation Allied Force, the Air Force wants to win a new battle: information technology staff retention.
GAO, IG urge Defense to revamp finance apps
The Defense Department must re-engineer its systems if it wants to generate sound financial data to manage its $1 trillion in assets, the General Accounting Office and the DOD inspector general recently concluded.
GSA will subsidize PKI work
To jump-start public-key infrastructure development, the General Services Administration has awarded a task order that will let it subsidize agencies' initial digital certificate efforts.
GSA joins smart-card group
The General Services Administration has joined GlobalPlatform, an organization promoting open standards for multiuse smart cards.
Vint Cerf: Lead by example
Governments should resist the temptation to try regulating Internet security, the Global Internet Project warned last week.
Corrupt file foils FBI system
A corrupted Oracle7 Release 7.3 database file forced the FBI to pull the plug on the Interstate Identification Index for two days, FBI officials said.
Peace Corps dumps Macs for PCs running NT
The Peace Corps last month signed up to use the General Services Administration's Seat Management Program.
Lawmakers grill State about notebook theft
State Department officials this month told a House committee they remain clueless about the whereabouts of a missing notebook PC containing classified information.
Feds on alert for new, destructive virus
MAY 19—Just when you thought it was safe to check your e-mail, a new, potentially devastating computer virus began making the rounds today.
Presidential advisory panel calls for governmentwide CIO
MAY 19'A draft report from the Presidential Information Technology Advisory Committee calls for the appointment of a governmentwide chief information officer and says an IT czar would help promote cross-agency projects.
State Department memo emphasizes vulnerability of notebook PCs
MAY 18—A State Department inventory revealed that the agency is missing 15 of its 1,913 unclassified notebook PCs, officials said.
Lab employees prepare to return to work
MAY 18'Some Los Alamos National Laboratory employees may return to work as early as Monday if firefighters continue to contain the wildfire that threatened lab facilities for two weeks, officials said.
Lab employees prepare to return to work
MAY 18—Some Los Alamos National Laboratory employees may return to work as early as Monday if firefighters continue to contain the wildfire that threatened lab facilities for two weeks, officials said.
New Web site lets citizens offer input to Congress
MAY 18'An interactive Web page that debuted today offers citizens a chance to tell Congress what they expect from electronic government.
New Web site lets citizens offer input to Congress
MAY 18—An interactive Web page that debuted today offers citizens a chance to tell Congress what they expect from electronic government.
Cover the basics to get the most from a multichip server
If you are plunging toward a server purchase but don't want to waste any of your organization's dollars, keep some basics in mind.
Multichip servers
If you're shopping for an enterprise-level multiprocessor server, you'll notice a new player with a familiar name: Intel Corp. The giant chipmaker, dominant in the PC and small server markets, is challenging RISC technology with multichip architectures built around Pentium III and Pentium III Xeon processors and Intel boards.
Pacific Fleet's San Diego ATM network precedes NMCI
In a dress rehearsal of sorts for the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet, Pacific Fleet officials are connecting 7,500 PCs in 68 organizations throughout San Diego to create a base area network.
Airport database goes on Web
Defense Department officials have gone one step beyond the Federal Aviation Administration to improve a system that gives pilots data on conditions at foreign airports.
BRIEFING BOOK
Air Fox. Col. Neal I. Fox will soon become director of the Air Force's primary source selection organization for commercial technology products.
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