Exchange Server 2000 named best new product at conference
Microsoft Exchange Server 2000 last week received the best-of-show award from Government Computer News during the fifth annual best new product awards ceremony at the FOSE trade show in Washington.
At FOSE, Ballmer pledges more accessible apps
Microsoft Corp. president and chief executive officer Steve Ballmer pledged last week that his company will make its software more accessible for disabled computer users.
Air Force awaits OK on personnel systems plan
RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas'The Air Force Personnel Center is awaiting approval from the Defense Department to replace the service's legacy civilian and military personnel systems.
Customs' user fee plan faces House opposition
An administration proposal to fund the Customs Service's modernization through the annual collection of $210 million in user fees is getting a cold reception on Capitol Hill.
DOT site gets new address
The Transportation Department's online database of transportation information is getting a new address.
VBA studies upgrade costs
Information technology's role at the Veterans Benefits Administration is to support the agency's goals in an era of massive downsizing and increasing workload, VBA's chief information officer said this month.
NOAA e-mails map updates
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration now provides updates of nautical charts via e-mail.
JetForm announces XML app
JetForm Corp.'s forthcoming Jaguar Web Pak, announced last week at the FOSE trade show in Washington, will deliver the same elec-tronic form to browsers running on desktop or handheld computers.
FBI investigates State's missing computer
A House committee intends to grill State Department officials about their systems security after a notebook computer that contained sensitive information was left in a conference room and apparently stolen.
Reno: IT accessibility will challenge agencies
Making government information technology accessible to the disabled will challenge federal agencies, but the effort is necessary because it is the right thing to do, Attorney General Janet Reno said last week.
Flexibility bill passes first test
A bill that would eliminate the mandatory minimum education and experience requirements for information technology services contractors recently cleared its first hurdle.
DISA to award security pacts
The Defense Department accepted bids last week for its seven-year, $1.5 billion Information Assurance Services procurement.
Census buys crypto gear
The Census Bureau is encrypting its Census 2000 interoffice communications with T1 and asynchronous transfer mode encryption appliances from Cylink Corp. of Santa Clara, Calif.
Bill would give feds home PCs
Hoping to promote a technologically proficient work force, Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) this month sponsored a bill calling for a free home PC with an Internet connection for every federal worker.
Compaq names Ross new federal chief
APRIL 21'Ron Ross, a former National Security Agency employee, is the new president of Compaq Federal LLC. He will report to an inside board of directors chaired by Compaq Computer Corp. president and chief executive officer Michael D. Capellas.
Micron plays new hosting role, buys Inacom
APRIL 20—Government resellers who can't demonstrate the value they add to hardware "no longer have a place in the food chain," said Micron Government Computer Systems Inc. general manager Harry B. Heisler. "When [PCs and servers] are built to order, what's left for resellers? The landscape has changed. They must carve out a mission."
U.S., Canadian officials arrest suspect in Web attacks
APRIL 20—A joint FBI and Canadian law enforcement investigation led to the Tuesday arrest of a 15-year-old Quebec resident known online as "Mafiaboy." The young man allegedly launched distributed-denial-of-service attacks on American commercial Web sites in February, according to the FBI.
Iowa Legislature poised to shortchange IT resources, CIO says
APRIL 20—The Iowa Legislature appears likely to appropriate only 25 percent of the funds needed for core information technology projects next year, although a recent study said the state's IT efforts are already underfunded, Iowa's chief information officer told GCN.
Linux provides good foundation for CAD
It's hard to find an office these days where someone isn't trying out Linux. It's an essentially free operating system with essentially free applications, but they all have more going for them than price.
CAD Software
Once the province of highly specialized hardware platforms, highly trained users and costly procurements, computer-aided design packages are now available off the shelf for desktop PC platforms and general users'at reasonable prices.
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