Reno, GTSI's Young win Azimuth Awards
APRIL 19—Attorney General Janet Reno and Dendy Young, the chairman and chief executive officer of Government Technology Services Inc. of Chantilly, Va., have won the Chief Information Officer Council's Azimuth Awards for 2000. Reno received her award after her keynote speech at the FOSE trade show this week in Washington. Young received his award last night at a dinner hosted by FOSE.
FileMaker Pro is logical database pick
The makers of the four leading desktop databases all make the same claim: Our product is the best and the easiest to use.
Security looms large in network management plans
With security at the top of everybody's information systems priority list these days, it is not surprising that security should also be foremost on the minds of feds who use network management software.
GCN selects Exchange Server 2000 as top product at FOSE 2000
APRIL 18—Microsoft Exchange Server 2000 received the Best of Show award today from Government Computer News during the fifth annual Best New Product Awards at FOSE 2000.
Making IT available to disabled helps everyone, Reno says
APRIL 18—Agencies have a way to go to make information technology available to the disabled as required under Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1998, Attorney General Janet Reno said today.
Ballmer pledges software accessibility at FOSE 2000
APRIL 18—In this morning's keynote speech at the FOSE trade show in Washington, Microsoft Corp. president and chief executive officer Steve Ballmer stressed his company's partnership with the federal government and pledged to make software more accessible to disabled users.
OMB updates A-130 guidance for IT
APRIL 17—The Office of Management and Budget has revised the regulation that tells agencies how to manage their information technology systems.
Falling prices, transition delays squeeze FTS 2001 revenue predictions
APRIL 17—Expected revenue from the General Services Administration's FTS 2001 long-haul telecommunications program-$5 billion when the contracts were awarded more than a year ago-has dropped by half to $2.3 billion, according to a General Accounting Office report released today.
Air Force awaits OK on personnel records systems upgrade
APRIL 17—The Air Force Personnel Center is awaiting approval from the Defense Department to replace the service's legacy civilian and military personnel systems.The center wants to retire the old systems by next March, but the transition will be a challenge, said officials of the center at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas.
Agencies need to speed up shift to FTS 2001, Bates says
DALLAS'As the clock ticks toward a Dec. 6 drop-dead date for FTS 2000 bridge contracts, only about a third of government agencies have moved to the nonmandatory FTS 2001 contracts.
Facing worker shortage, VBA turns to IT tools
The Veterans Benefits Administration is expecting a mass staff exodus in three years, just as its workload is likely to increase, placing a heavy load on the systems staff.
It's a bumpy ride, but Dell takes Linux on the road
Putting Linux on a long-established brand of notebook PC is like making a 5-year-old boy wear size-12 men's boots. It doesn't fit right.
Agencies fear Sect. 508 costs
A draft of a new regulation calls for federal agencies to begin making their technology as accessible to disabled users as their buildings.
Do CIOs have enough power to do their jobs?
Most federal agencies have chief information officers, and CIO is a common acronym along Washington's halls of power. But some in government say federal CIOs need more authority. What is needed, several government oversight officials and CIOs have said, is the authority to make top-level decisions'power equivalent to that of their private-sector counterparts.
Govt.'s greatest hits go online
Some of the most-sought-after government documents are slowly making their way online, two public-interest groups, OMB Watch and the Center for Democracy and Technology, reported recently.
Lord takes forecasting post
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has named Stephen J. Lord director of its Environmental Modeling Center.
This hound tracks Web clicks
New WebHound software from SAS Institute Inc. of Cary, N.C., generates ad hoc summaries and reports about clickstream data from Web site visits, then can feed the information into a data warehouse.
Navy beefs up satellite service
The Navy recently exercised a first-year, $54 million option for new satellite communications systems from Raytheon Co.
SGI reorganizes federal unit
SGI this month combined its federal systems sales, engineering and service activities into a new subsidiary, Silicon Graphics Federal Inc.
OMB fills IT policy post
Filling a longtime vacancy, the Office of Management and Budget last week named Daniel Chenok chief of information policy and technology at OMB's Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs.
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