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Bartering is a business process as old as the hills'perhaps older than government itself. With the advent of electronic commerce, barter, perhaps surprisingly, is enjoying a resurgence. Could state and local governments consider barter as a means of securing needed goods and services? The answer may also surprise you.
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I heard a new phrase recently that describes the scope of change necessary for survival in the so-called dot-com economy. 'Bringing about fundamental changes in the basic DNA structure of the organization' means that organizations require a shift akin to a genetic change in how they think, spend, plan and operate. Gary Lenz, a partner at Arthur Andersen & Co., used the phrase during a presentation.
FROM THE EDITOR
As state executive branches rush headlong into dot-com initiatives, legislatures often seem like quaint backwaters.
SSA takes benefit calculation program online
APRIL 7—The Social Security Administration today unveiled an interactive Web tool that will let visitors calculate their future benefit amounts online.
Four CIOs name their biggest worries
APRIL 6—What most worries federal chief information officers? Four of them named an aging and shrinking information technology workforce, among other issues, during a luncheon today hosted by the Professional Services Council of Arlington, Va.
Raduege named director of DISA
APRIL 6—Air Force Maj. Gen. Harry D. Raduege Jr. will become the Defense Information Systems Agency's new director, according to a Pentagon announcement made today.
FTS extends informal deadline for moving to FTS 2001
DALLAS, APRIL 6—Sandra Bates, in her first appearance as commissioner of the Federal Technology Service, extended the deadline for agencies to move to the FTS 2001 long-distance communications contract by three months, or through September of this year.
ACES vendor gets green light to offer digital certificates
APRIL 6—Agencies can start handing out digital certificates under the General Services Administration's Access Certificates for Electronic Services contract.
USPS launches e-payment service
APRIL 5—The Postal Service today launched an electronic bill payment service on its Web site.
GE Capital details closing of federal business
APRIL 4—GE Capital Information Technology Solutions today detailed its plans to shutter its federal systems division, which had provided the government with PC-related products and services.
House Republicans request $250 million for security project
APRIL 4—House Republican cybersecurity team members have called for a $250 million pilot project to evaluate network security in five federal agencies and have requested language establishing the program in fiscal 2001 appropriations legislation.
SGI and GE Capital: vendors come and go
APRIL 4'Two information technology vendors' recent actions demonstrate how fast the vendor base can change in the federal market.
No federal user impact expected from Microsoft ruling
APRIL 4—Monday's ruling by Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson that Microsoft Corp. violated antitrust laws and abused its monopoly power will have no immediate impact on PC prices or software features.
NOAA contends critical report exaggerated
APRIL 3—National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration officials maintain that the General Accounting Office overstated its recent finding that NOAA's weather satellite program is in jeopardy.
Reinvention is making a difference, feds say
APRIL 3—Most federal employees feel satisfied with their jobs, according to a recent survey conducted by the National Partnership for Reinventing Government.
New virus is no April Fools' joke, FBI says
APRIL 3—The FBI over the weekend warned that a newly discovered Internet worm can jump from computer to computer more quickly than previous forms.
Agencies post more most-wanted documents online
APRIL 3—Some of the most sought-after government documents are slowly making their way online, two public interest groups have reported.
White House: Retrieving 'lost' e-mail will cost up to $3 million
During the past four years, small but errant code changes made by the White House technical staff prevented an Executive Office system from properly saving the incoming e-mail messages of hundreds of users.
Microsoft patch secures Outlook for DMS users
In the first service release for Office 2000, Microsoft Corp. has added numerous upgrades to Outlook 2000 so the e-mail client will meet the Defense Message System's Version 2.2 specifications.
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