NASA awards contracts for Ames facility
MARCH 9—NASA's Ames Research Center has awarded contracts worth a total of $150 million to two companies for developing methods of air traffic management and automation.
WAAS works well during demonstration
MARCH 3'The flight was bumpy but the Wide Area Augmentation System worked smoothly during a demonstration of the navigation system that augments Global Positioning System data to help pilots keep their aircraft on track.
THE 50 STATES
DE-DIGITIZED. The Industrial Relations Department is archiving its computer records to 105-mm microfiche and 16-mm roll film with the XFP2000 Computer Output Microfilm recorder system from Anacomp Inc. of San Diego.
Internet requirements set the stage for new database security designs
Security in the Internet age is a two-way street: Agencies need to respect confidentiality while resisting unauthorized access
DBMS UPDATE
Government database users face many new and difficult tasks these days.
Lack of funding undercuts effort at Oregon school
Two determined teachers in Portland, Ore., are sharing their self-taught computer knowledge with students, but say their efforts are often hampered by a lack of technical support and funds.
Cities get grants to boost schools' systems access
Ten U.S. cities recently picked up $100,000 each for networking projects aimed at bridging the digital divide.
Do you need Windows NT's successor?
After all the hype and a three-year-plus wait, the official release of Microsoft Windows 2000 was a bit of a letdown. But the hulking operating system works'and fairly well.
COUNTY LINES
Over easy. Pinellas County, Fla., is wirelessly linking PCs in movable classrooms to Ethernet networks in main school buildings with a flexible, portable setup from Cabletron Systems Inc. of Rochester, N.H.
In Vermont, IT shops work autonomously
Bob West, Vermont's assistant chief information officer, has been involved in state systems for more than 20 years. He's worked at several agencies, including the Personnel Department.
Teachers learn and share IT knowledge
Thousands of teachers are going back to school to learn how to lead their students across the digital divide.
In California, a task force predicts that voting via the Internet is at least two years in the offing
California residents will eventually be able to vote from their home PCs'but not any time soon, according to a report outlining roadblocks to Internet voting.
State plans accident reporting system
Vermont's Transportation Agency is planning a new system, tied to a new business process, that will help keep its roads as safe as possible.
GSA FTS Commissioner Fischer to retire next month
MARCH 7—Dennis J. Fischer, the commissioner of the General Services Administration's Federal Technology Service, today told his staff he will leave government service next month. Deputy Commissioner Sandra Bates has been named his successor.
Postal Service contract furthers automation efforts
MARCH 7—The Postal Service awarded a $73.4 million contract to Lockheed Martin Federal Systems Inc. of Manassas, Va., for 42 smart parcel sorters in 21 bulk mail centers.
Wireless technology is speeding up, getting connected
MARCH 7—Wireless computers with loads of custom enterprise software will soon be able to synchronize with host networks, according to speakers at the recent Mobile Insights 2000 conference in Palm Desert, Calif.
Data General vows 99.9 percent uptime for Microsoft Exchange
Data General Corp. will guarantee 99.9 percent uptime for Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 through its package of support services.
Bakersfield's civic data hits Web at low cost
Bakersfield, Calif., is offering a full-service electronic-government portal at a taxpayer cost of less than $30,000.
Storage manager from Tivoli gets major overhaul for Web storage
Tivoli Systems Inc. has replaced its Adstar Distributed Storage Manager backup software with a Web-style storage management product called Tivoli Storage Manager.
DOE posts school security handbook online
The U.S. Energy Department has posted online a school security handbook that would seem to respond to the 'I never thought it could happen here' refrain.
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