FEDERAL CONTRACT LAW: Joseph J. Petrillo
The federal government deserves high marks for rather quickly making available via the Internet a lot of information that had been difficult to find. Now all manner of laws, regulations, directives, instructions, guidance and commentary is available to anyone with access to the Web.
Experts debate need for federal IT czar
President Clinton's budget is woefully inadequate to take agencies into the world of virtual government, but an information technology czar could help push initiatives through Congress, an industry analyst said.
Letters to the Editor
The Internaut column 'Using best-of-breed components can limit your app integration' [<a href="http://www.gcn.com/vol19_no1/com/1103-1.html"><i>GCN</i>, Jan. 10, Page 33</a>] addresses an important issue facing federal agencies trying to automate the enterprise, namely best-of-breed vs. single-vendor solutions. Which is the best fit for government?
This 17-inch LCD breaks new ground in size, price and view
LCD monitors have been improving for years, but except for the overpriced large-screen size, users have pretty much settled for 15-inch diagonals. Now Samsung Electronics Co. has come out with a true 17-inch LCD at a price to make the rest of the market blush.
This cordless input device's pen is mightier than its mouse
Wacom Technology Corp.'s wireless mouse and pen aim to be a dynamic duo for creative input through a PC's Universal Serial Bus. But only half of the duo is worth buying.
Deidre Lee trades in OFPP job for DOD procurement post
MARCH 2—Deidre A. Lee this month will leave her post as administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy to become the director of Defense procurement.
Beware a too-timid IRS
I still shudder whenever I recall a major addition my wife and I undertook on our first house. Talk about a grand design.
Low-cost QMS color laser printer will cost you in quality
From the earliest days of clunky, noisy, dot-matrix printers that ripped through paper and had only the most rudimentary fonts in black, what I have wanted from printers is simply more: more capability, speed, resolution, fonts and colors.
LAB NOTES
Is Crusoe stranded? Transmeta Corp.'s forthcoming low-power processors for mobile computers don't seem to be taking over the market from Intel Corp.'s mobile processors.
Feds seek dependability and solid support in servers
Reliability is what feds look for most in a server. But if something goes wrong they expect tip-top customer service and technical support from the vendor.
Compaq's iPaq aims for the enterprise
Small form factor, low profile, minitower'no matter how much the desktop computer has changed in size, its insides haven't changed that much.
Socks app sifts multimedia data streams
A downside of firewall security is the barrier it creates to secure videoconferencing and other multimedia applications.
Linux firewalls may be free, but they're not easy
You can spend thousands of dollars on a firewall, or, with a Linux operating system, you can get one for free. But that doesn't necessarily mean you will save thousands of dollars.
CIO Council names trio to lead E-Government Committee
MARCH 2—The Chief Information Officers Council has appointed three leaders for its new E-Government Committee, which is taking over the projects that had been under the auspices of the Government Information Technology Services Board.
Tera Computer Co. buys Cray from SGI and becomes Cray Inc.
MARCH 2—SGI today announced the sale of its Cray Research vector supercomputer subsidiary to Tera Computer Co. of Seattle for an undisclosed amount in cash and stock.
DOD will require testing of security products
MARCH 2—In a move to shore up security, the Defense Department will require that by July 1, 2002, DOD agencies buy only information assurance products that have been evaluated by accredited national laboratories, according to a directive issued yesterday by Arthur L. Money, DOD chief information officer.
System funding will be tied to security, OMB says
MARCH 2— Funding for information technology will be conditional to whether a system has adequate security measures, the Office of Management and Budget said in new guidance.
INTERVIEW: Larry M. Augustin, VA Linux Systems founder
''As a Stanford University graduate student in 1993, Larry M. Augustin could not afford a Unix workstation. So he built his own using the then-new Linux kernel invented by Linus Torvalds; soon afterward he started taking orders for similar systems.
Telecommuting service arrives
Agency telecommuters who wish they had high-speed voice and data connections such as digital subscriber lines might find an inexpensive alternative through Internet service providers in Chicago; Dayton, Ohio; Los Angeles; New York; and Thayer, Mo.
Army, industry plan multimedia-over-ATM system
The Army Communications-Electronics Command is joining forces with the private sector to develop a multimedia-over-asynchronous-transfer-mode delivery system for military as well as civilian use.
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