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Feds on guard against Feb. 29 code glitches

Agencies are bracing for one last significant round of system monitoring as they watch for leap year date code glitches.''

By GCN
February 20, 2000

GITS Board to come under CIO Council

The Government Information Technology Services Board will become a committee of the Chief Information Officers Council.

By GCN
February 20, 2000

Defense forces demand more data than voice links on the battlefield

U.S. forces requested data links more often than voice connectivity during the buildup for Operation Allied Force, a Joint Chiefs of Staff official said this month.

By GCN
February 20, 2000

AF signs records management BPAs

The Air Force last week negotiated three blanket purchasing agreements for electronic records management and network services.

By GCN
February 20, 2000

IT initiatives top DOD's budget list, from security to signal data

Defense Department information technology efforts will take priority in fiscal 2001, top department officials told House lawmakers this month.

By GCN
February 20, 2000

Filling IT jobs is top concern, federal chiefs says

Although many a systems chief has identified security as the big post-year 2000 issue, a new survey indicates federal information technology executives are more concerned about finding and keeping IT workers.

By GCN
February 20, 2000

OCC launches an extranet site for national banks

Technology has driven change in business processes at the Treasury Department's Comptroller of Currency.

By GCN
February 20, 2000

IRS systems employees receive plaudits for IT efforts and service

The IRS and GCN honored 10 tax agency employees for excellence in systems development, management and implementation.

By GCN
February 20, 2000

USPS customer needs should drive systems solutions, tech officer says

The business and technology needs of the Postal Service are often similar, but it's the needs of customers that drive systems use, USPS' new chief technology officer recently said.

By GCN
February 20, 2000

Treasury begins refining its systems architecture

The Treasury Department will re-create its 2-year-old Treasury Information System Architecture Framework to enhance its bureaus' ability to establish an enterprise information technology environment and deploy modernization projects such as the IRS Prime contract.

By GCN
February 20, 2000

Navy begins reviewing bids for its intranet services contract

The Navy this week begins hearing oral presentations from the four bidders vying for the multibillion-dollar Navy-Marines Corps Intranet contract.

By GCN
February 20, 2000

Commerce unveils plan to remake itself as all-digital department

Seven months after announcing plans for a paperless environment and six months after naming a Digital Department director, Commerce Secretary William M. Daley issued the long-awaited details of the program.

By GCN
February 20, 2000

Justice questions basis of archiving lawsuit

A lawsuit contesting the government's policy on preserving electronic records is based on incorrect assumptions about how agencies handle records, the Justice Department argued in a brief filed this month with the Supreme Court.

By GCN
February 20, 2000

Customs calls a halt to its modernization pilot

Lack of funding forced the Customs Service this month to signal the end of its Automated Commercial Environment pilot, but delaying the modernization effort will be costly, a senior Customs systems official says.

By GCN
February 20, 2000

Navy's No. 2 official upbraids Microsoft

SAN DIEGO'The Navy's senior procurement official this month denounced Microsoft Corp.'s groupware products, threatening to seek such products elsewhere if the company fails to make improvements.

By GCN
February 20, 2000

IRS retreats from plan to begin modernization

IRS officials last week decided to delay some systems modernization projects to try to avoid further pitfalls and criticism.

By GCN
February 20, 2000

Okipage's price and output are well-balanced

Workgroup laser printers vary so much in price and features that they resist head-to-head comparisons.

By GCN
February 20, 2000

INTERVIEW: Carla A. von Bernewitz, former DLA systems chief

After serving for more than two years as the Defense Logistics Agency's chief information officer, Carla A. von Bernewitz this month left government for a job with Electronic Data Systems Corp.

By GCN
February 19, 2000

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Feds on guard against Feb. 29 code glitches

Agencies are bracing for one last significant round of system monitoring as they watch for leap year date code glitches.''

GITS Board to come under CIO Council

The Government Information Technology Services Board will become a committee of the Chief Information Officers Council.

Defense forces demand more data than voice links on the battlefield

U.S. forces requested data links more often than voice connectivity during the buildup for Operation Allied Force, a Joint Chiefs of Staff official said this month.

AF signs records management BPAs

The Air Force last week negotiated three blanket purchasing agreements for electronic records management and network services.

IT initiatives top DOD's budget list, from security to signal data

Defense Department information technology efforts will take priority in fiscal 2001, top department officials told House lawmakers this month.

Filling IT jobs is top concern, federal chiefs says

Although many a systems chief has identified security as the big post-year 2000 issue, a new survey indicates federal information technology executives are more concerned about finding and keeping IT workers.

OCC launches an extranet site for national banks

Technology has driven change in business processes at the Treasury Department's Comptroller of Currency.

IRS systems employees receive plaudits for IT efforts and service

The IRS and GCN honored 10 tax agency employees for excellence in systems development, management and implementation.

USPS customer needs should drive systems solutions, tech officer says

The business and technology needs of the Postal Service are often similar, but it's the needs of customers that drive systems use, USPS' new chief technology officer recently said.

Treasury begins refining its systems architecture

The Treasury Department will re-create its 2-year-old Treasury Information System Architecture Framework to enhance its bureaus' ability to establish an enterprise information technology environment and deploy modernization projects such as the IRS Prime contract.

Navy begins reviewing bids for its intranet services contract

The Navy this week begins hearing oral presentations from the four bidders vying for the multibillion-dollar Navy-Marines Corps Intranet contract.

Commerce unveils plan to remake itself as all-digital department

Seven months after announcing plans for a paperless environment and six months after naming a Digital Department director, Commerce Secretary William M. Daley issued the long-awaited details of the program.

Justice questions basis of archiving lawsuit

A lawsuit contesting the government's policy on preserving electronic records is based on incorrect assumptions about how agencies handle records, the Justice Department argued in a brief filed this month with the Supreme Court.

Customs calls a halt to its modernization pilot

Lack of funding forced the Customs Service this month to signal the end of its Automated Commercial Environment pilot, but delaying the modernization effort will be costly, a senior Customs systems official says.

Navy's No. 2 official upbraids Microsoft

SAN DIEGO'The Navy's senior procurement official this month denounced Microsoft Corp.'s groupware products, threatening to seek such products elsewhere if the company fails to make improvements.

IRS retreats from plan to begin modernization

IRS officials last week decided to delay some systems modernization projects to try to avoid further pitfalls and criticism.

Okipage's price and output are well-balanced

Workgroup laser printers vary so much in price and features that they resist head-to-head comparisons.

Fast printers

INTERVIEW: Carla A. von Bernewitz, former DLA systems chief

After serving for more than two years as the Defense Logistics Agency's chief information officer, Carla A. von Bernewitz this month left government for a job with Electronic Data Systems Corp.

House finance board names CIO

FEB. 21The Federal Housing Finance Board this month named Hung Phan as its first chief information officer.

Agencies are bracing for one last significant round of system monitoring as they watch for leap year date code glitches.''

The Government Information Technology Services Board will become a committee of the Chief Information Officers Council.

U.S. forces requested data links more often than voice connectivity during the buildup for Operation Allied Force, a Joint Chiefs of Staff official said this month.

The Air Force last week negotiated three blanket purchasing agreements for electronic records management and network services.

Defense Department information technology efforts will take priority in fiscal 2001, top department officials told House lawmakers this month.

Although many a systems chief has identified security as the big post-year 2000 issue, a new survey indicates federal information technology executives are more concerned about finding and keeping IT workers.

Technology has driven change in business processes at the Treasury Department's Comptroller of Currency.

The IRS and GCN honored 10 tax agency employees for excellence in systems development, management and implementation.

The business and technology needs of the Postal Service are often similar, but it's the needs of customers that drive systems use, USPS' new chief technology officer recently said.

The Treasury Department will re-create its 2-year-old Treasury Information System Architecture Framework to enhance its bureaus' ability to establish an enterprise information technology environment and deploy modernization projects such as the IRS Prime contract.

The Navy this week begins hearing oral presentations from the four bidders vying for the multibillion-dollar Navy-Marines Corps Intranet contract.

Seven months after announcing plans for a paperless environment and six months after naming a Digital Department director, Commerce Secretary William M. Daley issued the long-awaited details of the program.

A lawsuit contesting the government's policy on preserving electronic records is based on incorrect assumptions about how agencies handle records, the Justice Department argued in a brief filed this month with the Supreme Court.

Lack of funding forced the Customs Service this month to signal the end of its Automated Commercial Environment pilot, but delaying the modernization effort will be costly, a senior Customs systems official says.

SAN DIEGO'The Navy's senior procurement official this month denounced Microsoft Corp.'s groupware products, threatening to seek such products elsewhere if the company fails to make improvements.

IRS officials last week decided to delay some systems modernization projects to try to avoid further pitfalls and criticism.

Workgroup laser printers vary so much in price and features that they resist head-to-head comparisons.

After serving for more than two years as the Defense Logistics Agency's chief information officer, Carla A. von Bernewitz this month left government for a job with Electronic Data Systems Corp.

FEB. 21&#151;The Federal Housing Finance Board this month named Hung Phan as its first chief information officer.

FEB. 21The Federal Housing Finance Board this month named Hung Phan as its first chief information officer.