Discarded PC gets new life with upgrade
For some time, a 4-year-old PC'its 200-MHz Pentium processor stone cold'had sat idle in a corner of the GCN Lab.
THE 50 STATES
CLASS ACT. Birmingham is pushing through a plan that would furnish each classroom with three Internet-connected PCs. The plan calls for 2,400 notebook PCs'one for every teacher, principal, counselor and librarian'8,000 PCs for students and 2,300 printers.
Enterprise stretches deep into heart of Texas
As executive director of the Information Resources Department, Carolyn Purcell has a big task: present a single, open and easily accessible face of government to citizens who boast a long tradition of independence and mistrust of government. After all, Texas is the only state that was once an independent nation. Purcell received a bachelor's degree in English and a master's in business administration from the University of Texas at Austin. Besides her work for the state, Purcell has worked in manufacturing and health care.
CIO OUTLOOK
Last month, during a postmortem briefing to journalists at the National Press Club in Washington, year 2000 czar John Koskinen made wrap-up observations based on his bird's-eye view.
LAB NOTES
USB rules. Makers of so-called legacy-free desktop PCs are not only eliminating cards and ports in favor of the Universal Serial Bus, they're also adding color to the chassis.
FROM THE EDITOR
Where can you find a convergence of nearly all important information technology issues'privacy, security, public Web access, multitier architectures and integration of legacy databases and applications?
GIS gives Texas map a whole new look
A notice saying, 'Texas, digitally remastered,' greets visitors to the Texas Strategic Mapping Program's Web site, at <a href="http://www.tnris.state.tx.us/stratmap">www.tnris.state.tx.us/stratmap</a>.
BUY LINES
Two recent cases'one involving procurement procedures and one involving a contract award'give advance warning about the information technology buying challenges that you will likely face this year.
After Windows 2000, expect Windows Me from Microsoft Corp.
FEB. 8—Even before Microsoft Corp.'s newest operating system makes it out the door, industry insiders are talking about the next OS expected later this year.
Clinton budget would boost agency IT funding
FEB. 8—President Clinton's 2001 budget proposal supports science and technology initiatives, specifically for high- priority, long-term basic research, Office of Management and Budget director Jacob J. Lew told a congressional panel today.
IT security, work force issues among CIOs' key concerns, new survey finds
FEB. 8—Agency information technology executives list cybersecurity and the IT work force shortage among the top issues they face, a new survey shows.
Conference features demo of free Office 2000 lookalike
FEB. 8—A free Web office suite that mimics Microsoft Office 2000 stole a fair amount of thunder at the Demo 2000 conference in Indian Wells, Calif., yesterday.
DOD delays rollout of pharmacy benefits system
FEB. 8—Defense Department officials have delayed by three months the rollout of a pharmacy benefits system designed to improve safety, but they still plan to meet an August goal for completing the continental U.S. rollout, an official said.
Clinton budget seeks to further electronic government, security
FEB. 7—President Clinton this morning released his administration's final budget, laced with information technology proposals. Many of them focus on information security and electronic government initiatives.
Win 2000 meets FIPS 140-1 requirements
FEB. 7—Microsoft Windows 2000 may be new, but its cryptography isn't. That's a bonus for federal users because Microsoft received swift approval of the new operating system as compliant with Federal Information Processing Standard 140-1.
NASA will give Linux a nod for upcoming portables buy
The Linux open-source operating system, which rocketed into the enterprise computing orbit last year, may now be headed for outer space.
For slow forgers, the handwriting is on the wall
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif.'Among the bleeding-edge technologies demonstrated last month at the Internet Showcase conference were a biometric pen that authenticates signatures and an online meeting planning service tailored to federal users.
From the outside it looks like Win98, but on the inside it's NT
After all the hype and a three-year-plus wait, the official release next week of Microsoft Windows 2000 seems like a bit of a letdown. But the hulking operating system works'and fairly well.
Feds show interest but aren't quite ready to take the plunge
Federal agencies are taking a wait-and-see stance on whether to upgrade to Microsoft Windows 2000.
Census revs up 10,000 systems
To count all 275 million Americans in roughly six months, the Census Bureau has amassed more than 10,000 computers, ranging from PCs to a supercomputer.
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