FAA systems problems hold up flights in the East
A pair of hiccups in Federal Aviation Administration systems led to multiple flight delays along the Eastern Seaboard early this month. Neither was year 2000-related.
In wake of attack on Thomas site, library evaluates its online security practices
The recent hacking of one of the Library of Congress' main sites has put a plan to upgrade the library's Web services in a new light.
In many IT shops, jobs roll over with new year and new projects
In the coming weeks, expect to see some rounds of musical chairs within the government's information technology shops.
FTS shifts its focus from contracts to solving IT problems for agencies
The General Services Administration's Federal Technology Service will continue to move away from running specific contracts and instead will focus on solving agencies' problems, FTS deputy commissioner Sandra N. Bates said this month
Defense: Spy system is only major Y2K failure
Defense Department officials acknowledged that a ground system for processing spy satellite data was the most significant casualty of the year 2000 rollover, but they denied that intelligence-gathering capabilities were seriously hindered during the three-day outage.
Outsourcing lists are issued
The Defense and Justice departments are among the latest agencies to identify jobs that could be outsourced.
FBI, ATF create ballistics net
The FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms last month began work on the National Integrated Ballistic Information Network, a system that will help law enforcement officials identify violent criminals based on gun data.
GSA supply depots await fate
The fate of eight General Services Administration supply depots is on hold until next month while GSA awaits an independent review of its supply operations.
The lesson of Y2K: IT makes federal agencies tick
Originally it seemed like just another memo sent by fax. How could such a relatively low-tech communication have significant ramifications on how the government manages technology?
Federal Reserve upgrades net
The Federal Reserve's 12 banks are upgrading their Fednet data network, replacing dedicated leased lines with permanent virtual circuits over a public frame relay network.
PACKET RAT
The Rat awoke on the wrong side of the bed to yammerings of a news radio anchor about the America Online-Time Warner megamerger. The very idea of Dulles, Va., becoming Media Central made him cranky'just what he needed on top of the Y2K flu.
After five-year stint in private sector, Jacobson returns to USPS as tech chief
Peter A. Jacobson has returned to the Postal Service after five years in the private sector to take on the post of chief technology officer and senior vice president.
IT exec McConnell to leave government
The government is losing yet another of its senior information technology leaders. Bruce McConnell has announced that he will leave the government this spring for the private sector.
Cookie tags help by supplying log file analyses with user-session data
For the most accurate information possible, set WebTrends Enterprise Reporting Server to include cookie data in your log file analysis. Activating cookie support gives more accurate user-session data because each visitor can be unambiguously identified.
WebTrends server keeps tabs on all the action at a big site
Webmasters spend an inordinate amount of time gleaning bits of management information for their users. The more Web traffic information webmasters give, the more is demanded of them.
Visio 2000 tools are right in step with Office 2000
Although Microsoft Corp. only recently acquired Visio Corp., the latest Visio 2000 diagramming package already looks and acts like one of the Microsoft family.
CorelDraw 8 for Mac is free
Until March 10, Apple Macintosh users can download a free copy of CorelDraw 8 Limited Edition vector illustration software from a Corel Corp. Web site at www.corel.com/draw8mac_le.
NASA outsources PCs at HQ
NASA has selected Science Applications International Corp. of San Diego to run PC operations at the agency's headquarters.
PubMed Central will go live
The National Institutes of Health will put the once-controversial PubMed Central Web site online at the end of the month. Its champion, former NIH director Harold Varmus, left his post last month.
DOD readies global project
The Defense Department in March plans to issue an architectural standards document for its new Global Information Grid program.
Do Not Sell My Personal Information
When you visit our website, we store cookies on your browser to collect information. The information collected might relate to you, your preferences or your device, and is mostly used to make the site work as you expect it to and to provide a more personalized web experience. However, you can choose not to allow certain types of cookies, which may impact your experience of the site and the services we are able to offer. Click on the different category headings to find out more and change our default settings according to your preference. You cannot opt-out of our First Party Strictly Necessary Cookies as they are deployed in order to ensure the proper functioning of our website (such as prompting the cookie banner and remembering your settings, to log into your account, to redirect you when you log out, etc.). For more information about the First and Third Party Cookies used please follow this link.
Manage Consent Preferences
Strictly Necessary Cookies - Always Active
We do not allow you to opt-out of our certain cookies, as they are necessary to ensure the proper functioning of our website (such as prompting our cookie banner and remembering your privacy choices) and/or to monitor site performance. These cookies are not used in a way that constitutes a “sale” of your data under the CCPA. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not work as intended if you do so. You can usually find these settings in the Options or Preferences menu of your browser. Visit www.allaboutcookies.org to learn more.
Sale of Personal Data, Targeting & Social Media Cookies
Under the California Consumer Privacy Act, you have the right to opt-out of the sale of your personal information to third parties. These cookies collect information for analytics and to personalize your experience with targeted ads. You may exercise your right to opt out of the sale of personal information by using this toggle switch. If you opt out we will not be able to offer you personalised ads and will not hand over your personal information to any third parties. Additionally, you may contact our legal department for further clarification about your rights as a California consumer by using this Exercise My Rights link
If you have enabled privacy controls on your browser (such as a plugin), we have to take that as a valid request to opt-out. Therefore we would not be able to track your activity through the web. This may affect our ability to personalize ads according to your preferences.
Targeting cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. They do not store directly personal information, but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device. If you do not allow these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising.
Social media cookies are set by a range of social media services that we have added to the site to enable you to share our content with your friends and networks. They are capable of tracking your browser across other sites and building up a profile of your interests. This may impact the content and messages you see on other websites you visit. If you do not allow these cookies you may not be able to use or see these sharing tools.
If you want to opt out of all of our lead reports and lists, please submit a privacy request at our Do Not Sell page.
Cookie List
A cookie is a small piece of data (text file) that a website – when visited by a user – asks your browser to store on your device in order to remember information about you, such as your language preference or login information. Those cookies are set by us and called first-party cookies. We also use third-party cookies – which are cookies from a domain different than the domain of the website you are visiting – for our advertising and marketing efforts. More specifically, we use cookies and other tracking technologies for the following purposes:
Strictly Necessary Cookies
We do not allow you to opt-out of our certain cookies, as they are necessary to ensure the proper functioning of our website (such as prompting our cookie banner and remembering your privacy choices) and/or to monitor site performance. These cookies are not used in a way that constitutes a “sale” of your data under the CCPA. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not work as intended if you do so. You can usually find these settings in the Options or Preferences menu of your browser. Visit www.allaboutcookies.org to learn more.
Functional Cookies
We do not allow you to opt-out of our certain cookies, as they are necessary to ensure the proper functioning of our website (such as prompting our cookie banner and remembering your privacy choices) and/or to monitor site performance. These cookies are not used in a way that constitutes a “sale” of your data under the CCPA. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not work as intended if you do so. You can usually find these settings in the Options or Preferences menu of your browser. Visit www.allaboutcookies.org to learn more.
Performance Cookies
We do not allow you to opt-out of our certain cookies, as they are necessary to ensure the proper functioning of our website (such as prompting our cookie banner and remembering your privacy choices) and/or to monitor site performance. These cookies are not used in a way that constitutes a “sale” of your data under the CCPA. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not work as intended if you do so. You can usually find these settings in the Options or Preferences menu of your browser. Visit www.allaboutcookies.org to learn more.
Sale of Personal Data
We also use cookies to personalize your experience on our websites, including by determining the most relevant content and advertisements to show you, and to monitor site traffic and performance, so that we may improve our websites and your experience. You may opt out of our use of such cookies (and the associated “sale” of your Personal Information) by using this toggle switch. You will still see some advertising, regardless of your selection. Because we do not track you across different devices, browsers and GEMG properties, your selection will take effect only on this browser, this device and this website.
Social Media Cookies
We also use cookies to personalize your experience on our websites, including by determining the most relevant content and advertisements to show you, and to monitor site traffic and performance, so that we may improve our websites and your experience. You may opt out of our use of such cookies (and the associated “sale” of your Personal Information) by using this toggle switch. You will still see some advertising, regardless of your selection. Because we do not track you across different devices, browsers and GEMG properties, your selection will take effect only on this browser, this device and this website.
Targeting Cookies
We also use cookies to personalize your experience on our websites, including by determining the most relevant content and advertisements to show you, and to monitor site traffic and performance, so that we may improve our websites and your experience. You may opt out of our use of such cookies (and the associated “sale” of your Personal Information) by using this toggle switch. You will still see some advertising, regardless of your selection. Because we do not track you across different devices, browsers and GEMG properties, your selection will take effect only on this browser, this device and this website.