BUY LINES
Even though federal-state cooperative procurement hasn't gone anywhere, collaborative procurement practices among state and local governments are finding widespread favor and visibility. Last month I outlined interstate efforts to create electronic malls for a variety of products and services, including information technology.
Phoenix rises to systems challenge
Like the ancient phoenix, the nation's sixth-largest city sprang from the ashes'in this case, the ruins of an American Indian city that flourished in the desert from the eighth through the 14th centuries. The modern city of Phoenix is also thriving, having won several prizes in the past few years for excellence in managing information technology.
CIO OUTLOOK
How do you intelligently get rid of 16,000 old PCs? You can't plow them into a landfill.
Strong IT makes smooth flight for Phoenix
Danny Murphy, director of Phoenix's Information Technology Department, answered the call to 'Go West, young man' in 1983 when he became office systems administrator for the city.
FROM THE EDITOR
Now that the Microsoft Corp. antitrust case is moving into its final phase, government officials are starting to wonder how it will affect their software buying decisions.
Corel WordPerfect is still good, if a bit bloated
This review is part of an occasional series about programs in the recently released major office suites: Corel WordPerfect Office 2000, Lotus SmartSuite Millennium Edition 9.5 and Microsoft Office 2000.
Pocket-size scanners put data in hand
Let's face it. Most of us do not carry around tiny CIA cameras that can capture documents at high resolution. But sometimes we need to capture pages or portions of documents while away from the office.
THE 50 STATES
TEACHING TEACHERS. The Jasper school system is launching Technology Literate Teacher, a two-year training program, to get its teachers up to speed on technology.
PTO lets fly with a PKI for handling patent apps
The Patent and Trademark Office has created a public-key infrastructure that lets inventors and lawyers file applications via the Internet and then track the progress ofthose applications electronically.
The IT guy is most popular sailor on board
ABOARD THE USS JOHN C. STENNIS'Disbursement clerks, post officers and reactor officers used to be the most popular personnel on Navy ships, but with universale-mail access, officers such as Lt. Everett Hayes have re-placed them.
Who needs a PC notebook? Try an Apple PowerBook G3
Notebook computers seldom impress me, aside from a few models built around the Intel Pentium III processor.
Y2K countdown begins in earnest
As agencies enter the last leg of the year 2000 marathon, federal systems chiefs say they are confident about the readiness of government systems.
PACKET RAT
After finishing the last of his year 2000 tasks'preparing 10,000 BIOS upgrades for his reconditioned rMachines at $300 each in parts, labor, shipping and handling'the Rat finally found time to read about the New York Times time capsule to be opened in 3000.
FTS official Jim Bowdren is dead at 56
Jim Bowdren, deputy director of the Federal Technology Service's Information Technology Acquisition Center, died last week after an extended illness.
'Procurement goddess' Ustad dies at 50
Ida M. Ustad, one of the architects of the government's information technology procurement reform, died last month after a long battle with cancer.
Sky's the limit for FAA's Garvey when it comes to New Year's Eve
Jane Garvey, administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, plans to be airborne while the year 2000 rolls westward from London to the Golden Gate Bridge.
Malia works behind the scenes, coordinating CIO Council efforts
Few people have been as focused on the looming new year as Shirley A. Malia, chairwoman of the Chief Information Officers Council's Year 2000 Committee. Yet she readily admits she was a latecomer.
Early action put Agriculture's finance center ahead of Y2K curve
After three years and 23.5 million lines of code, the National Finance Center in New Orleans is ready to process 425,000 civilian paychecks as usual come 2000.
Horn issues final Y2K report cards, chastises agencies that still aren't ready
In the final round of year 2000 report cards from Rep. Steve Horn, the federal government eked out a B+ overall.
Special Report: Year 2000 raises threat of system attacks
Although security is being touted as the big post-1999 issue, systems security experts are urging agencies to re-examine security practices before Dec. 31.
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