Four financial apps make it onto JFMIP's approved list
Agencies now have four products they can use for financial management.
Army brings dog tags into the electronic age
The Army last month awarded a $34 million contract for up to 2 million electronic dog tags that will let soldiers carry vital health information with them onto the battlefield.
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Hill axes DOE security funds
The fiscal 2000 budget could force the Energy Department to scale back cybersecurity plans that chief information officer John Gilligan announced last month.
DOD gives systems clean bill of health
The Defense Department has declared its medical logistics, patient administration and patient care systems year 2000-ready.
Acrobat add-on will handle PKI, digital signatures
Adobe Acrobat's Portable Document Format, widely used at agencies for cross-platform document viewing, will get digital signature capability early next year.
Single-warehouse strategy pays off for housing department bureaus
Consolidating data in a single departmentwide warehouse makes the data more consistent and creates a cost-effective backbone for electronic services delivery, the Housing and Urban Development Department's chief information officer said this month.
IBM launches DB2 version that gives users remote administration
New remote administrative capabilities in IBM's DB2 Universal Database Satellite Edition 6 will soon move into other versions of the scalable relational database management system.
Nominee for OMB position gets a baptism by fire at confirmation hearing
Two members of the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee gave an icy reception to the Clinton administration's nominee for Office of Management and Budget deputy director for management at a confirmation hearing last month.
IRS to create unified information systems division
The IRS plans to centralize its information technology resources under one umbrella organization this month to improve support and services, officials said.
GITS Board honors work of DOD team, Air Force command squad
RICHMOND, Va.'The Defense Department's Joint Technical Architecture team and the Air Force's Air Mobility Command Lead Command Team last week received honors from the Government Information Technology Board at the annual Industry Advisory Council's Executive Leadership Conference.
Bureau performs balancing act to guard against information overload
The FBI strives to balance information dominance with information assurance, a senior bureau systems official said last week.
Redesigned line of portable PCs sports instant-on connectivity
LOS ANGELES'The struggling Microsoft Windows CE portable platform will come out next week in a model with enterprise connectivity features and a touch-sensitive screen that can tilt to portrait orientation.
Fiscal 2000 triggers Y2K oops
The start of fiscal 2000 came and went with only minor problems because of date code glitches.
Xerox gets into the flow
Xerox Corp.'s FlowPort server software integrates paper documents into digital workflow.
Apple, Intel, AMD go for speed
Apple Computer Inc. unwrapped its new, slimmer iMac and Mac OS 9 last week. The latest iMac has a 350- or 400-MHz PowerPC G3 processor, 64M of RAM, a 56-Kbps modem, a 10/100-Mbps network interface, a choice of broadband connectivity port, a 15-inch monitor with flip foot and the Sherlock query engine. Some models incorporate DVD drives and iMovie software.
SSA seeks Adams' successor
The Social Security Administration has tapped Charles Wood to temporarily fill the post of assistant deputy commissioner for systems left vacant last month by Kathleen M. Adams.
ACES gains its second vendor, first task order
The General Services Administration has selected a second digital certificate vendor under the Access Certificates for Electronic Services program. Meanwhile, the National Institutes of Health has negotiated the first task order under the initial ACES contract.
Agencies' outsourcing lists draw stiff criticism
Agencies earlier this month published an inventory of thousands of jobs that could be outsourced to the private sector, including a relatively small number of information technology positions.
USGS has its date code ready
The Geological Survey has certified that all its computers will work into 2000.
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