Metadirectory software combines paper and online indexes
Unisphere Solutions Inc., a Burlington, Mass., start-up founded by Siemens Information and Communication Networks Inc., has released its first metadirectory software based on the X.500 and Lightweight Directory Access Protocol standards.
Georgia replaces a point-to-point WAN with a frame relay system
Of the many systems overhauls Georgia has undertaken to modernize and get ready for 2000, one stands out as the big cat.
Heard on the runway: Hey, you sure wear that PC well
The Xybernaut Mobile Assistant IV might look futuristic, but this wearable computer can do real work today.
The 50 States
IN TOUCH. Jefferson County's Express Lane touch-screen kiosk system taps the county's JeffCo InTouch Web site to let citizens renew vehicle registrations and check other county information.
INTERVIEW
Georgia chief information officer Mike Hale, who heads the 4-year-old Georgia Information Technology Policy Council, has held a second title over the past couple of years: year 2000 project manager. He has led the state's massive modernization and remediation program to both bring systems up to par and prepare them for next year.
BUY LINES
Details, details. Failing to comply with procedural niceties can leave a local government contracting entity holding the bag for claimed contractor costs'even after a meritorious contract termination. In last month's column I discussed how procedural details can make or break a protest of a contract award decision. Here's my promised Details II column.
Lab Notes
Mouse and Gates. At Spring Comdex in Chicago this year, Microsoft Corp. chairman Bill Gates demonstrated Microsoft Windows 2000 without a repeat of last year's embarrassing crashes by Windows 98.
Conn. governor drops plan for IT outsourcing
Finding the financial risk of a statewide systems outsourcing proj-ect unacceptable, Connecticut Gov. John Rowland has torpedoed the plan and state officials have halted negotiations with would-be contractor Electronic Data Systems Corp.
FROM THE EDITOR
I say phooey to legislatures'such as Texas''that resist stoplight enforcement systems that use cameras and imaging applications.
Maryland catches red-light runners on photo system
A photo violation system in Howard County, Md., is saying 'gotcha' to drivers who run red lights.
CIO OUTLOOK
At one time in the evolution of the public telephone system, planners thought they had hit a limit on the expansion of user devices. The critical element was human operators. Simple math showed that the system could not be scaled beyond its capacity to manually switch circuits. Of course, that hurdle was overcome by automated switching devices and the structured industry standards that are still in place today.
Public-key encryption will let citizens vote via the Internet
The countdown has begun. The millennial clock is ticking. State and local information technology officials are readying their systems for one special day in 2000.'
PACKET RAT
The Rat has always said it would take black magic to get him into a corner office. As it turns out, he wasn't far off.
Net privatization is caught in standoff
The path to Internet privatization is proving to be a lot thornier than Congress and the Commerce Department expected.
Here's the skinny on new Compaq line
To catch up with the thin-and-light movement, Compaq Computer Corp. last month launched slimmed-down versions of its Armada notebook computers with what the PC maker calls workstation-class features.
PROFESSIONAL CALENDAR
3 Publication Management, Archiving and Distribution in the Internet AgeSeminar. Washington. Contact the National Technical Information Service; phone: 703-605-6545; e-mail:msiemering@ntis.fedworld.gov.
Marine Corps is looking for a few good techies
CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C.'Forget about college, some Marine Corps officials said recently.
Task force eyes better IT training at less cost
The President's Task Force on Federal Training Technology is encouraging the development of information technology systems that will streamline agencies' training efforts and reduce costs.
Feds seek ways to keep and hire IT employees
The government is not content to take what it can get when it comes to information technology employees. So agencies are getting creative as they struggle with a dearth of systems workers.
EPA: Web site is a powerful way to inform public
The Environmental Protection Agency's Envirofacts data warehouse has become one of the busiest government Web sites, drawing 1.4 million hits and 600,000 requests for custom maps per month.
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