White House to review net monitoring plan
The Clinton administration will review privacy implications of the planned Federal Intrusion Detection Network, which a draft National Security Council report recommends creating to monitor traffic on government and commercial networks.
Outsourcing mind-set gradually taking hold
A year after the General Services Administration awarded its Seat Management Program contracts, the project office still gets calls from people looking to buy office furniture.
DNA matches help FBI link nine sex crimes
The National DNA Index System helped the FBI's DNA analysis unit close nine sexual-assault investigations with what the bureau called a cold hit.
Gateway raises the Profile for all-in-one desktop PCs
Except for the Apple iMac, CPU-in-the-monitor designs for desktop computers have generally drawn few takers. But Gateway Inc.'s all-in-one Profile might change that.
Keeping systems running is a major peacekeeping chore
Since being deployed to Kosovo in mid-April as part of the NATO peacekeeping force, the Army's 82nd Airborne Division has been fighting dirt, dust and water to keep PCs and other systems running.
NAPA to study IT salary issues
The Chief Information Officers Council has asked the National Academy of Public Administration to study the need for a separate pay scale for federal information technology workers and to develop a pay plan.
Corps uses direct approach in pay system redesign
Marine Corps employees are jumping through fewer technological hoops these days to access personnel and payroll information.
Archives agency chooses a system to get up to speed on procurement
The National Archives and Records Administration has chosen an electronic procurement system in the post-Brooks Act era, when federal agencies are looking to expedite solicitations and contracts.
USPS' new retail services system enters next stage
The Postal Service has launched the second stage of its Point of Service One initiative with IBM Corp. and NCR Corp. of Dayton, Ohio. The overall POS One project entails replacing 63,000 retail terminals with 73,000 new machines.
A Web browser can give you access to printer info from here, there '
Many color laser printers are in a new category of Internet-ready devices that can be configured, managed and used from a PC anywhere in the world, provided it's online and runs a popular browser.
Color laser printers
It used to be a no-brainer. For fast, low-cost text output, information technology managers bought monochrome laser printers for their workgroups. When they needed bursts of color for reports, slide shows or occasional graphics, they supplemented the lasers with inexpensive ink-jet printers. Case closed.
SSA reaps benefits of video training for employees
The Social Security Administration's interactive video teletraining system, which is lowering operating costs and boosting interactivity, is proving to be a vast improvement over the agency's former training system, the National Satellite Television Network.
PEBES online waits in wings
The Social Security Administration will not make Personal Earnings and Benefit Estimate Statements available online again until secure privacy tools are available, an SSA official said.
Interview
John R. Dyer has been the Social Security Administration's principal deputy commissioner and chief information officer since January 1996. As CIO, Dyer leads SSA's efforts to meet goals in disability re-engineering, system investments and strategic planning. He also is chairman of the agency's Management Oversight Council and oversees the Fraud Control and Prevention Oversight Committee. GCN talked to Dyer about SSA's past, present and future challenges.
INTERVIEW: Col. Philip E. Vermeer, Guard's network scout
Col. Philip E. Vermeer is chief of the Information Systems Division Directorate at the Army National Guard Readiness Center, a job he began in March after working as the organization's director of strategic initiatives.
ENTERPRISE COMPUTING NEW PRODUCTS
Cibon, a Java workflow framework for customer service applications, supports Microsoft Outlook, Windows and Web browser clients.
Court rules Intel has no license for Clipper patent
Intergraph Corp. won a round in its legal wrangle with Intel Corp. Federal district Judge Edwin Nelson ruled Intel does not have a valid license to use Intergraph's decade-old Clipper RISC caching circuitry in the Pentium architecture.
Tool eliminates software defects caused by requirements creep
Display of so-called requirements creep is new in the client-server Caliber-RM 2.0 requirements manager from Technology Builders Inc. of Atlanta.
Vendors vie to set electronic forms standard
JetForm Corp. of Ottawa has asked the World Wide Web Consortium to include part or all of its XML Forms Architecture (XFA) in developing an electronic forms standard for the Extensible Markup Language.
Good ideas do not guarantee a good subnotebook
Size matters, and when it comes to mobile computers, smaller is better. But small size does not make the MetroBook SLT a winner.
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