Defense deems date code logistics test a success
Capping 11 months of preparation, the Defense Department this month tested its logistics systems for year 2000 readiness and reported only a few minor glitches.
Census starts to equip data capture centers for decennial count
The Census Bureau in June brought systems online for the first of three data capture centers that will process forms for the 2000 Decennial Census.
Advanced system turns the forecast to clear and cool at NWS
Meteorologists at the National Weather Service love their new toy'the Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System.
Netscape Communications will supply DOD with PKI software
The Defense Department has licensed public-key infrastructure software from Netscape Communications Corp. for several electronic commerce pilots.
Videoconferences give NSF worker link to doctors
Videoconferencing equipment dropped at the South Pole this month has boosted the morale of the 41 National Science Foundation workers there who are helping an ill colleague keep in touch with doctors from her frozen workplace.
Clinton signs Y2K liability protection bill
President Clinton last week signed the Year 2000 Readiness and Responsibility Act. HR 775 will offer some protections to computer vendors from lawsuits arising from date code problems.
Commerce and Labor tap MCI for FTS 2001
The Labor and Commerce departments have chosen MCI WorldCom Inc. to provide voice, data, Internet and conferencing under the Federal Technology Service's FTS 2001 program.
GSA negotiates BPAs for security services
The General Services Administration's Federal Technology Service this month negotiated blanket purchasing agreements with 27 vendors for its governmentwide cybersecurity services program.
Energy CIO readies a cybersecurity strategy
Energy Department chief information officer John Gilligan will release an early version of DOE's new cybersecurity plan next month.
NOAA mapping ship helps find JFK Jr.'s plane
When the Coast Guard needed advanced systems technology to help locate the wreckage of John F. Kennedy Jr.'s downed plane, it contacted the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which sent the Rude, a ship that uses side-scan sonar to map the ocean floor.
This itty-bitty USB modem keeps you well connected
Bigger isn't better when it comes to modems.
After initial miscue, the FBI makes a go of new crime net
The FBI's National Crime Information Center 2000, a crime-fighting information network, hiccuped a little after its initial implementation on July 11.
DLA bids adieu to paper specs
The Defense Logistics Agency's bid specifications went paperless this month. By turning exclusively to Web distribution, DLA expects to save at least $1.3 million yearly in postage alone.
The Navy sails through Y2K exercise at sea
The USS John F. Kennedy battle group this month set forward the clocks of all computers used for aircraft, weapons, command and control, and administrative LANs.
Defense-wide BPA offers deals on Informix software
Through the latest Defense Department Enterprise Software Initiative agreement, buyers can receive a year's worth of Informix Corp. products and maintenance for $200.
DOD pursues its X-ray vision
Despite multiple delays in the Defense Department's $500 million digital radiology initiative, a Navy official has predicted that within seven years, 600 military health facilities will move to filmless systems for archiving and routing radiology images.
Briefing Book
Group decision. In a decision apparently made at the Joint Chiefs of Staff level, the Joint Task Force on Computer Network Defense has become part of the triservice Space Command, a spokes-woman for the task force said.
Networking suite may be light-years ahead
Corvis Corp. says it is about to transform optical networking from theory to reality with a suite of optical switching, transport and network management products.
SurfinShield protects apps, files from hostile mobile code
The maker of a new desktop security product says it can prevent hostile mobile code such as Java and ActiveX applets from launching Microsoft Office suite applications and accessing files on desktop and notebook PCs.
This backbone router will push switching capacity to 184 Tbps
A backbone router available from Pluris Inc. late this year has up to 184 Tbps of aggregate switching capacity and can be managed as a single system.
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