Postal Service beta-tests app from Semio that lets users browse directories online
The publisher of Semio Map has a new application that creates browsable intranet and Internet directories.
PTO joins in clearinghouse effort to improve interoperability
The Patent and Trademark Office will join the Interoperability Clearinghouse's architecture immersion program, organizers announced late last month.
SAS tweaks its information delivery to include support for CORBA, JavaBeans
The release of SAS System 8 this fall will cap five years of architectural re-engineering by SAS Institute Inc. of Cary, N.C.
NASA takes the wireless leap
NASA recently finished installing the world's largest wireless LAN as part of an inventory tracking system at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
POWER USER
My office has just survived its first year 2000 hiccup. Oddly enough, it didn't involve computers or software or my work for GCN.
PROFESSIONAL CALENDAR
17-18 Internet Applications Service Providers ForumConference. San Francisco. Contact Ambit International Inc.; phone: 800-300-5660; Web: abitsf.com.
PACKET RAT
The Rat's brain whirred like a 10,000-rpm disk.
Senator: Focus reform efforts on results
Congress should spend more time checking up on the implementation of federal information technology and other management reforms it has enacted and less time drafting new laws, Sen. Fred Thompson said this month.
Computer security's higher profile is the bright side of work on Y2K
LAS VEGAS'The silver lining to year 2000 problems is increased awareness of computer security, senior federal officials said at this month's Black Hat Briefings.
Feds reach out to hacker community
LAS VEGAS'Under Presidential Decision Directive 63, the government is supposed to serve as a national model by safeguarding its critical infrastructure.
GSA supply distribution goes virtual
The virtual world bled into the real world earlier this month as the General Services Administration decided it would close its last eight office supply and distribution centers.
New Jersey follows FBI footsteps with customized NCIC 2000 apps
New Jersey is customizing its access to the FBI's new National Crime Information Center 2000 to accommodate the state's law enforcement agencies.
Navy-wide intranet plan prompts questions about other service IT buys
The Navy-Marine Corps Intranet industry day this month raised plenty of questions as vendors scrambled to form teams to bid for the winner-take-all contract.
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.
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