Small businesses split new GWAC 29 ways
The Commerce Department last week awarded 46 contracts to small, minority and women-owned businesses in the first government acquisition pact set aside for these companies.
IBM security kit will make portable-PC thieves blue
You could break IBM's Smart Card Security Kit in half with two fingers, yet it's stronger than a padlock at protecting data on a notebook computer.
Marines find notebook PCs are semper fi
A Marine Corps unit deployed in the NATO peacekeeping operation in Kosovo is finding that commercial notebook PCs suit its needs just fine.
Air Force lab tweaks off-the-shelf IT gear to make it battle-ready
The Air Force has stationed an agile research group called the Command and Control Battlelab on the front lines to make commercial computer products battle-ready but still cost-effective.
New certification effort for financial software takes off
Joint Financial Management Improvement Program examiners have finished testing the first of nine financial software systems whose makers are seeking a new federal stamp of approval.
IT salary plan dropped
The Chief Information Officers Council has tabled a proposal for a separate salary schedule for information technology workers.
Lab Notes
Brit brouhaha. The British government is attacking the year 2000 problem on a new front: a public awareness program to calm fears.
Tech Refresh
The National Institutes of Health's three governmentwide acquisition contracts recently reported their fiscal 1999 sales figures as of March 31, and the Electronic Computer Store II contracts led the way with $44.4 million in business, averaging $33,700 per order. All three GWACs, however, appear to have fallen off from their fiscal 1998 revenue levels. ECS II did $456 million in business that year.
PACKET RAT
The Rat's offspring recently received gifts from the high-tech evil empire of Redmond, Wash., that is bent on world domination.
McConnell garners '99 AFFIRM honor
People often describe Bruce McConnell as the quiet, Lincolnesque guy in the back of the room. But when he speaks up, asking his trademark pointed questions, he gets everyone's attention.
Marines delay test dates for rugged handheld PCs
Software development delays have held up the Marine Corps Systems Command's fielding of rugged handheld PCs running Microsoft Windows 95 applications.
Briefing Book
Get a real job. Col. Select Ken Inman took over as Marine Corps deputy chief information officer for plans and policies following Col. Mike Cooper's retirement on June 15.
COMMUNICATIONS NEW PRODUCT
Integrated Management Services Inc. has a Web-based computer security awareness training tool called CSAT that claims compliance with Office of Management and Budget Circular A-130 and Computer Security Act requirements.'
Partnership works on diagnostic system that checks feds' fleet vehicles via GPS
A satellite communications company and an automotive warranty administrator have teamed up to develop a space-based engine monitoring system for government fleet operators.
Mail server's dial-up rules boost control for administrators
The $2,395 enterprise version of NTMail 4.2 is a Simple Mail Transfer Protocol mail server for Microsoft Windows NT 4.0.
PKI needs bolstering by other identification types, Cerf says
At the eGov trade show in Washington this week, agency and industry keynoters will detail how the federal government is shifting gears for a globally wired environment.
IRS orders high-end Toshiba notebook PCs
The IRS recently ordered 805 top-of-the-line Toshiba America Information Systems Inc. notebook computers for $3 million.
Contracting officers battle on
Larry Manning and Elmer V. Sembly are not your usual federal contracting officers. Instead of shying away from the spotlight, they bask in it.
Burden is on CIOs to show IT's value, experts say
Agency chief information officers must continue to prove that information technology is a good investment for government, said the CIOs of the Social Security Administration and the Census Bureau at a recent luncheon sponsored by the Association for Federal Information Resources Management.
SBA creates program for disadvantaged vendors
The federal government wants to even the playing field for small businesses competing for computer and other contracts, a Small Business Administration official said.
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