Speed where you need it
When I last wrote a Buyers Guide on Super PCs, I set these parameters:
Patent office awards $280 million systems integration contract
The Patent and Trademark Office awarded Computer Sciences Corp. and Raytheon Technical Services Co. a $280 million contract to help modernize the agency's business processes.
Sim office gets new chief
Army Col. Jerry Glasow became the new director of the Defense Modeling and Simulation Office earlier this month.
SBA extends comment period for size standard restructuring
The Small Business Administration has extended by 60 days the deadline for comments on a proposed rule for restructuring small business size standards.
ClientPro 414 sets new all-in-one standard
All-in-one computers continue to make the case for replacing traditional desktop systems that consist of separate CPUs and monitors.
NARA, Dell open up the Public Vaults
The National Archives and Records Administration unveiled a 9,000-square-foot interactive exhibit today to President Bush and other inaugural attendees.
IT security problems cause two agencies to slip in PMA scorecard
The Veterans Affairs Department's and the Small Business Administration's e-government initiatives each dropped a grade in the President's Management Agenda.
Rugged notebooks don't leave speed behind
No matter how you slice it, portable computer sales are catching up to desktop sales.
New ThinkPad T43 layers on security
IBM Corp. is adding new security functions its ThinkPad T43 notebook design due out in April.
Internaut: Don't get complacent on e-government
Finally, e-government initiatives are producing measurable results.
Sun Ray 170 pushes ultrathin-client computing
With the Dec. 10 release of the all-in-one Sun Ray 170 ultrathin-client system, Sun Microsystems Inc. claims it has reinvented the format.
Will Solaris make Sun rise?
Sun Microsystems Inc. has made sweeping claims about its new Solaris 10 operating system.
Intel branches out
Listening to Frank Spindler, vice president of Intel's corporate technology group, detail the company's product roadmap, one GCN editor was reminded of the way Microsoft baked previously separate software functions into its Windows operating system'data backup, Web browsing, media playback, etc.
GCN INSIDER: trends and technologies that affect the way government does IT
MetaCarta Inc. this month will release version 2.5 of its Geographic Text Search system, which can sift through and analyze millions of documents based on geography.
Lights, camera, capture
Many agencies include video in their arsenal of digital content, but few rely on the medium more than NASA.
Editorial Cartoon
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Another View: Is the administration's e-gov game all talk?
Nearly everyone in the Office of Governmentwide Policy is walking on eggshells lately.
EDITOR'S DESK: Do protests need their own line item?
The arc of consolidation casts many shadows.
GSA deletes outdated interagency reports program
The General Services Administration today cancelled a 30-year-old rule on data-sharing practices among agencies that has been superseded by use of the Web.
Agencies will be waxing wireless in 2005
Look for wireless and mobile technologies to continue to make substantial inroads into government computing infrastructures in 2005.
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