Feds go looking for e-customers
The new theme for federal e-government is: location, location, location. The Bush administration launches campaign to market its online services.
VA taps HP for health systems support
The Veterans Affairs Department has awarded Hewlett-Packard Co. a $784 million contract for engineering support services and maintenance of the VistA Health Information Systems.<br>
EPA signs green leasing deal with Dell
A new leasing agreement between the Environmental Protection Agency and Dell Inc. will let EPA pump savings from replaced PCs back into its research programs.<br>
Report says e-health apps can help keep Medicare afloat
Applying emerging health IT tools to patient care would help avoid projected bankruptcy of Medicare within 15 years, the new Medicare Trustees report says.
Councils revise Web portal
The American Council for Technology and the Industry Advisory Council have imported more technology into their newly joint web portal.<br>
Open-source committee will advise agencies for free
Agencies can now get free advice from the new Government Open Source Advisory Committee, which includes some of open-source software's most influential leaders.<br>
'Did you hear...'
<b>Talking pills</b>. Your agency probably employs a few of these, but we're talking about the kind that come with a prescription label speechified by MediavoxRX, a subsidiary of Wizzard Software Corp. of Pittsburgh, or iVoice Inc. of Matawan, N.J. Just touch the label to convert the physician's scribble into spoken instructions. We can hear it now: 'Take one every two hours, you fool.'
Personal space: For the birds
The 6-year-old caique parrots'Clyde on the left, Bonnie right'get into mischief like their bank-robbing namesakes, said Mark Silverman, public-key infrastructure manager for the Health and Human Services Department. In fact, he says, 'They would make good progr
Packet Rat: Rodent Avatar Techie reinvents acronyms
With the political season in full swing, the Hatch Act has choked off the flow of wit in and around the Rat's cluster of cubicles. As for mocking Microsoft Corp. over its latest security faux pas or SCO Inc. for its lawsuits against Linuxites ... well, those topics have gotten old.
Digital defenders get their due
The Business Software Alliance this month conferred its Cyber Champion Awards on several legislators and one educator for their efforts toward improving the digital world.
DHS, industry look ahead
The Homeland Security Department issued a challenge at a recent industry forum in Washington, during which it outlined what it needs from technology in the coming years.
People on the Move
Defense Department CIO <b>John Stenbit</b> will do pro bono work for the National Security Agency Advisory Board after his pending retirement.The board advises NSA's director and Central Security Service on technical issues involving signals intelligence, information security, science, technology, business procedures and management.
FOSE puts the 'e' into everything
For years, the 'e' in IT terminology has stood for electronic. E-mail, e-commerce, e-government, e-services. But the abbreviation has become so ubiquitous that it has taken on a new meaning: expected.
Other finalists for Best New Technology Awards at FOSE
IBM ThinkCentre S50 '2.06-GHz Intel Pentium 4 PC with 256M of RAM and IBM Embedded Security Subsystem 2.0. IBM Corp., Armonk, N.Y., <a href= "http://www.ibm.com">www.ibm.com</a>.<br>Ace Vision Desktop'3.0-GHz Pentium 4 PC with 512M of RAM and an 80G hard drive. JC Technology DBA Ace Computers, Arlington Heights, Ill., <a href= "http://www.acecomputers.com">www.acecomputers.com</a>.
Online Extra: Agencies uneasy about move to governmentwide financial systems
For many agencies, the gain of e-government has yet to outweigh the pain. This is especially true in the conversion to governmentwide financial systems from agencywide applications.
Online Extra: Grand Challenge Wrapup
It was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, where the robots began to take control.As the sun rose, a fire engine-red Hummer bounded from a starting chute'fashioned from a pair of concrete bunkers'and drove off into the desert. No driver was on board. The vehicle was controlled by a set of Intel Itanium processors.
Storage group tackles data management standards
The Storage Networking Industry Association has set out to develop standards and best practices for the emerging practice of information lifecycle management.<br>
Judges' Award: Defensor software provides mobile base security
Personal digital assistants and security don't always go hand in hand.But they do in Defensor Mobile access management software from Global Bay Mobile Technologies Inc. of Iselin, N.J.
Display devices: InFocus sheds new light on ease-of-use issues for projectors
Everything about the InFocus LP640 is designed to simplify presentations for the user. InFocus Corp. officials joke that the LCD projector was designed by the user.
Enterprise Application Software: For Web development projects, Studio MX is the stuff of dreams
Whether you're new to Web development or an old pro, Macromedia Studio MX 2004 can give you what you need.The latest version of Studio MX from Macromedia Inc. is among the most extensive Web development platforms available; any integrator working on a site redesign could benefit from this integrated toolset. It supports all major Web standards and accelerates development of interactive sites and Web applications.
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