Command unifies Unix, Windows inventories
The Army Intelligence and Security Command is putting its inventory of Unix and Microsoft Windows systems on the same screen.The command's computers, spread across 180 locations worldwide, collect global intelligence for warfighters. INSCOM operates about 800 servers running Windows and 3,000 workstations and servers running Unix.
Library of Congress plans new film, video portal
The Library of Congress will in the fall launch the first centralized database portal for motion pictures and video images.The portal will be 'a gateway to the world's moving-image collections,' said Gregory Lukow, assistant chief of the Library's Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division.
Cyber Eye: Entrepreneurs seek market in Can-Spam compliance
A recent study of 40,000 pieces of unsolicited commercial e-mail found that only 3 percent complied with the Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act of 2003.
Gimme Shelter
Personnel at 1,400 military recruiting centers sometimes live far from the nearest Army, Navy or Air Force base. 'It lets our recruiters be a part of the community where they are working,' said John Curry, leased housing program manager for the Navy Recruiting Command. But living off-base can make housing difficult to find.
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Spam: Can't live with it, can't completely choke it off. Legal efforts to stem the flow of bandwidth-gobbling junk e-mail proceed slowly. But the Federal Trade Commission and 36 agencies in 26 countries are working to stem the flow of spam. Operation Secure Your Server is an international effort to close open relays and open proxies that provide gateways for spam. Open relays and open proxies are servers that allow any computer in the world to bounce or route e-mail through the servers of other organizations, thereby disguising the real origin of the e-mail. Spammers often use these servers to flood the Internet with unwanted e-mail and potentially damage unwitting organizations' reputations if it appears that they sent the spam.
Another View: Good decision-making needs good IT
The purported intelligence failures regarding Iraqi weapons of mass destruction are stark reminders of the role IT has'or should have'in fixing longstanding government problems.
Stop the tide?
Congress and the agencies are struggling with the issue of whether federal contracting dollars should be spent on software development in low-wage foreign countries. The option is on hold for a year thanks to a provision in the fiscal 2004 omnibus appropriations bill. But that stoppage is comparable to shoveling back the tide.
NIST studies survival in wrecked buildings
National Institute of Standards and Technology researchers recently wired a New Orleans demolition project for sound, looking for ways to help first responders find survivors of building disasters.<br>
GAO: More help needed for competitive-sourcing process
The Office of Management and Budget has stymied agency progress in competing more federal jobs with the private sector under Circular A-76, the General Accounting Office said today.<br>
SBC joins FTS 2001 contract
The General Services Administration's FTS 2001 telecommunications contract has a new long-distance provider: SBC Communications Inc. of San Antonio.<br>
OMB sets deadline for competitive-sourcing reports
Agencies have until March 31 to complete their first annual competitive-sourcing reports, the Office of Management and Budget said yesterday.<br>
GSA says Networx can be improved
The General Services Administration is considering major changes to its $10 billion telecommunications governmentwide acquisition follow-on contract to FTS 2001.<br>
Justice Department moves to block Oracle-PeopleSoft deal
<font color="CC0000">(UPDATED) </font color>In one of the sharpest blows yet to Oracle Corp.'s hostile attempt to take over software rival PeopleSoft, the federal government sued to block the deal. Oracle says it will fight the lawsuit.<br>
Army prototypes world's highest-resolution projector
The research center of the Army's Research, Development and Engineering Command has built what it claims to be the world's highest-resolution large-screen projector.<br>
HHS to study how to make drug imports safe
The Health and Human Services Department has created a task force to determine how to safely import prescription drugs and to assess their impact.<br>
Bill would require review of federal programs every five years
Congressman introduces legislation to require OMB to review agency program purpose, design, strategic plan, management and results at least every five years.<br>
IRS names new electronic tax chief
The Internal Revenue Service has named e-commerce expert and IT industry veteran Bert DuMars director of the Electronic Tax Administration.<br>
DOD seeks bids on procurement system
The Defense Department has released a request for proposals for the development of an integrated acquisition management system.<br>
GSA's Sindelar takes on familiar role for OMB, e-gov
The Office of Management and Budget is getting serious about its line of business consolidation initiatives'called by some the next wave of e-government projects.
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