A checklist for staying on schedule
Project management software helps you see when your team is going off schedule. Getting back on track is the true measure of your management skills. Here's how:
The lowdown project management software
<b>What is it?</b> Project management software provides a range of automated tools to track resource allocation, project milestones and costs, all with the goal of keeping projects well-organized, on schedule and under budget no matter what obstacles'such as material shortages or personnel changes'pop up.
Elements of success
Whether you're installing a network, moving an office or constructing a space station, any big project involves diverse, interdependent tasks that often can't be completed until others are finished or at least reach a milestone.
Bluetooth adapters add a wireless dimension to printing
Bluetooth printer adapters are helping set a new standard for wireless printing. By replacing the parallel cable of the printer, these adapters allow easy wireless printing from Bluetooth-enabled devices such as notebook PCs, personal digital assistants and mobile phones.
The lowdown on portable printers
<b>What is it?</b> A portable printer is battery-powered, usually weighs less than 4 pounds, and is compact enough to stow in a briefcase or overnight bag.
Good to go
If you travel enough, you'll run into situations where it would be pretty handy to have a printer in your knapsack.
NIST manufacturing partnership adopts IM app
A federally funded network of manufacturing and business advisers has begun using an instant messaging service to better coordinate strategies.<br>
VA halts A-76 studies within health agency
The Veterans Affairs Department has halted A-76 studies to contract out jobs in the Veterans Health Administration after a second legal ruling affirmed an opinion that health-care funds can't be spent on the studies.<br>
Forman's legacy is one of better IT management
As the news spread that Mark Forman will leave the Office of Management and Budget for the private sector, reaction in the federal IT community was not of surprise, but of understanding and consideration.<br>
SCO to government Linux users: Pay up
The SCO Group Inc. announced in a new licensing program that it wants government agencies to pay up to $699 for each copy of the Linux operating system they use. Users are skeptical in light of current litigation.
GSA considers debarring Sprint
Sprint Corp. officials are expressing outrage over a recommendation by the GSA inspector general that the telecom company be considered for debarment.
OMB issues guide on E-Government Act
The Office of Management and Budget has issued new guidance on how to achieve the administration's e-government vision.<br>
Mark Forman leaving OMB
E-government czar Mark Forman will leave Aug. 15 for the private sector. OMB chief technology officer Norm Lorentz will be acting administrator for E-Government and IT.<br>
ColdFusion MX 6.1 fuses with JRun
Today's release of Macromedia Inc.'s ColdFusion MX 6.1 Web application server can run in multiple, independent instances on a single server platform.
GSA details an interim plan for federal software licenses
The General Services Administration today issued interim procedures for the SmartBuy governmentwide software licensing initiative.
Cradle will let users take their Sony handhelds along for the ride
Workers constantly on the road can keep their Sony Clie handhelds charged with the company's new PEGA-CC5 car cradle accessory, plus tap into some useful features.
FCC provides WiFi hot spots in Washington
In a demonstration network, the Federal Communications Commission offers free wireless Internet access to visitors at its Washington headquarters.<br>
Defense unveils latest enterprise road map
The Defense Department has released Version 2.0 of its enterprise architecture, incorporating lessons learned during military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq.<br>
DISA recommends compliance with Linux standard
<font color="CC0000"> UPDATED </font color>The Defense Information Systems Agency is backing a Linux industry standard designed to avoid the interoperability problems that once dogged the proprietary Unix community.
GAO urges Census to use migrant advocates' data
Although the Census Bureau is modernizing its mapping systems and GIS data processing, GAO says the agency needs to do more to assure its gets an adequate count of migrant farm workers during the 2010 Census.
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