@Info.Policy: What does FTC's Do Not Call list really protect?
The Federal Trade Commission's new National Do Not Call Registry has gotten its share of attention and praise. Will it really stop telemarketing calls? My guess is, not well enough. Plus, the FTC violated the Privacy Act of 1974 in the way it set up the list.
Agencies reach for e-training interoperability and efficiency
An e-learning portal developed by the Treasury Department's Financial Management Service lets employees find and register for training with a few clicks.
Storage vendors boost capacity and connectivity
Dueling network protocols, soaring capacities and better software distinguish the storage market this year.
Data Swappers
The Bureau of Land Management is setting up Extensible Markup Language data exchanges with oil and natural gas prospectors who drill on federal lands.
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We are what we eat. But what exactly are we eating? The Agriculture Department has been tackling food chemistry research since 1892. It issues results partly through the Web site of the Nutrient Data Laboratory at <a href= "http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp">nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp</a>. The lab maintains the National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, now in Release 15, to store data on food composition. The latest addition to the system is a database of the flavonoid content of selected foods.
Another View: What is a college degree worth, anyhow?
Almost daily, we learn something new about an apparent scandal over the credentials of high-level government and industry IT officials. Many fingers point to unaccredited institutions of higher learning. The issue raises a larger question: What's the real value of a college degree, especially a graduate degree?
Act quickly, OMB
Buying and installing technology can be done quickly. Crafting policies to avoid uninteroperable systems can take an eternity.
Teleconferencing contract will support FAA traffic management
The FAA awarded a contract for a new teleconferencing system at its Air Traffic Control System Command Center in Herndon, Va.<br>
Air Force signs deal for aerospace testing support
The Air Force Materiel Command has awarded a 12-year, $2.7 billion operations, maintenance and information management support contract to a joint industry venture.<br>
In search of the next big thing
Marc Andreessen and friends invented the first Web browser, Mosaic, while they were undergraduates earning $6.85 an hour at the University of Illinois at Champaign.
Hey, it's just business: As e-gov projects evolve, some agencies shift control from CIOs' offices
As agencies recognize the importance of e-government and the obstacles to its success, some are trying a different approach.
IG slams FAA's project management
A major building block of the Federal Aviation Administration's modernization strategy became operational last month, on the heels of a critical report that said FAA's assessments of its overhaul effort were unreliable.
To ease asset tracking, DOD will use standard ID tags
Starting tomorrow, all Defense Department program managers must tag new equipment with a standard and universal identification code to track the items they buy.
Navy opens wallet wide for e-business
For its third round of electronic-business pilots this year, the Navy's eBusiness Operations Office plans to spend $4 million on six projects.<br>
Pentagon pulls the plug on PAM
The Pentagon today squashed a controversial terrorism-betting plan, promoted online by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, before the effort became reality.<br>
Dell rolls out ultralight notebooks
Dell Corp., taking advantage of the new small and energy-efficient Intel Pentium M chip, today introduced two new ultraportable notebook PCs.<br>
Dell renews PDA shipments
Dell Corp. resumed shipments of its Axim X5 personal digital assistants late last week after fixing a firmware glitch.<br>
Rumsfeld gains new Special Ops adviser
A former CIA analyst and Raytheon Co. senior IT leader has been sworn in as assistant secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict.<br>
Interior awaits court ruling on Internet cutoff
Interior Department officials and attorneys for American Indian trust beneficiaries are waiting for a ruling this afternoon by a federal judge that could sever the department's Internet connections again.<br>
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