Where to find preloaded HD enclosures
If you'd like to use a hard drive enclosure but are squeamish about loading it with a fragile and expensive hard drive, here is a short list of the latest USB 2.0 and FireWire external hard drive packages that are already preloaded with hard drives.
NARA prepares an archive RFP for winter release
National Archives and Records Administration will release a request for proposals by January to build the Electronic Records Archives system.<br>
Hard drives hit the road
Here's a surprise: Removable hard drive enclosures could well become the next hot storage technology for PCs, workstations, set-tops and game stations.
Administration has IT concerns with House Defense bill
White House says IT cuts in the fiscal 2004 Defense appropriations bill "do not seem prudent."<br>
Transportation databases expand
The Transportation Department yesterday released its 2003 National Transportation Atlas Databases, a collection of 23 geospatial databases for transportation, networks and infrastructure. <br>
Former DISA official eyes GIG-BE work
Peter E. Jones, a retired Air Force colonel, has become vice president of federal systems at PhotonEx Corp., which develops 10- and 40-Gbps core optical networking systems. <br>
IRS names Babers chief human capital officer
The IRS today selected Beverly Ortega Babers to be its chief human capital officer.<br>
SSA underbids industry, wins contract
A team of 36 Social Security Administration managers, programmers and analysts determined their costs for software validation to be less than any of four related contracts the agency had with the private sector and therefore won the agency's first competition for work under OMB Circular A-76.
Who's who, who's where on the IT ladder
One of the challenges in government IT is achieving continuity in systems and programs amid a changing landscape'not only in technology but among the government's leaders. Since last year's CIO list, the Homeland Security Department has taken shape and many new faces have taken control at agencies. Here's the latest rundown on who's on first:
The Rat's e-work strategy backfires
As the wired one's workload escalates and Mrs. Rat pressures him to take time off for the family, the national holiday has become i-Dependence Day.
People on the Move
<b>Craig Luigart</b>, an IT leader at the Education Department since 1999, has moved over to the Veterans Affairs Department as associate deputy assistant secretary for policies, plans and programs.
Interior rebuffs GAO qualms, runs portal for geospatial data
Even as the General Accounting Office questioned its value, the Interior Department launched the first version of its Geospatial One-Stop portal late last month.
AFGE sues OMB over A-76 revision
A second federal employee union has gone to court to challenge OMB's revised rules for competing federal jobs.<br>
'Governmental' jobs to get OMB scrutiny
Agencies are rejecting a Bush administration push to move thousands of jobs to vendors through competitive sourcing under reviews using new OMB Circular A-76 rules.
Revisions to A-76 come under fire
Union leaders and lawmakers have taken aim at the Bush administration's new procedures for opening federal jobs to competition with vendors.
Livermore lab cluster ranks third worldwide
A Linux cluster at the Energy Department's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is the third-fastest in the world, according to the latest rankings at <a href="www.top500.org/lists/2003/06">www.top500.org/lists/2003/06</a>.
Military users can now get into the Groove
The 4-year-old Defense Collaboration Tool Suite, assembled from commercial sources for secure sharing of military video and audio conferences and applications, last month got a new addition: Groove Workspace 2.5 from Groove Networks Inc. of Beverly, Mass.
Security gets thorough Hill vetting
Members of Congress feel 'bipartisan frustration' at the slow pace of improvement in federal IT security, Rep. Adam Putnam (R-Fla.) said last month. 'There is very little indication that anyone takes the security threat seriously.'
SBA Business Compliance project redone
As it becomes clearer that agencies will not be 100 percent compliant with the Government Paperwork Elimination Act by Oct. 21, the Office of Management and Budget has targeted 75 percent compliance for September 2004.
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