Built for speed
Need high-powered but relatively inexpensive desktop PCs that will satisfy users and keep the bean-counters happy? If you do, my advice is to build them yourself.
Kaplan to be nominated as OMB deputy director
Joel David Kaplan, a special assistant to the president, is to be nominated as the new deputy director of OMB.<br>
Are desktop PCs getting booted out?
A new study finds May was the first month that sales of notebook computers generated more revenue than desktop PCs.<br>
Citizens flood online site to avoid calls
People anxious to block telemarketing calls have logged on by the millions to the government's do-not-call Web site since it went live Friday.<br>
OMB refocuses Business Compliance One-Stop project
The SBA Business Compliance One-Stop project is being refocused to reduce the paperwork burden on small businesses through development of an e-forms application.<br>
State Department awards IT BPA
The State Department awarded a blanket purchase agreement for information technology professional services to SI International Inc.<br>
Attempts to launch cyberwar on the rise
Cyberwarfare'a sustained digital attack on critical infrastructures'isn't easy to wage, but there are indications that some groups might be preparing to try.
Power User: Power User meets the nemesis at hacker meeting
I was pleased to be invited to speak last month at the SummerCon 2003 hacker convention in Pittsburgh, within IEEE 802.11 networking distance of both Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon universities.
PC grid crunches smallpox model
A project to help the Defense Department find smallpox antidotes is more than half finished, according to the company organizing the effort.
Do you have the rights for that app?
An agency often can cut its initial investment in software in half through a multiuser license, but the savings can be lost if the agency abuses the license and gives more users access than the deal allows.
Military Health System hires HIPAA support
The Military Health System has hired Booz Allen Hamilton to help 130,000 health care providers comply with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.<br>
Internaut: Viruses aren't the same as pests
Most users know they're vulnerable to malicious code and prying eyes on the Internet. But many don't comprehend the full sneakiness of methods used to spy, damage files or harness a PC's processing power without permission.
NASA Central
On Jan. 31, a server in the basement of NASA headquarters in Washington operated the <a href= "http://www.nasa.gov">NASA.gov</a> Web site with a single shared T1 connection to the Internet.
Editorial Cartoon
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The Government Printing Office's Federal Depository Library Program has issued specifications for public-access systems at federal depository libraries.
For the lesson book
An old show biz axiom says, 'Make your mistakes in small rooms.'To some extent, that's what the Defense Department did in Iraq. As noted in Dawn S. Onley's story about the continuing deployment in Iraq, DOD chieftains are poring over results from the recent war to find out how well networks worked and whether battlefield systems integration has improved.
Feds knock the administration's A-76 initiative
Government IT professionals responding to a recent GCN e-mail survey were overwhelmingly critical of the Bush administration's competitive-sourcing initiative.
GSA will field new services initiatives
To describe his work at the General Services Administration, the Federal Technology Service's John Johnson likes this saying: 'I get to eat my own dog food.'
HHS launches two health data standards efforts
The Health and Human Services Department will license a medical vocabulary system from the College of American Pathologists as a step toward establishing a common medical language.<br>
Wanted: coordination for sharing homeland security data
Officials who handle homeland security data say the government lacks a mechanism for coordinating data-sharing protocols and standards.<br>
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