DOD says medical pilot is not affected by TriWest thefts
Last month's theft of computer equipment containing information on more than 500,000 military members poses no threat to the Composite Health Care System II, a Defense health official says.
Davis gets reform committee chair; could fold in IT subcommittee
Congressman Tom Davis, a sponsor of the E-Government Act of 2002 and the Services Acquisition Reform Act, has been elected chairman of the House Government Reform Committee.
The lowdown on integrated development environments
<b>What is it?</b> An integrated development environment lets you edit, compile and debug C, C++ or Java code. The latest tools also provide links to Web, modeling and performance-testing applications.
Database gives doctors global access
The Defense Department has approved limited deployment of a database that will eventually store the records of more than 8.5 million military personnel and their families, letting doctors retrieve medical histories and information on their patients at the click of a mouse.
Pop-up messages relay alarms at Bureau of Land Management
A loud fire alarm doesn't tell workers everything they need to know in some emergencies.
Comptroller pulls agency's numbers together
Until recently, Barry Harmon could not find a given payroll report without sifting through spreadsheet after spreadsheet.
Compact tape library packs data in at 3.4T
The Scalar 24 multiformat, compact tape library can store up to 3.4T of uncompressed data in a 7-inch-high chassis.
@Info.Policy: Are e-gov act's privacy reviews a hollow demand?
So much legislation with information policy implications passed at the tail end of the 107th Congress that it will take a long time to digest it all. I thought I would start with the E-Government Act of 2002.
VA watches over servers as well as patients
Hal Haislip and the other engineers at the Veterans Affairs Department network operations center in Little Rock, Ark., aren't doctors, but they do have patients' lives in their hands.
The Air Force's FIRST rule: Keep outsourcing flexible
Outsourcing has a definite appeal for agencies that want to achieve efficiencies of scale and free up resources for higher-impact uses.
Fujitsu RAID systems scale up to 13.7T
The Eternus GR series of RAID storage systems from Fujitsu Technology Solutions Inc. of Sunnyvale, Calif., can accommodate 15,000-rpm disk drives for higher random-read performance than with standard 10,000-rpm drives.
What's New Now
In the coming year, the big technology developments will center on letting workers tap their agencies' enterprise applications from nearly anywhere.
Air Force expanding check imaging system
The Air Force is in the process of making its electronic check imaging system available worldwide.<br>
Editorial Cartoon
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In cold interiors, computer-generated heat can be as welcome as information. One such place is Cheyenne Mountain, run by the Air Force's 21st Space Wing near Colorado Springs, Colo. More than 1,000 workers inside the hollowed-out mountain staff a control center for missile launches worldwide. They use lots of computers.
Another View: Hill makes welcome changes to MAS
Strange and occasionally wondrous things happen in Washington just before Congress adjourns.
From here ahead
By nearly all accounts, 2002 was a lousy year for the IT industry.
Commerce: IT architecture will reflect bureau structure
An old saying in Washington likens the Commerce Department to Noah's Ark because it has one delegation from each species.
Charles Keegan: The yin and yang of tech management
Charles Keegan calls himself a geek, but if he is, he's a geek with an important mission.
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