Ballmer vows 'an entirely new Microsoft'
Microsoft Corp. chief executive officer Steve Ballmer yesterday called the company's antitrust settlement with the Justice Department 'tough but fair' and said it will lead to 'an entirely new Microsoft.' In the third e-mail letter of a widely distributed series from himself and chairman Bill Gates, Ballmer promised hardware vendors 'a transparent and uniform price list' for Windows operating systems . <br>
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<b>8-13 XML 2002 Conference</b><br>Baltimore. Contact IDEAlliance; Web: <a href= "http://www.xmlconference.org">www.xmlconference.org</a>; phone: 703-837-1093.
Of the People: Signing off-- Never forget the basics
For my last GCN column, I'd like to revisit the issues and strategies I've written about over the past couple of years. My goal is to leave you with a clearer understanding of what I believe we need to do to improve the federal IT work force.
Lessons learned at home helped with new system
When Martin Smith, director of the International Trade Commission's Office of Information Services, faced the task of overhauling the agency's electronic docket system, he recalled his experience in building his home in McLean, Va., in the 1990s.
What keeps the up in uptime? UPS
Network users take electrical power for granted, like oxygen, until the supply suddenly shuts off. Then a reliable uninterruptible power system, like a full scuba tank, becomes supremely important.
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Industry's emerging role in homeland defense
Commercial technology will play a key role in smoothing the flow of information among federal, state and local agencies involved in homeland security, an Air Force IT leader said today.<br>
GSA extends WorldCom contract but bars tainted former execs
The General Services Administration has exercised the first one-year option of troubled WorldCom Inc.'s FTS 2001 contract, but it has barred two former WorldCom officials accused of criminal wrongdoing from future federal business.<br>
Dell's Homeland view: one architecture, one mission
With the Homeland Security Department closer to reality, one IT industry executive emphasized the need for an architecture that supports a broad range of information sharing.<br>
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<b>IT unity.</b> The Navy's road map of the future is guiding it toward integrating information systems and testing new technologies to push them faster to the fleets, said Vice Adm. Richard W. Mayo, commander of the Naval Network Warfare Command in Norfolk, Va.
DFARS now requires inventory checks
Military contracting officers must review the existing Defense inventory for software and services before checking new sources, under a final rule the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council published last month.
Navy documents will be shipshape
The office of the Navy CIO has launched an enterprise records management system that will ultimately manage the records and documents stored on 411,000 computers on the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet.
DOE lab calls on big Bro for protection
Networking at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is all about bandwidth, because visualization, simulation and other high-end applications eat up bandwidth voraciously.
DocuShare upgrades to add Web services, workflow tools
An upgrade to Xerox Corp.'s DocuShare 3.0 document management application now has workflow and Web services tools.
Obtree C4 sends data to intranet, extranet and Web
A suite of enterprise content management products from Obtree Technologies Inc. of Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif., can deliver data to intranets, extranets and the Web.
DARPA's goal is 'total information awareness'
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's homeland security strategy covers everything from biometrics and language processing to predictive modeling and modernized databases.
@INFO.POLICY: 'Litigation Guide' to privacy laws isn't just for lawyers
A new edition of an existing book is rarely worth much discussion, but I am very pleased to see the return of the FOIA Litigation Guide. The book, Litigation Under the Federal Open Government Laws 2002, is the best one-volume guide to the Freedom of Information Act, Privacy Act of 1974, Government in the Sunshine Act and Federal Advisory Committee Act that I know of. The last edition was published in 1997.
Boutelle: Enterprise architecture needs biometrics
Adopting biometrics means more than installing a device at every entrance, said Maj. Gen. Steven Boutelle, director of information operations, space and networks for the Army CIO, speaking at a recent Biometric Consortium meeting in Arlington, Va.
Digital crimes lead investigators to use drive-scanning software
'Criminals are now automating their entire world,' said Sgt. James Doyle, so law enforcement officials have little choice but to become tech-savvy.
Cyber Eye: Who knows what evil lurks on your drive?
In a digital game of Spy vs. Spy, the pointy-hatted adversaries are fighting it out on your hard drive.
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