Tablet PCs: Notebooks with a twist
This week's introduction of tablet PCs from 23 vendors will bring new makers and striking new designs into the notebook PC market.
Labor renews $59 million CSC contract
The Labor Department has issued a task order to Computer Sciences Corp. for continued support of its black lung program. The task order could amount to $59 million if the department exercises all its options during the one-year base period and four option years.
The Red Storm is rising for Sandia Labs
Sandia National Laboratories and Cray Inc. of Seattle have forged a $90 million deal for a massively parallel supercomputer to simulate the aging process of nuclear weapons. The system at the Albuquerque, N.M., lab will be part of the Energy Department's Accelerated Strategic Computing Initiative.
GEIA: federal IT spending will rise 9.7 percent
An industry trade group predicts federal IT spending will increase 9.7 percent in fiscal 2003.
Bush gets bill to extend NMCI two more years
Congress last month passed a bill extending the $6.9 billion Navy-Marine Corps Intranet contract from five years to seven years.
FIPS testing finds numerous crypto errors
About half of the cryptographic modules submitted for Federal Information Processing Standard validation have security flaws, a National Institute of Standards and Technology survey has found.
Access Board says Section 508 still rules
A judge's ruling on commercial Web sites has no impact on government sites, which are still required to be accessible to the disabled, according to the federal Access Board.
Sniper Hunt: Debriefing
Amid all the tools available to investigators pursuing the Washington area snipers last month'such as fingerprint databases and high-bandwidth communications networks'some users of the FBI's Rapid Start case management system had to rely on a sneakernet to exchange information.
Brooks honored as father of modern procurement
Jack Brooks, the 80-year-old former Texas congressman, is still as spirited and sharp-tongued as he was when he dressed-down agency executives appearing before his House Government Operations Committee. He accepted Post Newsweek Tech Media's award as civilian executive of the last 20 years at a gala ceremony in Washington.<br>
Paige says Brooks' oversight was 'good for us'
Retired Army Lt. Gen. Emmett Paige Jr. Wednesday night received Post Newsweek Tech Media's award as the Defense Department executive of the last 20 years. He quipped that sharing the podium with another honoree, former Rep. Jack Brooks (D-Texas), was far better than getting 'browbeaten by [Brooks] staffers when you have done your best on a program.' <br>
Cooper says he's seen hot issues go mainstream
As an IT industry veteran of nearly four decades, Milton E. Cooper has seen controversial topics turn into best practices. Cooper, who stepped down as federal-sector president of Computer Sciences Corp. in February 2001, was honored this week as Post Newsweek Tech Media's industry executive of the last 20 years.
Calendar
<b>3-4 Defense Logistics 2002 Conference</b><br>Arlington, Va. Contact Worldwide Business Research; Web: <a href= "http://www.wbresearch.com/defenselogistics2002">www.wbresearch.com/defenselogistics2002</a>.<br>
Federal Contract Law: Remember when CICA, GSBCA held sway?
GCN last month celebrated its 20th anniversary, so I looked back over my first columns. When I started in 1984, the hot topic was the recently enacted Competition in Contracting Act. The IT community was also interested in the new bid protest jurisdiction of the General Services Administration Board of Contract Appeals.
GAO makes portable office go
It didn't take Tony Cicco long to realize the benefits of issuing notebook PCs to all General Accounting Office employees.
GSA releases RFP for new procurement data system
The General Services Administration earlier this week released a request for proposals for a new federal acquisition management system to collect contracting data from all agencies. <br>
Post Newsweek honors veterans of federal IT
Three executives who had a hand in molding federal IT programs and policies over two generations were honored last night at Post Newsweek Tech Media's annual awards gala in Washington. <b>Miriam F. Browning</b> joined GCN's Hall of Fame.<br>
Five pro-level digital cameras shoot it out
Although professional digital cameras still have drawbacks, even skeptics are swapping their 35mm film for 256M compact flash cards.
The lowdown on jukeboxes
<b>What are they?</b> Optical jukeboxes contain optical drives, storage shelves with hundreds or thousands of disks and software-driven robotic arms that instantly retrieve data from any of the disks in the system. The systems listed in this guide contain 5.25-inch media.
How OMB will limit contract bundling
Agencies that buy from multiple-award schedules will see their task orders undergo stricter reviews to make sure the procurements are not bundled and are open to small-business participation, the Office of Management and Budget announced today. <br>
UDO: Is there a blue light in your future?
Magneto-optical disks could take a big leap forward next fall, when Plasmon is scheduled to release products with its Ultra Density Optical (UDO) technology.
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