Congress improves at managing e-mail
The Senate last month decided not to renew its contract with EchoMail Inc. of Cambridge, Mass., for e-mail filtering software. Instead, IT managers will depend on the Senatewide deployment of Microsoft Exchange and Outlook to better manage the 88,000 e-mail messages the Senate receives each day.
Microsoft readies XDocs for XML
Microsoft Corp. next year will release an Extensible Markup Language component called XDocs for its market-leading Office suite. XDocs will have an Office-like interface and will integrate with Web services, a main focus of the Office of Management and Budget's enterprise architecture push. XDocs will support any customer-defined XML schema, according to Microsoft.
GCN and Washington Technology appoint new publisher
Tom Trezza Jr. has been named senior vice president and publisher of Government Computer News and its sister publication, Washington Technology. The promotion was part of a broad reorganization of the papers' parent company, Post Newsweek Tech Media of Washington. Alec Dann was named senior vice president for Internet publishing, and Thomas R. Temin senior vice president for editorial. All three report to David Greene, president of PostNewsweek.
NSF expands computing grid project
The National Science Foundation is expanding its distributed grid-computing project to encompass a fifth high-performance computing center.
The week's top stories forOct. 7 through Oct. 11
<p><a href="http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/20237-1.html">OMB sets interagency transaction standards</a><p><a href="http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/20234-1.html">Navy envisions integrated information systems</a><p><a href="http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/20232-1.html">Treasury set to issue digital certificates with smart cards</a><p><a href="http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/20231-1.html">Feds testify about improved antiterror systems</a><p><a href="http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/20220-1.html">NIST-NSA team readies systems security guidance</a>
OMB sets interagency transaction standards
The Office of Management and Budget has no idea how much money agencies exchange among themselves for goods and services, but that's about to change. OMB last week issued two sets of standard business rules for intragovernmental and certain fiduciary transactions.
Navy envisions integrated information systems
The Navy's road map of the future is guiding it toward integrating its information systems and testing new technologies, pushing them faster to the fleets, said Vice Adm. Richard W. Mayo, commander of the Naval Network Warfare Command in Norfolk, Va.
GSA releases E-Travel draft solicitation
After a two-month delay, the General Services Administration earlier this week released a draft request for proposals for a governmentwide online travel management system. GSA plans to roll out an online booking engine'the first iteration of the E-Travel project'by December.
CIO Council takes larger role with federal enterprise architecture
The CIO Council has reorganized its architecture and infrastructure committee and decided to include agency chief technology officers in the council, in an effort to give the council and its committees more input into policy planning.
Election reform deal would send billions to states
A long-awaited compromise over election reform procedures appears to have formed in a Congressional conference committee, and $3.8 billion in federal funds for new election technology could be on its way to states.
Homeland bills lack support for innovation, report says
Homeland security legislation proposed by the Bush administration and under consideration in Congress does not do enough to support flexible procurement and technical innovation, according to a Markle Foundation report issued today.
Marine Corps inks deal for Dell computers
The Marine Corps has signed a blanket purchasing agreement with Dell Computer Corp. to buy 62,000 notebook and desktop computers this fiscal year.
The week's top stories forSept. 30 through Oct. 4
<p><a href=http://"www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/20182-1.html">GSA successfully tests E-Authentication gateway prototype</a><p><a href=http://"www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/20163-1.html">Ortego steps down as director of National Finance Center</a><p><a href=http://"www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/20146-1.html">NARA issues e-mail archiving guide</a><p><a href=http://"www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/20147-1.html">DOD limits wireless use, will study vulnerabilities further</a><p><a href=http://"www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/20133-1.html">Lawmakers still hope to finish an e-gov bill this year</a>
Solar Decathlon uses sun-powered wireless LAN
Contestants at the Federal Energy Management Program's first Solar Decathlon on the Mall in Washington this week got their Internet connectivity from the sun. The Solar Village's sun-powered wireless LAN had "no wires to the outside world," said Greg Gordon, a Cisco Systems Inc. systems engineer. The LAN was built by Cisco of San Jose, Calif., and Electronic Data Systems Corp.
Packet Rat: A Ratrospective: Thanks for the RAM
In observance of GCN's 20th anniversary, the Rat decided it was time to share a bit of computing history with his offspring. But first, he had to remember where he'd buried it.
Here's looking (back) at you
In 1982, Ronald Reagan was in the second of his eight years as president, Leonid Brezhnev died and Yuri ('Yuri, We Hardly Knew Ye') Andropov stopped in for a cup of chai as Soviet general secretary. The Cold War dragged on.
Defense CIO sets wireless policy for Pentagon
After months of work, the Defense Department CIO last week issued a policy restricting use of wireless devices at the Pentagon.
Setting up secure WLAN takes layers
A wireless network is like having hundreds of Category 5 cables floating in search of a rogue client.
Wireless signals seep onto streets
Agencies ignore the security risks of wireless networking at their peril.
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