OFPP relents on 803
The Defense Department can continue to use time and materials contracts when buying commercial items from Multiple-Award Schedule contracts'at least for now.
Vendor data gets user-friendly
When contracting officers or members of a source selection committee need to find out about a potential vendor's quality of work on previous contracts, collecting the data often is a challenge. But the process is about to change. Three agencies are working with the General Services Administration and the Office of Federal Procurement Policy to create a central past-performance records database for use governmentwide. NIH's Diane Frasier says more than 100 agencies are expected to use a new system providing access to past-performance information.
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<b>17-18 Information Assurance 2002 Conference.</b><br>Washington. Contact E-Gov; Web: <a href= "http://www.e-gov.com">www.e-gov.com</a>.<br.<br>
Of the people: CyberCorps is training our future security leaders
When'not if'cyberwarfare arrives, will we be able to defend ourselves? That is the basic question that we federal managers are asking.
SBA plans for fast upgrade
The last month of the fiscal year is one of the busiest for the Small Business Administration, as the agency scrambles to help businesses with last-minute loan applications or contract proposals.
Diskeeper's a PC housekeeper
Computer maintenance is like cleaning the attic. If it doesn't get done, sooner or later cobwebs will appear: slow response times, long boot-ups and even longer shutdowns.
Utility cleans your system of spyware
Your shed or garage probably has a hunk of Lava soap, that gritty, industrial bar that not only takes grease and grime off your hands but also, it seems, the top layer of skin.
Cstation offers users fat and thin computing
The hybrid Cstation has some of the advantages as well as some of the limitations of thin-client architecture.
Tiny notebooks are big performers
A notebook PC no longer has to weigh six or seven pounds to perform in the desktop PC category. The GCN Lab recently tested two ultralight models with heavyweight performance.
Wireless adds a new twist to security headaches
One of the biggest emerging issues for network management is dealing with wireless LANs. The popularity of the IEEE 802.11b Ethernet standard, known as WiFi, has soared, partially because of its low cost and ease of installation.
The lowdown: network management software
<b>What are they?</b> Network management software tools help managers assess the condition of applications, systems and the network infrastructure, and help keep them running efficiently. Some new products automate administrative tasks such as user account provisioning and network router configuration.
Look beyond your network
You'd think network management would get easier. Everything connected to enterprise networks is simpler than it used to be. Network standards make integration more straightforward. And enterprise systems management tools and other software programs put control of networks at administrators' fingertips. Right?
Incoming
<b>Enterprise deal.</b> The Army Communications Electronics Command Acquisition Center has awarded a $1.4 million task order to SRA International Inc. of Arlington, Va., for the company to develop an enterprise systems management proof of concept for the Military District of Washington and the Army's network operations center in Fort Huachuca, Ariz.
What if they installed an app and nobody used it? NMCI office finds thousands during assessment
The Navy-Marine Corps Intranet program office made a shocking discovery as it worked to reduce legacy applications and move computer seats to the departmentwide network: Thousands of apps the service had installed on its computers had no users.
IG wants to freeze funds for travel system
The Pentagon inspector general has recommended that funding for the Defense Travel System, an electronic program to arrange business travel for Defense employees, be halted until a study determines whether it is the most cost-effective approach to streamline the travel process.
OMB team lays out its e-gov agenda
The Office of Management and Budget's e-government team met recently at the Washington offices of GCN and Washington Technology to discuss the administration's e-gov progress.
Carriers prep for packet tapping
Telecommunications carriers are getting ready for legal wiretaps of wireless and packet-based communications.
JFMIP looks at needs of nontax revenue systems
Fresh from setting new requirements for systems that handle both acquisition and accounting, the Joint Financial Management Im-provement Program is tackling systems that manage revenue other than income tax.
Cyber Eye: Standards don't cancel responsibility
A consortium of public and private experts last month released a baseline security configuration for Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional. Dozens of agencies, companies and nonprofit organizations joined in the effort to shape the consensus benchmark, vetted by Microsoft Corp.
See you, see me
The Rolm CBX 9000 telephone switches at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., had been humming along since 1986'a long lifetime for such equipment.
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