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The youngest ratling has put the whole burrow on a new schedule. She now likes to rise at 4 a.m. to update her home page'and to do so, she has to wake up her parents to get her out of the crib.
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<b>Eeeee, lawyers.</b> Scott eVest LLC of Chicago is changing the 'e' logo on its multipocketed vest for the truly wired user because of a trademark infringement lawsuit. Guess who raised legal objections to Scott's use of 'e'? IBM Corp.'s eBusiness solutions group.
Quilts help Pentagon put the pieces together
Among the gestures of sympathy and good will generated in the aftermath of Sept. 11 were quilts made by groups around the world and sent to the Pentagon.
People on the Move
Recently retired Air Force Col. Neal Fox has been named assistant commissioner for commercial acquisition at the General Services Administration's Federal Supply Service.
Submit your views on how government has changed since Sept. 11
GCN will publish a commemorative special issue on Sept. 11 that will include stories of federal employees whose lives were forever changed on that date last year. Do you have a story to tell?
FAA to revamp air traffic backbone
The Federal Aviation Administration last week awarded a five-year, $1.7 billion contract to Harris Corp. to modernize and manage the telecommunications infrastructure for air traffic control.
EDS makes change at helm of its NMCI management team
Electronic Data Systems Corp.'s Rick Rosenburg, who has led the development of the enterprisewide Navy-Marine Corps Intranet from EDS' initial bid through the rollout of PCs and servers at Navy bases, is moving within EDS to direct similar programs for other government agencies.
Lawmakers again balk at NMCI
The Navy again must convince the House Appropriations Committee that plans to move all Navy and Marine Corps information systems to a single network are going smoothly.
Interior shifts top systems officials
The Interior Department has shuffled IT leadership temporarily as it continues the task of untangling problems with American Indian trust data and focuses on new homeland security demands.
New strategy details homeland IT goals
Defending against terrorism requires unprecedented information sharing across all levels of government and industry, the president's new domestic security plan says.
GSA adds auctions
Watch out eBay, here comes FirstGov.
Marine Corps gets new CIO in time for NMCI
Brig. Gen. John Thomas, the Marine Corps' former deputy director for command, control, communications and computers, has been named CIO.
Microsoft hires Massachusetts' Bill O'Leary
Microsoft Corp. has named Bill O'Leary the senior director for health and human services of its state and local operations.
OPM moves a step closer to e-learning site
The Office of Personnel Management last month moved closer to unveiling a new e-learning site.
NIMA chooses Northrop for mapping apps
The National Imagery and Mapping Agency has chosen a team of contractors led by Northrop Grumman Corp. to develop a mapping toolkit for the Defense Information Infrastructure Common Operating Environment.
Interior bureau offers oil and gas data online
The Interior Department's Minerals Management Service earlier this month unveiled an online ordering system that lets users research oil well and gas well data and then buy a CD-ROM of selected data.
Houston has a problem
Houston councilman Bruce Tatro has released documents to support his claim that the city's SimHouston contract was prearranged, rather than fairly competed.
GSA sets road map for authentication gateway
In about a year's time, a citizen or government user will sign on just once at the FirstGov portal to conduct many types of online transactions with different agencies.
State rolls on secret LANs
Propelled by a twelvefold funding increase, the State Department is on track to install top-secret LANs at 250 overseas locations by December of next year.
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