Most states offshore human services tech support
A new report from the GAO reveals that most states offshore at least a portion of the IT work needed to operate federal human services programs for food stamps, child support enforcement, family assistance programs and unemployment insurance.
Energy inks $2.5b deal with Northrop Grumman team for test site management
<font color="CC0000">(Updated)</font color> The contracting team will handle everything from remote field experiments to the fabrication and testing of various electronic, mechanical and structural systems at DOE's Nevada Test Site.
Defense agency calls on AT&T for network circuits
AT&T Government Solutions Inc. has won orders totaling $8.2 million to provide 36 secure, high-capacity circuits to the Defense Information Systems Agency.
Army, CTC in pact for network control switching system
The Army has ordered a new system that automates switching and record keeping processes and reduces the amount of equipment and resources necessary to perform communications testing.
Xandros Desktop 3.0 Business Edition
If you're worried that users won't be able to adjust to a Linux desktop, given their Windows mind-set, then Xandros is the way to go. In fact, there are very few differences between a Xandros desktop and Windows 2000.
Novell SUSE Linux 10
SUSE 10 has many of the same features as version 9.1, but with a greater emphasis on security. The biggest addition is Novell's AppArmor, which, like SELinux, is a way the OS can detect unauthorized access to programs and system applications.
Mandriva Linux 2006
After we finally wrestled Mandriva into place, we found the overall interface fairly crude compared with Fedora Core. While we had no trouble with Internet access, the Mandriva OS had trouble connecting and sharing files with our Windows network.
Ubuntu Linux 5.10
Ubuntu represents the best and worst of open-source programming. On the one hand, there is a rather diverse community of people adding new productivity applications to this free program. But on the other, there does not seem to be any official support network if things go wrong.
Fedora Core 5
Fedora Core 5 should be available by the time you read this. Think of Fedora as the standalone (and more user-friendly) flavor of Linux Enterprise Desktop, but without the enterprise support.
Red Hat Linux Desktop
If Windows is a family sedan and basic Linux is an armored car, then Red Hat Linux Desktop is a mainline battle tank.
2006: The year of desktop Linux?
The GCN Lab pulled together the latest versions of several desktop Linux distributions to determine not only which was our favorite, but also to gauge what might be required to integrate these systems into an existing environment.
When portal software is overkill
When the City and County of San Francisco Human Services Agency wanted to upgrade its intranet, Vakil Kuner, IT director and CIO for the agency, knew the new features would have to be as hassle-free as possible.
Davis urges action on 'floundering' telework numbers
Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.), frustrated with the government's progress in promoting telework, urged the Office of Personnel Management to move forward on the issue.
DISA awards contract for business modernization
Pearson KEI Inc. to get $32 million contract to help to replace legacy applications and create a single integrated procurement system.
Honey, I shrunk the computer
OQO's model 01+ packs more technology into a smaller handheld computer.
EPA retains help desk, Lotus Notes support functions
The Environmental Protection Agency will keep a handful of its IT services in-house after analyzing whether it would be cheaper to outsource those functions to the private sector.
New IT leaders in Chicago, St. Paul
The mayors of St. Paul, Minn., and Chicago have appointed new people to lead their technology departments.
Texas court software deal goes to Tyler Tech
The Texas Conference of Urban Counties has awarded Tyler Technologies Inc. a three-year, $12.4 million contract to provide court administration software to conference members.
Immigration bill may lead to new IT programs
A comprehensive immigration bill approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday would create several major IT programs to register and verify employment status for foreigners seeking to be residents and workers in the United States.
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