OMB initiates funding model for Grants.gov
<a href= "http://Grants.gov">Grants.gov</a> will become the first Quicksilver project to move from a development to a fee-for-service model in support of the operation and maintenance phase of the initiative, the Office of Management and Budget announced this month.
NARA needs volunteers to test e-records
The National Archives and Records Administration is looking for agency records managers to test prototypes of the Electronic Records Archive system.
DOD wants standardized platform for weapons use
The Defense Department's transformation initiative has 'built up a bow wave of change,' Air Force Maj. Gen. Marc 'Buck' Rogers said at last week's Joint Warfare 2004 conference in Arlington, Va.
Architectures guide logistics overhaul
Military forces in Iraq are using 21st century systems for fighting, but have often found themselves operating in a mid-20th-century logistics structure.
Report on Defense IT: Pentagon simplifies its supply lines
The military runs more than 3,000 supply chain systems, a number that dwarfs even the Defense Department's financial systems tally by several hundred. What's more: 'Every time we turn over a rock we find more systems," says <b>Gary Jones</b> of the Logistics Systems Management Office.
Would a governmentwide XML schema registry cut duplication?
The Federal CIO Council wants to keep agencies from reinventing the wheel as they adopt Extensible Markup Language.
Web services need push from the top, experts say
The cicada-like buzz over Web services during the past year will be nothing but background noise until the CIO Council and the Office of Management and Budget make Web services an official part of how the government does business, OMB's former IT chief says.
House plans e-gov cuts
Congressional support for e-government initiatives has been shaky from the start, but a recent move sharply undercuts a handful of the projects, even as they near completion.
Navy HR system cleared for launch
System replaces four legacy personnel and pay systems, allowing online updates for personal data.
Java Desktop System resurrects aging PCs
I'll admit up front that I love Microsoft Windows XP for its functionality and flexibility. I can do just about anything with it. But XP has two big limitations. First, it demands a high-end system to run properly. Second, it's a lot more expensive than it probably warrants.
Sun's JDS gets mostly thumbs up
The Sun Java Desktop System isn't built from the ground up with Java, as you might expect, but is another Linux distribution based heavily on Novell Inc.'s SuSE Linux Desktop 1.0.
Nokia 3650 not in tune with Bluetooth headset
Swapping a wired cell phone headset for a wireless Bluetooth counterpart is a good idea for safe driving'but not with a Nokia 3650.
Big-screen LCD fits right in
Plasma has been king of large-screen displays for some time, but LCDs are upsizing enough to compete.
Incoming
<b>Drugstore system</b>. The new Tricare Retail Pharmacy program became effective on June 1, linking military members and their beneficiaries to about 53,000 civilian pharmacies in the United States, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and Guam.
Reservists, DARPA, vendors fill technology gaps in a pinch
Military reservists in Iraq face new challenges every day, and IT workers among them are no exception.
Tips for tablet use, training
It will likely take a bit of training to get the most out of a tablet PC. Microsoft Corp.'s almost universally used Tablet XP operating system isn't just XP on a tablet; it has a number of new features, mostly related to the use of the pen.
Funding threatened if agency teleworking numbers don't improve
The Commerce, Justice and State departments as well as the Small Business Administration and Securities and Exchange Commission could lose $5 million each.
The lowdown on tablet PCs
<b>What is it?</b> Tablet PCs are rather loosely defined but they can be generally considered as notebook PCs where the emphasis is on the screen rather than the keyboard.
Is the pen mightier than the mouse?
I've made no secret that I love the tablet format for a portable PC.I get along fine with standard keyboards but do very little text input out of the office, so I've always resented having to tote one along on road trips simply because all notebooks had one.
FAA activates airspace redesigns
The Federal Aviation Administration is rolling out technologies to improve its use of airspace.
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