Microsoft code exposure not a crisis'yet
Source code for at least two versions of Microsoft Windows operating systems could create future security headaches.
Seattle goes for Gateway
Seattle has standardized on Gateway Inc. PCs after years of buying mixed brands.
Census changes could affect affirmative action
Minority workers holding computer and mathematical jobs increased their share by 8.8 percent during the 1990s, according to a preliminary analysis of Census 2000 occupational data.
Education to measure computer training results
The Education Department said today it will fund a study of 16 computer-based reading and math products to determine whether they raise student achievement.
Homeland Security auditors to probe IT projects
The inspector general of the Homeland Security Department will review several large DHS systems projects this year.
Worlds collide: Web services framework for grid
A British technology center is building a new kind of framework to join the new worlds of grid computing and Web services.
GAO: Agencies lag on IT performance, investment management
Less than half of all agencies use IT strategic planning and performance measures and IT investment management practices to make all of their technology decisions, the General Accounting Office said yesterday in a new report.
FTS, industry to hold open session on Networx
GSA's Federal Technology Service will hold an industry day Feb. 17 to gather feedback on its next-generation telecommunications contract, FTS Networx.<br>
Vivisimo clusters government Web sites
In an effort to demonstrate how its product can augment Web site searches, Vivisimo Inc. has overlaid its clustering software onto 30 government Web site search engines.
DHS to pare state security requests
The Homeland Security Department likely won't grant states all the money requested in security plans they recently submitted.<br>
Panel seeks Web comments on future space travel
A new presidential commission on space travel is using its Web site to collect citizens' views about future trips to the moon and Mars.<br>
DOD is building foundation for network-centricity
Top military IT officials say the Global Information Grid is at the heart of their goals for achieving network-centricity and interoperability.<br>
IRS refuses CSC new modernization contracts
The IRS won't consider Computer Sciences Corp. for work on future contracts to modernize tax enforcement and compliance systems, the IRS commissioner told lawmakers today.<br>
Lockheed IT bullish on outsourcing
The future of government IT lies in peer-to-peer technology, Lockheed Martin IT president Linda Gooden predicted today.<br>
New worm attempts to remove MyDoom
A new version of Welchia exploits the same vulnerability as the first version, but appears to remove the current MyDoom worm from infected machines. <br>
Rep. Platts wants to make program assessments permanent
The chairman of the Government Reform Subcommittee on Government Efficiency and Financial Management plans legislation to require agencies to evaluate program performance on a regular basis.<br>
Another day, another Doom: New variants are spreading
Security analysts continue to identify new malicious code that is either a variation of the MyDoom worm or exploits computers that have been compromised by it.
IRS posts info on abusive tax shelters
The IRS, as part if its effort to combat abusive tax shelters, today launched a new section today on its Web site to warn and educate employee retirement plan professionals about shady schemes and transactions.
Energy Department IG urges tighter security at labs
The Energy Department's inspector general has recommended that Energy's national laboratories tighten security over classified projects, including advanced computer research, in the wake of an audit that found gaps in security controls.
USDA brews a plan for electronic receipts for coffee trades
The Agriculture Department has OK'ed the use of electronic warehouse receipts for the handling of coffee trades.
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