USDA furthers modernization with hardware buys
The Agriculture Department has bought more than 26,000 PCs since July from Gateway Inc., one of three vendors supplying hardware for the department's infrastructure modernization.<br>
The goal of FARES was simple, even if the project was not
When a team from the Farm Service Agency's Commodity Systems Office asked agencies for their system requirements for the Food Aid Request Data Entry System, they received a simple marching order: Just make it better.
Global delivery: Request system helps USDA deliver food
An automated food aid request system developed by an Agriculture Department office in Kansas City, Mo., helps relief organizations deliver billions of dollars' worth of food more quickly to foreign areas devastated by war and poverty.
Digital system keeps bombers on target
Two years ago, a crew flying a B-52H'the Air Force's long-range, large-payload bomber'dropped deadly munitions on friendly forces during a close air-support mission.
Battle-tested: Air Force battlelab's innovations prove themselves
The Air Force Command and Control Battlelab at Hurlburt Field, Fla., may be thousands of miles from Iraq, but the facility helped wage the fight against Saddam Hussein's forces.
Problems in first Gulf War spurred new system
In 1990 and 1991, more than 500 ships and 10,000 aircraft were unloaded in Southwest Asia to support 500,000 Operation Desert Storm troops. But much of the materiel never reached its intended destination.
Tag Team: Materiel tracking system supports military
In the first Gulf War, the Army's approach to logistics could perhaps best be described as brute-force.
System moves fast to swat new bugs
Pennsylvania's National Electronic Disease Surveillance System had to have a flexible design because there's no telling when the next new communicable disease will pop up.
Medical alert: Pa. health eliminates paper
One of the first things Joel Hersh noticed in 1993 when he became director of Pennsylvania's Bureau of Epidemiology was its dependence on paper.
Parkes to leave FEMA, become Energy CIO
Rose O. Parkes, who has been CIO of the Federal Emergency Management Agency for the past year, will become CIO of the Energy Department.<br>
All together now: USMC manpower system becomes a real force
When it comes to personnel administration, the special needs of government offices can make it difficult to implement standard, commercial human resources systems. This is particularly true for branches of the military.
Technological curve didn't affect their project pitch
When managers who advocated linking the FBI's Law Enforcement Online with five other networks went looking for support, they prepared their case in the usual way'in a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation, with a notebook PC and projector ready to deliver it.
All-points bulletins: FBI and Justice link, get the word out
The FBI and Justice Department have supercharged law enforcement communications by weaving together disparate networks and creating technology to push alerts to officers nationwide.
New StudioMX is more compatible with third-party apps
Macromedia Inc.'s just-released StudioMX 2004 offers more compatibility with Microsoft Excel and Word and has a friendlier user interface.<br>
FedBizOpps finds mark of success as DOD enlists
To Federal Supply Service officials, it was the demise of the Defense Department's online procurement site last July that officially marked the rise of FSS' FedBizOpps.
Defense's Lee to advise on Iraq reconstruction
Deidre Lee will temporarily leave her post as procurement director for the Defense Department to help with Iraq reconstruction procurements. <br>
Sole source: FedBizOpps portal sets standard for integrated government
What began life as a small electronic-procurement pilot at NASA has grown into an e-government giant.
Attorney, programmers were on the same page
After all those years in law school, Leila Afzal can add something else to her resume: application development adviser.
GCN Awards Excellence in IT: Law of the seas
The National Marine Fisheries Service has developed technological solutions to two of its main responsibilities: keeping fishing vessels out of restricted waters and fighting regulatory challenges in court.
GCN Awards Section: It's not just about the technology
<b>By Thomas R. Temin<br>Executive Editor</b><br>What do a fishing law enforcement chief, a Farm Service Agency office manager and an Air Force colonel have in common? All three'and many others you'll read about in this special issue'serve on teams whose projects won this year's 10 GCN Awards for Excellence in IT. Stories in this section are located in The Community section of the online issue.
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