Online Extra: Handhelds set the pace for PCs these days
Overwhelmed by all the choices available in personal digital assistants? Wait a bit, and it'll get worse.<br>
A small business gets big business
The Air Force Space Command's 30th Space Wing at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., has awarded the $429 million Western Range Operations Communications and Information contract to InDyne Inc.<br>
IRS child tax credits have a Web status check
The IRS is mailing the more than 25 million checks in advance of a coming higher child tax credit and parents can track how much they will receive, and when, at irs.gov.<br>
Cyberthreats dog old DOD systems, House panel hears
The Defense Department's growing reliance on information networks makes cyberterror a big concern, congressional and DOD officials said this week.<br>
Acquisition councils settle data elements for GWAC directory
Civilian and Defense Department acquisition councils have set the data elements that agencies will use in a new governmentwide acquisition contract online directory.<br>
Agency, contractor defend retirement system
Federal officials, testifying today at a congressional hearing, stood behind the Thrift Savings Plan contractor and the computer system it developed.<br>
IT security to be added to FAR
GSA is drafting a Federal Acquisition Regulation addition to integrate security into IT buys.<br>
Soldiers take digital assistants to war
As the Army prepares to move its main battlefield digitization system to handheld computers, some soldiers in Iraq and Kuwait have been testing portable devices for another project, the Commanders Digital Assistant.
Systems help avert friendly fire deaths
Ground forces in Iraq using the Force XXI Battle Command Brigade and Below tactical communications system have reported no friendly fire deaths.
Budget cuts threaten IT
Federal CIOs are sweating'and not just because of Washington's summer humidity. Many agencies' systems chiefs are finding themselves on the defensive before a Congress that in recent weeks has shown a willingness to pare fiscal 2004 IT budget requests.
OMB abandons governmentwide A-76 goals
Succumbing to Congressional pressure, the Office of Management and Budget has dropped governmentwide goals for having federal employees compete with the private sector for government work.<br>
Calendar
<b>24-28 Air Force Information Technology Conference</b><br>Montgomery, Ala. Contact the Air Force; Web: <a href= "https://web1.ssg.gunter.af.mil/afitc">https://web1.ssg.gunter.af.mil/afitc</a>; phone: 334-416-4319.
How SSA sets security agenda
The Social Security Administration has ranked among the top federal agencies on the IT computer security report card issued by the House Government Reform Committee for the last two years.
DISA seeks HUBZone contractor for White House project
The Defense Information Systems Agency has issued a request for information from small businesses for an aggressive modernization program under way at the White House Communications Agency.<br>
Federal Contract Law: Contractors even sue themselves over contracts
Recently, two contracting Goliaths squared off in the courtroom. Lockheed Martin Corp. sued Boeing Co. over an Air Force contract for rockets to launch satellites.
The lowdown on high-speed network-ready monochrome laser printer
<b>What is it?</b> A high-speed network-ready monochrome laser printer should print at least 30 pages per minute or higher and come with a 10/100-Mbps Ethernet card or other interface. It should have a fairly fast RISC processor, upgradeable RAM, 600- by 600-dpi resolution and drivers for multiple operating systems. Automatic duplexing and versatile paper handling options are necessary, and multifunction scan, copy and fax options are useful.
USDA awards CSC e-learning, management contract
The Agriculture Department has awarded Computer Sciences Corp. a contract for project management, analytical and technical assistance in e-learning, and knowledge management.<br>
Executive PDAs handle PC tasks
How long before we promote personal digital assistants to personal digital executives? They no longer just organize work but create, edit and disseminate it on wireless networks.
High volume, high fidelity
Despite great leaps in color laser printing technology over the past few years, it's no surprise that the bulk of day-to-day printing in government offices is done by networked monochrome laser printers. Why spend more than you have to?
Incoming
<b>SARS site</b>. To help physicians identify Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology's Pulmonary and Mediastinal Pathology Department has launched a Web site with images of the virus.
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