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Larry Stevens

Digital Government

Guard picks scalable servers

The National Guard recently chose servers to house the data for its nationwide distance-learning network. The Guard will install the 300-MHz Media Engine servers from Removable Media Solutions Inc. of Rancho Cordova, Calif., in Distributed Training Technology Project classrooms, at the network hub and at a hot site, said Lt. Col. Philip Vermeer, DTT product manager.

  • By Larry Stevens, GCN
Digital Government

State's systems are vulnerable

GAO: How State can improve security Provide a central management point and continuing processes to coordinate security measures. Write risk assessment procedures. Write comprehensive security policies. Increase user awareness about security. Monitor the effectiveness of security policies and controls.

  • By Larry Stevens, GCN
Digital Government

Web site management tools

Web site management tools Agencies spend thousands of dollars and many months developing their Web sites, and often what results is a well-functioning, error-free place where visitors can get fast access to timely documents. But for webmasters, that's just the beginning. If the site doesn't grow and include new content, services and applications, it becomes an electronic ghost town.

  • By Larry Stevens, GCN
Digital Government

Make staff evaluations more manageable

Fairness is mandatory but hard to achieve. And many technical managers feel less than confident about their writing ability for anything longer or more formal than e-mail. Performance appraisal software helps strengthen both of these weaknesses. Online guides and integrated performance logs provide data for balanced evaluations, and with a step-by-step approach, the software organizes and helps document the reports.

  • By Larry Stevens, GCN
Digital Government

To make team reviews, come to Intelligent Consensus

Its 360-degree feedback, or multirater, methodology has two big advantages over the conventional assessment process. First, an evaluation probably will be more accurate because it isn't based on a single person's opinion. Second, the employee is more likely to take seriously an evaluation by several peers. Intelligent Consensus is in use at the Energy and Education departments and the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center in Huntsville, Ala. It provides a relatively easy template to

  • By Larry Stevens, GCN