Smallpox-fighting screensaver unveiled
Several technology vendors and research groups have teamed up on a new screensaver that devotes unused desktop-computing cycles to the search for antismallpox drugs.<br>
Navy Knowledge Online portal focuses on learning
The Navy's Knowledge Online portal has been attracting about 1,000 new users each day since its enterprise-wide rollout last month.<br>
Web pros give tips for smooth look and feel
Consistency on an agency Web site requires top-level backing, strict deadlines and detailed templates, said three feds who enforce such rules, speaking at the FedWeb fall conference in Arlington, Va.
Photo album
In California, the Bureau of Land Management tends 15 million acres of national monuments, recreational sites and conservation areas, as well as photographs of them.
Energy picks off-the-shelf business apps
The Energy Department is planning to construct an integrated business system from off-the-shelf Web applications.
IG: FAA mismanaged weather system
The Federal Aviation Administration has been its own worst enemy on the Integrated Terminal Weather System program, according to the Transportation Department's inspector general.
Enterprise architecture performance assessed
Agencies are making progress in implementing enterprise architectures but still have a way to go, according to the fiscal 2004 budget proposal released today by the Office of Management and Budget.<br>
Web services vendors find common ground
Their debate was billed as a showdown, but representatives of four Web services companies found a surprising amount to agree on, including the importance of using Extensible Markup Language and three other core specifications.<br>
Former Utah CIO offers pointers
Agencies should start taking small steps toward Web services, former Utah CIO Phillip J. Windley says.
Let the building begin
Ready or not, Web services are coming to your agency and XML architect Brand L. Niemann of EPA has noticed the move from abstract to apps.
Document management apps help agencies with paper cuts
Document management technology helped the Postal Rate Commission cut the volume of paper that gets shuffled around when the Postal Service requests a rate hike.
Energy awards $409 million task order for IT services
The Energy Department last week tapped a Commerce Department governmentwide acquisition contract to consolidate some of its IT and PC operations.
Former CIO: When it comes to Web services, just do it
Instead of conducting six-month studies or waiting for the newest Web-services standards to come out, agencies should take the plunge and get started in Web services sooner rather than later, a former Utah CIO said.
DOE plans integrated management system
The Energy Department will roll out an business management system made of off-the-shelf Web applications. <br>
Chiefs resign, PCs 'lost' at Energy lab
Los Alamos National Laboratory faces multiple investigations by the FBI, the Energy Department and Capitol Hill following allegations of fraud and mismanagement.
Out with the old name, in with MPC
To lessen confusion with its original parent company, computer maker MicronPC LLC is changing its name to MPC Computers.
Pop-up messages relay alarms at Bureau of Land Management
A loud fire alarm doesn't tell workers everything they need to know in some emergencies.
Energy changes top management at Los Alamos
Two top managers at Los Alamos National Laboratory are stepping down from posts at the famed, but troubled, Energy Department weapons-research facility.<br>
Group forms to study tax-related XML standards
Tax officials from the U.S. and other countries have formed a technical committee to devise an international open standard for exchanging tax data via Extensible Markup Language.<br>
MicronPC will become MPC Computers
Computer vendor MicronPC LLC will change its name to MPC Computers.<br>
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