Microsoft's new server OS may take time to catch on with feds
Microsoft Corp. threw a launch party in Washington today for its Windows Server 2003. Some federal users who attended said government adoption of it will likely be less than speedy.<br>
Air Force makes aircraft maintenance tracking wireless
Hill Air Force Base is beta-testing a wireless environment for the logistics applications it uses to track equipment for its aircraft.<br>
E-learning lightens workload for Treasury agency
A new e-learning portal developed by the Treasury Department's Financial Management Service allows employees to find and register for finance-related classes.<br>
Microsoft wants to dredge bigger federal channel
Microsoft Corp. is making what it calls a gigantic push for more public-sector sales'an area the software giant acknowledges its competitors have dominated.
PKI certificates gain following by DOD vendors
Two years ago, the Defense Department got a tepid response when it invited contractors to use its public-key infrastructure.
NIH puts automated Web manager to work
NIH's technology center said it has installed new information management software to automatically develop and maintain content for the agency's Web sites.<br>
In the loop
Between now and October, the Treasury Department will link most of its employees to a human resources system replacing dozens of scattered databases, some dating back to the 1960s.
ERP can sometimes spell disaster
An agency must first study its own business blueprint before diving into a colossal enterprise resource planning system rollout, the Census Bureau's comptroller, speaking from the experience, says.<br>
TSA gears up for smart-card pilot
The Transportation Security Administration has drafted Maximus Inc. to help it develop smart cards that will serve as identification cards for port, airport, railway and other transportation employees. <br>
Simulations help ensure nuclear safety, officials say
As the Bush administration grapples with news of nuclear weapons from North Korea, Energy Department scientists say complex software systems have shown the American stockpiles to be fully secure.<br>
Microsoft widens federal sales channels
Microsoft Corp. is making a new, "gigantic" push for more public-sector sales'an area in which the software company acknowledges it hasn't invested as much as its competitors in the past decade.<br>
IBM thinks up new series of notebook PCs
IBM Corp. earlier this month launched the fifth series of ThinkPad notebook PCs.
Soldiers abroad can broadcast text messages
From Internet-accessible computers in Iraq, soldiers can broadcast text messages to wireless phones across the world.
For e-gov, feds turn to reliable tool
E-government got its start with electronic documents, which is why Adobe Portable Document Format has blossomed in government use in a big'if fairly quiet'way.
Sorting app helps make sense of worldwide intelligence data
The CIA's In-Q-Tel venture capital arm has handed $500,000 to a California software company to add more foreign languages to its mohoClassifier Web-based filtering system.
IBM thinks up a new notebook series
IBM Corp. today launches the first in a new line of ThinkPad notebook PCs, inaugurating the fifth iteration of its portables.<br>
SEI partners add muscle to Army info assurance
Carnegie Mellon University's Software Engineering Institute and the Army Reserve Information Operations Command will jointly train teams to conduct information assurance operations and respond to cybersecurity threats. <br>
Data management system gets new analysis tool
An automated data analysis tool will allow FBI analysts to pore through more than 1 billion documents and share information with other intelligence agencies. <br>
E-mail encryption program catches on with DOD contractors
A public-key infrastructure system the Defense Department extended to its contractors'which initially drew a tepid response'is gaining support as more vendors sign on to secure their e-mail messages to agency officials. <br>
Federal IT is stable despite changes
Ernst Volgenau says he's 'not the dynamic entrepreneur' who often figures in vendor success stories. When he started SRA International Inc. in 1978 in his basement, the Air Force retiree was the only employee. He pursued technical work, which has become the foundation of his government business.
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