Digital Government

FEMA's 'Love' potion

Agency's emergency throttle on email stops flow of virus; patch keeps infected computers operating

People

Y2K hindered White House e-mail fix

Reconstruction of a system that will be used to recover lost White House email was put on hold last year to deal with Year 2000 compliance

Acquisition

Competition brings out innovation

Competition called for by the Office of Management and Budget's Circular A76 has proved to be an effective way to inspire government innovation and save money

Digital Government

SAS offers money-back guarantee

SAS Institute Inc.'s Pilot Program designed for government and academic customers determines in advance whether an IT project will yield the desired outcome

Digital Government

Oklahoma Invites Students to Play Games

An interactive software program that combines music, video and computers will be used to challenge Oklahoma students to think about the consequences of their actions.

Digital Government

Exabyte rounds out library line

Exabyte Corp. is shipping the final product in its line of Mammoth2 (M2) tape libraries.

People

Breaking the Language Barrier

Florida Leads an Effort to Welcome Latin American Business With its Bilingual Web Site

Digital Government

Palm-sizing the scheduler

Federal employees who increasingly rely on Palm Inc.'s handheld computers for scheduling needs may be able to use the same project management software on their Palm devices as they use on their desktop computers.

People

Internet Use Spikes Across Borders

StarMedia Network Inc., a New York-based Internet media company targeted at Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking audiences worldwide, recently released the results of its second annual user study.

Digital Government

Unisys ships 32-way server

The proliferation of Unix and Microsoft Corp. Windows NT servers has left many federal agencies looking for a costeffective way to consolidate their servers onto one mainframeclass system. Unisys Corp. introduced a new Intel Corp.based 32processor server at the recent FOSE trade show that is designed to do just that.

Digital Government

Oklahoma Tech Center Connects Talent

The Oklahoma Technology Commercialization Center is recruiting people who can help up-and-coming companies with technology needs.

Digital Government

In Brief

Xerox Corp. announced today its new Phaser 750 color laser printer, which features a 200 MHz processor that delivers 16 blackandwhite pages per minute or 5 pages per minute in color.

Digital Government

Investing Site a Draw in Wash.

Washington state officials knew there was a need for an Internet guide aimed at beginning online investors. But they had no idea just how big that need was.

Digital Government

Fed brain trust formed

Entrust Technologies Inc., a provider of security products and services, has created a federal advisory board that reads like a who's who of information technology leaders in the federal market.

People

Kentucky Awards Radio Contract

The Kentucky State Police recently awarded a $22.8 million contract to Motorola Inc. for a statewide digital two-way radio system. The new Astro 25 system will replace the agency's analog model, which is more than 20 years old and in constant need of repair.

People

GovHost.com Moves Local Govs Online

Cities and counties now have another option for moving their government services online with the April launch of GovHost.com.

People

Army enlists Tinseltown

The Army has pulled together a team of cinematography experts from Hollywood to help it harness the technology depicted in the hit movie 'The Matrix' and TV series 'Star Trek: The Next Generation' for use in its own next generation of training and simulation systems

Digital Government

Entrust creates federal advisory board

A provider of security products and services, has created a federal advisory board that reads like a who's who of IT leaders in the federal market

Digital Government

JetForm finds 'sweet spot'

Company's new chief sees great opportunity to expand in the federal market

Digital Government

An office in your pocket

Small computing made a big splash at the FOSE trade show in Washington, D.C., last week.