Online Extra: Forman's legacy, selected stories
Here is some of the coverage of Mark Forman from the Government Computer News online archives.<br>
Online Extra: Spotting diploma mills
The Council for Higher Education Accreditation in Washington has issued a fact sheet of warning signs that an organization might be a diploma mill.<br>
IRS names new CIO, makes changes in operations support
The IRS yesterday announced changes within its management that will affect its modernization efforts and IT operations. <br>
Best new technologies earn honors at show
At FOSE 2003 this month, the Best New Technology Awards ceremony honored the winners of new IT products exhibited during the show. Vendors submitted more than 100 entries this year.
Top new products get awards at FOSE
And the winners are ... At FOSE 2003 today, the Best New Technology Awards ceremony honored new IT products exhibited during the show. Vendors submitted more than 100 entries this year.<br>
Preparing the new convention center for its first show
Following last weekend's ribbon-cutting ceremony, workers are putting finishing touches on the new Washington Convention Center in time for next week's opening of FOSE.
Sneak previews: A sampler of FOSE product displays
As always, FOSE is the place to see and be seen, to experience firsthand the latest generation of technology and services. Dozens of new products will make their debut.
Post Newsweek honors veterans of federal IT
Three executives who had a hand in molding federal IT programs and policies over two generations were honored last night at Post Newsweek Tech Media's annual awards gala in Washington. <b>Miriam F. Browning</b> joined GCN's Hall of Fame.<br>
GCN and Washington Technology appoint new publisher
Tom Trezza Jr. has been named senior vice president and publisher of Government Computer News and its sister publication, Washington Technology. The promotion was part of a broad reorganization of the papers' parent company, Post Newsweek Tech Media of Washington. Alec Dann was named senior vice president for Internet publishing, and Thomas R. Temin senior vice president for editorial. All three report to David Greene, president of PostNewsweek.
Submit your views on how government has changed since Sept. 11
GCN will publish a commemorative special issue on Sept. 11 that will include stories of federal employees whose lives were forever changed on that date last year. Do you have a story to tell?
Homeland defense plan will have massive effect on federal jobs, contracts
The new Homeland Security Department announced yesterday by the Bush administration could generate, abridge or eliminate scores of programs and contracts. It could lead to the most ambitious information-sharing architecture in history, producing 'a single daily picture of threats,' President Bush said last night.
Major Programs at Interior
<b>Earth Resources Observation Systems Data Center.</b> The Geological Survey center in Sioux Falls, S.D., uses satellite data to map national and international land masses and to analyze trends in land cover.
Army revises its service contracting rules
The Army last week eased its fairly new restrictions on services contracts.
Security heightened, buildings closed in wake of attacks
Federal agencies nationwide increased security today in the wake of a concerted attack on New York and Washington this morning that crippled cities, financial centers, communications, airports and highways, and prompted federal agencies in Washington to shut down.
Treasury sets sights on smart-card, PKI use
The Treasury Department is reviewing strategies for using smart-card and public-key infrastructure technologies for electronic-commerce and e-government efforts.
BUYERS GUIDE
To take arms against a sea of computer troubles—power outages, hard drive failures, server crashes—you can choose from a veritable arsenal of weapons. To tame a virus, however, software is your best choice. And of the threats to federal systems, the computer virus is one of the most pervasive.
Dear Santa: Feds have visions of Pentium dancing in their heads
What if Santa--presumably more benevolent than, say, Newt Gingrich--made stops at agencies across the government? What would all those good program managers and systems execs like to find under their office trees? For starters, Santa had better forget musky colognes or lime-green sweaters if he wants to make Defense Department techies happy.
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