Who uses notebook PCs? Four of five managers
Government users are going whole hog for notebook PCs. In a recent telephone survey, 82 percent of IT managers GCN talked with used a notebook.
Barrett illuminates 508 gains
Don Barrett, a 24-year veteran at the Education Department in Washington, remembers what assistive technology was like before the Digital Age.
Agriculture aims for a bull's-eye on 508
About a year ago, a District of Columbia police officer happened to be on some business in the Agriculture Department South building in Washington.
Web searchers lead off with agency sites
Government IT managers hoping for home runs when they seek federal, state and local government information and services on the Web rely mostly on agency Web sites and all-purpose commercial search engines, a GCN telephone survey found.
Web's an indispensable but flawed work tool
Using the Internet is as routine in a fed's workday as getting a cup of coffee.
Palm still leads the Paq among handheld users
Personal digital assistants from Palm Inc. are still the handheld PC of choice among government users, a GCN telephone survey found.
DFAS tidies up stovepiped landscape
When the Defense Finance and Accounting Service was created in 1991, it took shape as an electronic Tower of Babel: 324 systems, dispersed around the globe and speaking in different tongues, to serve Defense Department agencies and the military services.
IT managers find handhelds a mixed blessing
For government IT managers who use them, there's nothing better than a handheld PC or personal digital assistant for immediate access to vital data on the go.
Tame the Compliance Monster
Taming the compliance monster begins at the top, but it doesn't end there. Management must build momentum and sustain it at all levels of an agency.
Bush administration puts compliance on the agenda
As if agencies didn't already have a multiheaded dragon of compliance mandates breathing down their necks, the Bush administration is turning up the heat on management reform.
Agencies batten down the access hatches
After the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, most government agencies beefed up IT systems security, a GCN telephone survey found.
Gilmore warns of threat to information systems
If terrorists strike the United States again, their targets could be information systems or critical systems infrastructures, former Virginia governor James Gilmore said yesterday.
Wireless cuts both ways for federal managers
Wireless LAN technology is a double-edged sword for many users, a GCN telephone survey of federal IT managers found.
How to Sell It
Winning the buy-in battle might not be everything in the modernization effort. It might be the only thing.
How to Plan It
Without meticulous planning, a modernization effort can become a house of cards. A shakily constructed foundation risks the collapse of the entire edifice.
Path to the future? One feat in front of the other
You've made the decision to modernize your systems. No doubt getting to that point took a lot of time, analysis and soul searching. Now, where do you go from here?
FTS 2001 rings true for most federal users
Feds are going the distance for FTS 2001. Almost two-thirds'60 percent'of federal IT managers contacted in a GCN telephone survey said their agencies use the Federal Technology Service's contracts for long-haul telecommunications services.
Commerce posts contracting guide for agencies
To help agencies prepare to meet Bush administration performance goals, a team of federal procurement executives led by the Commerce Department is putting a comprehensive guide to performance-based contracting on the Web.
Oracle, Microsoft dominate federal databases
On the government systems scene, the twin peaks of database products are Oracle Corp. and Microsoft Corp., a GCN telephone survey found.
Surveys showed what you thought about IT
In 2001, GCN boldly ventured where no Reader Survey had gone before. We also revisited some familiar territory.
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