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Suit seeks to slow automation project at PTO

Charging that the Patent and Trademark Office's databases are riddled with errors, the National Intellectual Property Researchers Association late last month filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia to stop the phasing out of paper patent and trademark records.

By Wilson P. Dizard III
September 5, 2002

Maine rings in a new school year with iBooks

The 18,000 seventh-graders in Maine will begin class this year with new Apple iBook notebook computers, as the Maine Learning and Technology Initiative begins its first full year of providing the systems to students.

By Wilson P. Dizard III
September 4, 2002

Significa

Ordinary reality may be an overrated experience, so the Office of Naval Research and major vendors such as IBM Corp., Intel Inc. and Microsoft Corp. have funded research into Mobile Augmented Reality Systems.

By Wilson P. Dizard III
September 4, 2002

The case of the routinely disappearing notebook PCs

Now you see the notebook PC, now you don't. That's often as much as an agency knows when a PC or other portable device is missing. Many agencies have reported such losses over the years.

By Wilson P. Dizard III
September 3, 2002

Kansas auditors find leaks in tax bucket

Corporate tax receipts in Kansas dropped from $211.7 million in fiscal 2001 to $93.4 million for fiscal 2002, according to a recent report. In a sample of 53 corporate tax returns, the Legislative Division of Post Audit found $12.8 million worth of discrepancies in tax credits favoring corporations.

By Wilson P. Dizard III
August 30, 2002

Florida child welfare data system is delayed, over budget

Delivery of a Florida Children and Family Services Department data collection system that has been under development since 1994 has been delayed until 2005, and its costs have ballooned by $42.1 million to $252.6 million, according to a state auditor's report released Monday.

By Wilson P. Dizard III
August 29, 2002

Defense, NASA and NOAA award $4.5 billion satellite pact

A trio of agencies last Friday awarded a $4.5 billion contract to TRW Inc. to build a satellite system that will combine defense and environmental missions.

By Wilson P. Dizard III
August 26, 2002

Feds expect XML to ease info exchanges

PHILADELPHIA'Agencies are paving the road to information sharing with Extensible Markup Language tags, schemas and registries.

By Wilson P. Dizard III
August 23, 2002

White House promotes data sharing

PHILADELPHIA'Calling for more data sharing among agencies, White House and CIA officials last week publicly discussed the difficulties in sharing sensitive domestic security data while simultaneously protecting it.

By Wilson P. Dizard III
August 23, 2002

Servers with a smile at Midwest unicameral

Officials in the Nebraska Legislature said they could work more efficiently in 1937 when they became the nation's only single-chamber legislative body. Now the "unicameral" has boosted the efficiency of its information systems by adopting virtual server software.

By Wilson P. Dizard III
August 21, 2002

FEMA should outsource IT, study says

The Federal Emergency Management Agency's systems have some severe problems, including poor management, nonstandard configuration of computers and aging machines, according to a study by Gartner Inc.. The solution proposed by the Stamford, Conn., consulting firm was simple: Hire a vendor to handle these problems and let FEMA stick to its mission of helping victims recover from disasters.

By Wilson P. Dizard III
August 20, 2002

Homeland security chiefs outline IT requirements

PHILADELPHIA'IT leaders from the White House and intelligence agencies gave homeland security a push forward today by pooling their information-sharing plans.

By Wilson P. Dizard III
August 19, 2002

Justice makes case for new architecture

The Justice Department intends to reduce costs, simplify operations and boost security by creating an enterprise architecture, consolidating data networks and implementing a public-key infrastructure.

By Wilson P. Dizard III
August 16, 2002

FBI shifts technology executives

FBI director Robert S. Mueller III yesterday appointed two officials to key technology jobs as part of a management overhaul that brought nine officials to new positions in cybercrime, investigations, terrorism and analysis.

By Wilson P. Dizard III
August 16, 2002

Web security is hit-or-miss at local level

More than half of local governments surveyed recently said they did not have policies and procedures in place for Web site security, according to the International City/County Management Association. Two-thirds of the respondents said their security practices remained unchanged after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

By Wilson P. Dizard III
August 15, 2002

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Suit seeks to slow automation project at PTO

Charging that the Patent and Trademark Office's databases are riddled with errors, the National Intellectual Property Researchers Association late last month filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia to stop the phasing out of paper patent and trademark records.

Maine rings in a new school year with iBooks

The 18,000 seventh-graders in Maine will begin class this year with new Apple iBook notebook computers, as the Maine Learning and Technology Initiative begins its first full year of providing the systems to students.

Significa

Ordinary reality may be an overrated experience, so the Office of Naval Research and major vendors such as IBM Corp., Intel Inc. and Microsoft Corp. have funded research into Mobile Augmented Reality Systems.

The case of the routinely disappearing notebook PCs

Now you see the notebook PC, now you don't. That's often as much as an agency knows when a PC or other portable device is missing. Many agencies have reported such losses over the years.

Kansas auditors find leaks in tax bucket

Corporate tax receipts in Kansas dropped from $211.7 million in fiscal 2001 to $93.4 million for fiscal 2002, according to a recent report. In a sample of 53 corporate tax returns, the Legislative Division of Post Audit found $12.8 million worth of discrepancies in tax credits favoring corporations.

Florida child welfare data system is delayed, over budget

Delivery of a Florida Children and Family Services Department data collection system that has been under development since 1994 has been delayed until 2005, and its costs have ballooned by $42.1 million to $252.6 million, according to a state auditor's report released Monday.

Suit calls PTO systems flawed

Charging that the Patent and Trademark Office's databases are riddled with errors, the National Intellectual Property Researchers Association yesterday filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia to stop the phasing out of paper patent and trademark records.

Defense, NASA and NOAA award $4.5 billion satellite pact

A trio of agencies last Friday awarded a $4.5 billion contract to TRW Inc. to build a satellite system that will combine defense and environmental missions.

Feds expect XML to ease info exchanges

PHILADELPHIA'Agencies are paving the road to information sharing with Extensible Markup Language tags, schemas and registries.

White House promotes data sharing

PHILADELPHIA'Calling for more data sharing among agencies, White House and CIA officials last week publicly discussed the difficulties in sharing sensitive domestic security data while simultaneously protecting it.

BIA systems are in limbo

The Interior Department's Bureau of Indian Affairs is struggling to lay the foundation for a revamped IT infrastructure as it labors under a court order that has shut down virtually all its systems.

By the numbers

Law enforcement agencies increasingly have turned to automation and the Web to keep records and publish information the public demands.

Servers with a smile at Midwest unicameral

Officials in the Nebraska Legislature said they could work more efficiently in 1937 when they became the nation's only single-chamber legislative body. Now the "unicameral" has boosted the efficiency of its information systems by adopting virtual server software.

FEMA should outsource IT, study says

Homeland security chiefs outline IT requirements

PHILADELPHIA'IT leaders from the White House and intelligence agencies gave homeland security a push forward today by pooling their information-sharing plans.

Disaster portal delayed

Slow response by 15 agencies to the Federal Emergency Management Agency's requests for content for the disasterhelp.gov portal has delayed the rollout of the service for disaster victims and responders.

Justice makes case for new architecture

The Justice Department intends to reduce costs, simplify operations and boost security by creating an enterprise architecture, consolidating data networks and implementing a public-key infrastructure.

FBI shifts technology executives

FBI director Robert S. Mueller III yesterday appointed two officials to key technology jobs as part of a management overhaul that brought nine officials to new positions in cybercrime, investigations, terrorism and analysis.

Significa

Speech-enabled handheld computers could add a new dimension to government use of mobile technology. But that will require a change in a standard.

Web security is hit-or-miss at local level