Rover's healthy, ready to break rocks
NASA has pronounced the first of two Mars Exploration Rovers in good health and once again ready to drill Martian rock.<br>
Flash: Software wings its way to Mars rovers
NASA's twin Mars rovers have been receiving medicinal shots of software over the agency's Deep Space Network.
Pentagon taps EMC to help with renovation
The Pentagon Renovation Program will buy $40 million worth of networked storage and business continuity software under a firm, fixed-price contract with EMC Corp. of Hopkinton, Mass.
NSF's TeraGrid network is off and running
The National Science Foundation's distributed TeraGrid has gone into production mode with about a dozen teams using it to study groundwater pollution, the dynamics of biological molecules and the universe's evolution.
XML how-to: First of all, never cross your authors
Agencies that don't already have an Extensible Markup Language evangelist should get one, advises Brand L. Niemann.Why? Because the person tapped for the job can act as a guide to the burgeoning technology, said Niemann, an Environmental Protection Agency computer scientist and member of the CIO Council's Emerging Technology Subcommittee.
Air Force tracks work online
Traditionally, the military hasn't tracked work hours. Soldiers, sailors and flyers were expected to work until the job got done.In the face of recent concerns about retention, however, the Air Force is studying the workloads of its personnel with an online data collection tool.
HHS usability guidelines for Web sites
The Health and Human Services Department has produced Web design guidelines suitable for all federal Web sites.The 128-page guidebook, Research-Based Web Design and Usability Guidelines, is based on extensive studies of user-friendliness and accessibility. HHS' National Cancer Institute originally developed the guidelines to present cancer information to the public.
Site-smart
Playing pretend is a good way to make a Web site more welcoming. Specifically, designers suggest, agencies should test their sites' friendliness against realistic but fictitious user profiles.
3-D tools help Mars rovers get real
The NASA scientists studying the Mars rovers' explorations are getting help from virtual-reality research at the agency's Ames Research Center.
Localities get PC recycling funds
The District of Columbia's public works department and 11 other localities will receive grants from Dell Inc. to organize and promote computer recycling.<br>
NSF launches first phase of TeraGrid
The National Science Foundation has declared its grid-computing project, known as TeraGrid, open for business.
Another Opportunity for Mars landing
As the Mars Exploration Rover named Opportunity glides toward its expected landing on the red planet this weekend, it will draw on earthbound simulations of landing sites and procedures.<br>
IBM-Linux combo gets security boost
Novell Inc.'s new SuSE Linux division and IBM Corp. have announced Common Criteria Evaluation Assurance Level 3+ international security certification for SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 running on all four of IBM's eServer lines.
Fed aids banks on code to deter counterfeiting
With digital technology making currency counterfeiting easier than ever, the Federal Reserve is helping international bankers develop software to combat illegal money creation.
AF command right-sizes its inboxes
What's it like to migrate 140,000 users to a new mail application?Chaotic but also cathartic'especially behind the scenes'the Air Force Materiel Command is finding out. Over the next year and a half, the command will move users from Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 to Exchange Server 2003.
Don't worry, Unix isn't past its prime'yet
Unix is not pass'certainly not in the government. But is it becoming a legacy operating system that will soon grow too pricey to support?
IBM ups its Common Criteria certification for Linux
IBM Corp. and Novell Inc.'s new SuSE Linux division have reached a higher level of international Common Criteria security certification for SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 on IBM servers.<br>
Federal Reserve fights digital counterfeiters
The Federal Reserve has helped an international bank group develop and release software code to deter the digital counterfeiting of paper currency.<br>
JPL code eases rover's Mars landing
The first of NASA's twin Mars Exploration Rovers successfully landed this month using software that wasn't completed until well into the flight.
Tool helps feds STEP up 508 compliance
Free software from the General Services Administration helps agencies prioritize what they need to do to make their Web sites accessible.
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