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Reports developments related to information technology (IT) in the U.S. as of August 2003. Appointment of Scott Paper as strategic adviser to IT firm Blackwell Consulting Services; Selection of Richard Roscitt as president and chief operating officer of MCI; Decision of Dave Orrico to join Salesforce.com.

Reports on the use of electronic-discovery technologies among law firms in the United States. Technology features and functions; Applications in legal investigations and lawsuits; Major electronic-discovery software and services providers.

The article presents opinions of several information technology workers about posting of personal expression in the Internet. One person has said that posting information on the public areas of the Internet is like putting up a billboard on the public. Another person has said that companies have the right to see their employees behave in public areas of Internet. Lastly, another person has expressed his concern on who will fight for citizen's right to free expression outside of the workplace.

Focuses on American companies that spend at least $1 billion on information technology. Description of companies included in the group; Business operations; Importance of information technology in the companies' operations; Impact on the companies' competitiveness. INSETS: AT&T sees end to paper trail.;Chase's new image.;UPS expands online package.;IT drives MCI.

The article reports on the overblown and underestimated information technologies, concepts like electronic medical records, and trends in the industry based on the "Information Week." The paper medical records, privacy policies and protection, network security and shortage in workers are just a few of what has been overrated during the past months.

Provides an overview on information technology programs of distributors of electronics, paper and components parts and assemblies in the United States. Primary challenge in tuning distribution supply chains; Arrow Electronics Inc.'s adjustment of its business model to account for the shift of manufacturing activity in Asia; Percent decline in the IT budget of Arrow.

Focuses on the plan of Corey Booth, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) information technology (IT) chief. Career background; IT objectives; Role in SEC's conversion of its paper documents related to investigations under way to an electronic format document-imaging and optical character-recognition software; Components of Booth's plan to improve the regulatory process. INSET: UPGRADE Fast WAN, more storage.

Reports on the work of information technology organizations for financial institutions in the U.S. Development of business-technology initiatives to support growth strategies; Modernization of paper-based processes; Improvement in the customer services.

Reports on the use of direct-recording electronic (DRE) voting systems in the 2004 elections in the United States. Absence of safeguards such as voter-verified paper-trail technology that lets voters validate that votes on the screen match a paper printout; Claim by touch-screen voting system supporters that the systems enhance the election process; Manufacture of many of the electronic voting machines used by Diebold Election Systems, Election Systems & Software, Hart InterCivic and Sequoia Voting Systems.

The article offers advice on how infomation technology professionals can ensure users follow company security policies. The author says users are the weakest part of information technology security, and that companies should make their policy simple and understandable and look for potential conflicts between policy and practice. He says that it is a standard practice for companies to distribute security policies on paper, but that users should also be warned and disciplined when necessary.

The article reports on the importance of a one-button option to download electronic health records which have been highlighted in the policy paper by Markle Foundation in the U.S.

The article offers updates related to information technology including the launch of Sea Micro's new 10U rack-mount server by Silicon Valley, the new Juno Pulse, a downloadable SSL VPN client, from Juniper Network, and the plan of Shanghai government to adopt electronic books and scrap paper textbooks.

The article offers developments in the information technology industry which are featured in the web sites of the periodical "Information Week." The use of smartphone as equipment for improving healthcare located at informationweek.com/alert/hcsmartphone. A conference of the Black Hat DC located blackhat.com. Uploading of white paper to the TechWeb Digital Library located at informationweek.com/whitepaper.

The article highlights Chief Information Technology Officer Scott Gibson of Best Western International. The cyber crimes which Gibson has been a part of and was published in the "Sunday Herald" is also included. It mentions that the paper describes a hacker who breached the hotel group's online booking system and sold access details as part of underground network.

The article presents news related to the information and computer industry in the U.S. compiled as of October 2007. Art Wittmann has written a paper about the latest gear and techniques to make date center state of the art. APO expert Michael Biddick discussed trends in delivering high quality voice and video.

The article reports on developments related to information technology. Microsoft Corp. has made significant improvements in ways to recover from and repair serious problems related to Windows Vista. There are 12 add-ons to transform iPod into an entertainment center. LG. Philips LCD Co. Ltd introduces the Color E-Paper Display, which is a 14.1 inch display and a thin, flexible, and comparable in quality to printed pages.

Reports on the plan of the U.S. Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to ask Congress for funds to upgrade systems for data collection and sharing systems. Efforts to eliminate antiquated paper-based reporting systems and implement a nationwide initiative to automate and synchronize the collection and sharing of data on traffic-related deaths and accidents; Department's need for wireless communication equipment to facilitate electronic data collection and transmission during traffic-safety stops. INSET: SAFER DRIVING.

Discusses several issues on information technology (IT). Views of Rob Hassell, retiring chief information officer of Freightliner, on IT management; Employment problem of Roger Behnke, who is being retired from a paper products manufacturing plant in Appleton, Wisconsin; Ways that computer software product WiseWan is being marketed by NetReality.

Reports on the proprietary servers that are backbone for Knight Ridder Incorporated's circulation systems and call centers. Result of using WRQ Incorporated's Web-to-legacy emulation software by its `Miami Herald' paper; Amount the company saved on every transaction that comes in over the Web; Impetus for the system upgrade.

The article presents several letters to the editor related to information technology. In response to the article "Survey: Employees Steal Office Supplies," published in the November 17 issue of the journal "Information Week," a reader has written that since an employee is giving up personal time to do job-related work at home, it seems only sensible that he or she should take job-related materials home to do the work with. The article "U.K.'s Health-Care Modernization Program Limps Along" paints a gloomy picture of the National Health Service program.

Presents news briefs related to information technology as of October 2002. Sale of gently used uniform resource locators; Functional ability of digital pens to electronically transfer the handwritten strokes of a signature into a database; Music industry's anti-piracy movement in the U.S.