Preston attributes that early success in part to the uncertainty sparked by the HUD 2020 Management Reform Plan, which included proposals to handle waste and downsize the department. HUD's intranet is supported by a primary document server and eight application servers. The servers are Compaq 5000s and 6000s that run Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 with either Netscape Enterprise Server or Microsoft Internet Information Server. The platform includes Netscape Compass Server. Most of the applications are developed with ColdFusion from Allaire Corp. of Cambridge, Mass., or Microsoft Active Server Pages with a Microsoft SQL Server backend.
Training is another powerful intranet application.
Tenn. Lester recently developed a series of intranet training modules for the Energy Department. To help meet Energy's requirements for biennial refresher training in Ethical Standards of Conduct, Oak Ridge Associated Universities developed a Web course, Alice in EthicsLand, that presents scenes for employees to determine whether certain actions would meet established standards. The software is Microsoft Internet Information Server. The General Services Administration has also begun intranet training for its work force of 14,000, many of whom are remote users. GSA OnLine University gives employees access to more than 300 courses in information technology, telecommunications, management and other skills.