Digital Government

Indiana broadens online payments

All of the state's agencies can accept online electronic payments for services through the state's official site

Digital Government

Treasury casts for messaging net

Department seeks voice and electronic messaging systems for a network with more than 90,000 mailboxes

Digital Government

Grants to bolster GIS, homeland

ESRI sets up $2.3 million grant program for small-city geographic information system initiatives

Digital Government

Letter to the editor

In the NMCI trenches

Digital Government

Taking GIS to the Web

A primer for getting your bearings on Internet-based mapping software

Digital Government

Government still can't reconcile books

GAO blames outdated financial management systems for continuing problems

Digital Government

XML efforts need focus, GAO says

The lack of a central XML effort in government could derail interoperability, according to a GAO report

Digital Government

Alaskan educators pair with Palm

Alaskan school officials are being equipped with handheld devices, tapping partnership with Palm Inc.

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VA picks four for 'Peaches'

The Department of Veterans Affairs awarded a $1.3 billion hardware, software and enterprise solutions contract to four prime contractors in a move to standardize equipment and drive down prices for the biggest civilian agency in government

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Policy briefs

NIST draft security guides out; Poll: Surveillance still OK

Digital Government

Common retirement plan mistakes

FCW.com's Friday Financials column tells of common pitfalls to avoid with 401(k) and similar plans

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Border station tests insect-ID tech

Digital imaging technology is used to identify insects found on trucks transporting agricultural products

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NIST guides target e-mail, patches

Latest draft guidance deals with poorly configured e-mail servers and the failure to apply software patches

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Booming city sets up help desk

Ontario, Calif., officials find help-desk solution to centralize assistance and support city services

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Alaska OKs electronic ballot for blind

New state law calls for technology to help visually impaired voters cast ballots privately

Digital Government

CyberWolf prowls for cyber alerts

Tool helps agencies sort out security alerts and identifies patterns that might signal a cyberattack

Digital Government

Tech revs up ambulance services

South Dakota equips services with computers and software that enable communication, training and filing online

Digital Government

Letter to the editor

Job-swapping would be beneficial

Digital Government

INS taps CSC for verification system

The INS will pay Computer Sciences Corp. up to $31 million for a computer system designed to verify the eligibility of foreigners applying for government benefits and jobs

Digital Government

Near miss no big deal

Like a car zooming past a driver's blind spot, a space rock whizzed near Earth last month without anyone noticing