Digital Government

New way to get archives

The policy history of the U.S. government is preserved in 21 million boxes in 16 storage facilities scattered across the country.

Digital Government

Audit scorches DOT security

Information security weaknesses at the Federal Aviation Administration pale in comparison to the network vulnerabilities discovered at other Transportation Department administrations

Digital Government

Match game: Teachers, schools meet online

Teachers searching for jobs and school districts searching for teachers can now turn to the Internet to find each other

Digital Government

A case of arrested development

A Justice Department initiative to develop a nationwide system for identifying and booking crime suspects may remain stalled in Florida by a lack of funding next year.

Digital Government

The Circuit

FirstGov, the new federal government Internet portal, may raise the standards for agency Web sites, according to David Barram, administrator of the General Services Administration

Digital Government

Schools supplied

Over the past decade, the national debate about school choice, educational standards and computers in the classroom has done much to highlight the fact that public schools can no longer get by on tax dollars alone.

Digital Government

Companies sign on for e-tax filing service

Alabama companies that file sales tax returns for as many as 453 jurisdictions in the state can now look to one Web site for relief.

Digital Government

GSA uploads offices for new president

The election is still five weeks away, but government realtors have already secured office space for the new president and 539 of the president's men

Digital Government

Citizens wield power through technology

Community organizations in several cities are looking at innovative ways to improve municipal services through technology-driven citizen involvement.

Digital Government

Enabling the disabled

W ith the emergence of the World Wide Web, a whole new world of information has opened up for people with disabilities, especially those with vision impairments who can now zip through thousands of text-laden pages with text readers.

Digital Government

DOT firewall can't take the heat

The Transportation Department's Office of Inspector General conducted an audit from November 1999 to August 2000 to assess the information security vulnerabilities of 1,100 computers and 119 public-view Web servers at DOT headquarters.

Digital Government

Quick tips for accessible Web sites

Images and animations: Use the 'alt' attribute to describe the function of each visual.

Digital Government

New Jersey taking hard look at computer crime

Two New Jersey agencies are calling for the state to strengthen its laws, enhance law enforcement training and beef up education programs to combat computer-related crime.

Digital Government

A law anything but uniform

On March 14, Virginia became the first state to adopt a version of the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act (UCITA). Since then, numerous groups have been seeking amendments to the law, which takes effect July 1, 2001. In the meantime, Maryland adopted a different version of UCITA that took effect Oct. 1.

Digital Government

CDs play well in Florida crises

Law enforcement officials in a Florida county have one more tool to combat school violence, crimes and other emergencies ? a compact disc.

Digital Government

Guide to online learning

Although distance-learning courses are becoming more accepted and available, finding out where they're being offered can pose a significant challenge.

Digital Government

Shopping network boosts local government clout

It's conventional wisdom that technology that is complicated and expensive for large government organizations is almost always prohibitively so for small and midsize state and local IT shops

Digital Government

NetVault 6

The adage that information is your most valuable asset rings especially true for government agencies.

Digital Government

Europe faces PKI Challenge

Mirroring the Federal PKI Steering Committee's goal of interoperability, European officials will work to unite various publickey infrastructure technologies

Digital Government

Trust funds not just for the wealthy

FCW's Friday Financials column describes how a trust fund can be an effective financial tool for many people