Digital Government

Site takes aim at gun issues

Colorado residents can find out their elected officials' positions on gun safety at a new Web site launched by DoItForTheKids.org

Digital Government

Small biz invited into R&D pool

The Defense Department has announced a $556 million pool of grant capital for small technology companies' research and development proposals

Digital Government

What's going on at GSA?

An 8(a) credit program, a $1B BPA for services and a new network services contract dubbed 'Connections' are among the initiatives keeping GSA busy

Digital Government

White House e-mail scrap simmers

About 130,000 missing email messages have been recovered and reviewed, and 'only 55 have any relevance,' congressman says

Digital Government

FAA flying blind with IT systems?

The Federal Aviation Administration seemingly was the last to know about weaknesses in its computer systems and personnel clearances

Digital Government

Governments falling short on privacy

Officials say the public sector must step up vigilance against hackers and, in general, be more proactive about privacy and security

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Divide deeper than we think

A panel at NASIRE's annual meeting discusses how complicated it will be to get true technology access to everyone

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Forging e-relationships

FCW's DotGov Thursday column highlights the interdependence of agency Web sites and urges federal Webmasters to embrace 'process intermediaries'

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NASA Webmasters take the lead

NASA's first Webmasters conference could be the start of a more active role for Webmasters in the transition to 'eNASA'

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GAO finds few Y2K-related lawsuits

The General Accounting Office says it has identified fewer than 100 federal and state lawsuits that raised Y2Krelated issues

Digital Government

E-Sign shouldn't bother states

An NGA report concludes that the federal law authorizing digital signatures shouldn't overpower states' own legislation

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California governor: No Net taxes

California Gov. Gray Davis on Monday vetoed legislation that would have taxed Internet purchases from click-and-mortar companies

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NASIRE honors state systems

NASIRE recognizes New Jersey's workers' compensation system as among best information technology practices of the year

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Justice CIO optimistic about eFBI

A revised program, a budget reeled way in and a new leader point to a brighter future for a Webbased information sharing system for FBI

Digital Government

MapInfo adds depth to GIS

Version 6.0 is a good combination of power, ease of use and affordability

Digital Government

EBay closes divide for seniors

The Commerce Department is supporting initiative by eBay to give senior citizens better access to technology and education

Digital Government

Agencies model GPEA report

A group of agencies released a model guide on Friday designed to help agencies develop electronic government plans under the Government Paperwork Elimination Act.

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New offering locates lost, stolen PCs

Lockheed Martin will resell Computrace, a computer tracking, monitoring and theft recovery solution from Absolute Software

Digital Government

Letter to the editor

This is in response to the letter regarding turning over the 'keys to the kingdom' of the Navy/Marine Corps Intranet to a contractor and the resulting extremist risks to security mentioned in www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2000/0424/opedletter042400.asp 'Contracting with Big Brother' [Federal Computer Week, April 24, 2000].

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OPM, GSA mull telework policies

The Office of Personnel Management and the General Services Administration are reviewing agencies' telework policies in an overall effort to increase its use in government.