Digital Government

Unix: Not dead yet

In some ways, disparities in the computer workstation market have disappeared.

Digital Government

Fighting online leaks

When a classified CIA overview of the U.S. intelligence community appeared on the Internet this month, it raised serious questions in national security circles about how the Digital Age has popped the top off classified information.

Digital Government

Pa. borough to pilot Unisys portal

Unisys will spend millions to set up a portal for the borough of West Chester and the surrounding townships East Bradford, East and West Goshen, Thornbury, Westtown and West Whiteland

Digital Government

CIO offers security budget warning

No new funding is on the horizon, and an underlying problem with the budget process makes funding security initiatives difficult, the State Department CIO says

Digital Government

Start now to reduce 2000 tax bill

FCW's Financial Fridays column offers some strategies to consider to plan ahead for next year's tax season

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Senators propose Web privacy legislation

The bill will require Web sites to provide consumers with a clear opportunity to limit the use and disclosure of personal information for marketing purposes

Digital Government

Nations seek swift response to cyberattacks

Experts tell Congress that policies and procedures are needed to govern the sharing of cyberattack information internationally

Digital Government

Check cookies, help FirstGov, get a life

In FCW's DotGov Thursday column, the USDA's Vic Powell offers advice to fellow Webmasters on three key topics

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Security education in crisis

Educators warn that IT whiz kids lack adequate training, education and professional discipline to handle information security

Digital Government

Weather foils FAA systems

New technology to reduce airline delays is not to blame for the frustrating increase in delays air travelers experienced last month, the FAA said

Digital Government

Carnivore to be put to privacy test

Congressional panel agrees to academic studies to determine whether the FBI email tapping system is a threat to privacy

Digital Government

GAO: Net tax losses anyone's guess

Estimates on how much state and local governments are losing through Internet transactions range from the millions to the billions

Digital Government

Court finds city discriminated with Web links

By refusing to post a link on its Web site to a controversial newspaper, the court found a Tennessee city guilty of 'viewpoint discrimination'

Digital Government

iPaq a solid, easy-to-use tool

Compaq's new iPaq is a simple, inexpensive box dedicated to working on the Internet. It's an easytomanage product that avoids most of the compatibility issues of desktop systems.

Digital Government

SGI stacks up supercomputer, customers

Silicon Graphics' colossal new numbercruncher enables customers to tailor a supercomputer to their needs, 'brick' by 'brick'

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Web site explores school funding issue

Ohio is asking for residents' help in finding solutions to the state's school funding dilemma

Digital Government

FrameMaker's XML capabilities

I took one of the structured documents created in FrameMaker and outputted it to XML in each of two ways.

Digital Government

N.C. CIO leaves for private sector

Rick Webb takes a job with PricewaterhouseCoopers, joining other government executives who've recently left public service for private opportunities

Digital Government

FAA on PR swing

Air traffic controllers do not use grease pencils and tape to track aircraft anymore, as some may still believe

Digital Government

Making workflow less work

Ework's focus on forms makes it a good fit for agencies