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Digital Government

Samsung's flat-panel display ready for prime time ? literally

Samsung's SyncMaster 170MP is a combination monitor and television that promises a lot: flickerfree, razor sharp images with vivid colors, all contained in a slim, lightweight unit. The unit delivers all that and more.

By Ed Gray, FCW
May 17, 2000

Digital Government

GovTech 2000 Expo

FCW's coverage of GovTech 2000 Expo, June 20-21, and TechNet International 2000, June 20-22 at the Washington, D.C., Convention Center.

By FCW
May 17, 2000

Digital Government

News from NATO

FCW on NATO

By FCW
May 17, 2000

Digital Government

Budget briefing

budget

By FCW
May 17, 2000

Digital Government

Does COPPA apply to your web site?

A lot of general-audience Web sites may not be aware that they fall under the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998

By Carolyn Duffy Marsan, FCW
May 16, 2000

Digital Government

That sinking feeling

The Defense authorization bill would require the Navy to:

By FCW
May 16, 2000

Digital Government

Glass ceiling for women in IT persists

Women are still underpaid and underrepresented in the IT work force, a new report finds

By Jennifer DiSabatino, FCW
May 16, 2000

Digital Government

Letters to the editor

I'm not sure I necessarily agree with your conclusion that using information technology won't help reduce the size of government, but this is not the reason I'm writing this letter ['IT and politics a bad mix,' FCW, May 1].

By FCW
May 16, 2000

Digital Government

NASA's plan for getting tough on software

NASA's plan to embark on an agencywide effort to improve its software will have four focus areas

By Paula Shaki Trimble, FCW
May 16, 2000

Digital Government

Citations

Cases discussed in this article include:

By FCW
May 16, 2000

Digital Government

OPM to survey agencies on draft IT job profiles

The Office of Personnel Management plans to survey agencies next month to find out their opinions on proposed changes to information technology job profiles.

By Colleen O'Hara, FCW
May 16, 2000

Digital Government

NASA strengthens software approach

NASA hopes to raise the bar for its software with a fourpart plan that will be implemented quickly and aggressively

By Paula Shaki Trimble, FCW
May 16, 2000

Digital Government

SGI livens up Linux

Silicon Graphics Inc. has unveiled its nextgeneration IA32 workstations that bring the company's trademark highend graphics performance to the Linux market.

By Dan Caterinicchia, FCW
May 15, 2000

Digital Government

N.C. revamps commerce Web site

The North Carolina Department of Commerce has revamped its World Wide Web site, creating a new Web portal to better organize information

By Daniel Keegan, FCW
May 15, 2000

Digital Government

The Circuit

When the 'love bug' computer virus swept through Washington, D.C., on May 4, the House and Senate were bitten, along with the Defense Department and agencies from the departments of Education and Energy to the Health Care Financing Administration.

By Judi Hasson, FCW
May 15, 2000

Digital Government

'User's manual for hackers'

An internal memo so sensitive that it has been called a 'user's manual for hackers' describes at least 18 vulnerable spots in computer systems at the Department of Veterans Affairs.

By Judi Hasson, FCW
May 15, 2000

Digital Government

The new mailbox

Security Guidance

Laws and rules governing how agencies manage security, including software:

By FCW
May 15, 2000

Digital Government

Privacy/access trade-offs

Privacy and access to government information are two core American values. Often, they are compatible. Both serve the goal of constraining government power, and they have a common enemy in government secrecy.

By Ari Schwartz, FCW
May 15, 2000

Digital Government

NSA, State in Senate sights

The Senate has outlined a plan to reverse years of budgetary neglect at the National Security Agency and what it characterized as blatant disregard for information security policies at the State Department in a report released May 4 on the fiscal 2001 intelligence authorization bill.

By Dan Verton, FCW
May 15, 2000

Samsung's SyncMaster 170MP is a combination monitor and television that promises a lot: flickerfree, razor sharp images with vivid colors, all contained in a slim, lightweight unit. The unit delivers all that and more.

FCW's coverage of GovTech 2000 Expo, June 20-21, and TechNet International 2000, June 20-22 at the Washington, D.C., Convention Center.

FCW on NATO

budget

A lot of general-audience Web sites may not be aware that they fall under the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998

The Defense authorization bill would require the Navy to:

Women are still underpaid and underrepresented in the IT work force, a new report finds

I'm not sure I necessarily agree with your conclusion that using information technology won't help reduce the size of government, but this is not the reason I'm writing this letter ['IT and politics a bad mix,' FCW, May 1].

NASA's plan to embark on an agencywide effort to improve its software will have four focus areas

Cases discussed in this article include:

The Office of Personnel Management plans to survey agencies next month to find out their opinions on proposed changes to information technology job profiles.

NASA hopes to raise the bar for its software with a fourpart plan that will be implemented quickly and aggressively

Silicon Graphics Inc. has unveiled its nextgeneration IA32 workstations that bring the company's trademark highend graphics performance to the Linux market.

The North Carolina Department of Commerce has revamped its World Wide Web site, creating a new Web portal to better organize information

When the 'love bug' computer virus swept through Washington, D.C., on May 4, the House and Senate were bitten, along with the Defense Department and agencies from the departments of Education and Energy to the Health Care Financing Administration.

An internal memo so sensitive that it has been called a 'user's manual for hackers' describes at least 18 vulnerable spots in computer systems at the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Other recent Internet initiatives by the Postal Service:

Laws and rules governing how agencies manage security, including software:

Privacy and access to government information are two core American values. Often, they are compatible. Both serve the goal of constraining government power, and they have a common enemy in government secrecy.

The Senate has outlined a plan to reverse years of budgetary neglect at the National Security Agency and what it characterized as blatant disregard for information security policies at the State Department in a report released May 4 on the fiscal 2001 intelligence authorization bill.