Digital Government
Delano smartens up agencies
Capturing the knowledge that flows through the electronic communication of an organization has been a dream for many government agencies.
Digital Government
Letters to the Editor
I agree with the opposition of the senators as well as your analysis of the social impact [that a change to travel regulations] would have [FCW, 'Don't change travel regs,' March 20]. However, after reading the article, I think it is important to realize some of the economic factors that could be impacted by the change.
Digital Government
GAO: Software policies unheeded
Agencies fail to follow proper procedures to ensure that rewritten and upgraded software does not introduce security holes that hackers could use to steal sensitive government information, according to the General Accounting Office.
Digital Government
Java comes together
As government moves inexorably into the distributed computing era, two methods have found favor for tying new and legacy applications into a single enterprise environment: the Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA) and, more recently, Enterprise JavaBeans.
Digital Government
GSA deal jump-starts information security
The General Services Administration last week awarded a task order for 500,000 digital certificates that will be given free to agencies in order to jumpstart the use of a GSA governmentwide information security contract.
Digital Government
Vendors bicker about control
Most of the major U.S. application and World Wide Web server vendors have licensed Enterprise Edition of Java 2 (J2EE) from Sun Microsystems Inc., the original developer of Java.
Digital Government
Fighting computer espionage
In 1996, Congress passed the first federal law making it a crime to steal trade secret information. At the time, the sponsors of the Economic Espionage Act hailed the law as 'a significant bipartisan accomplishment' designed to protect many kinds of confidential information, whether maintained in hard copy or in a computer. However, the act's history shows it as more of a paper tiger than a major accomplishment.
Digital Government
Tally enhances tracker
Tally Systems Corp. recently introduced the latest version of its asset tracking software that gives information technology managers far more information about what's inside PCs that are spread throughout their organizations.
Digital Government
Imagery modernization gets boost
Despite the National Imagery and Mapping Agency's $1 billion plan to develop mapping and digital imagery products for the intelligence community, funding for NIMA's longterm modernization plan remains 'woefully inadequate,' according to a Senate report on the fiscal 2001 intelligence authorization bill.
Digital Government
Fedwire
With the backing of the President's Management Council, the General Services Administration plans to have a portal for government interaction with the public up and running by this fall. WebGov has been in development for about two years, but it has been held back by various funding and technical issues, such as the challenge of gathering links to every agency Web site.
Digital Government
VA's 'user's manual for hackers'
Hackers could exploit at least 18 vulnerable spots in computer systems at the Department of Veterans Affairs, according to an internal VA memo
Digital Government
OMB quizzing agencies on Clinger-Cohen
The meetings are to determine how far along agencies are in developing an organizationwide view of their IT investments
Digital Government
When to buy, sell or hold
Buy and hold. That's the advice investment professionals offer long-term investors. And it makes a lot of sense if your investments continue to perform as expected. But what if they don't?
Digital Government
Summit spurs strategies for fighting crime
Government leaders, security experts and law enforcement representatives put their heads together on how to stop computer crime
Digital Government
House extends Internet tax ban
The controversial act would extend the current ban on Internet taxes until 2006
Digital Government
Use the source, Luke
FCW's DotGov Thursday column advises Web developers to go to the source learn and understand HTML
Digital Government
Love bloomed amid bureacracy
The 'love bug' computer virus swept through the United States fast, and federal authorities moved slowly.
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