Digital Government
Minnesota Y2K office wins award for cooperation
A state group honors the office's Year 2000 efforts, which among other things, involved creating public service announcements, brochures, Year 2000 readiness information for the Internet, and a help line
Digital Government
Vendors tighten security offerings
Security vendors in the government market are increasingly seeing a new type of customer: agency managers who know they need something but don't know exactly what. Spurred to action by presidential directives and hacker threats, many agencies are eager to beef up their security but are short on the skills to do it.
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Study: West Coast in digital lead
Four of the top five cities with the most-connected households in the nation are located in the West: San Francisco, San Diego, Seattle and Portland, Ore.
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Alaska school libraries going online
The new WebCat program allows a library's entire holdings, including the reference desk, to be available on the Web
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Cyberspace challenges copyright laws
FCW's DotGov Thursday column looks at intellectual property rights and regulations in the Digital Age
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Internet tax report in, but issue isn't over
After everything the Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce has been through to figure out how to handle taxing Internet transactions, it looks like nothing will change for the near future
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Arizona CIO resigns
John Kelly will begin work May 1 at Intel as the company's government affairs manager.
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Webmasters must adapt to wireless
Organizations will need to think about displaying Web site information for wireless devices because of the expected boom in users capable of wireless Internet access
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NASA turns to air traffic control
NASA research is critical to new information technologies that will redesign the way the national airspace is managed, according to witnesses testifying before a House subcommittee
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NEC MobilePro carries on
Instead of revamping its highly regarded MobilePro 770, NEC Computers Inc. has wisely chosen the path of buffing the shine with its new MobilePro 780. The enhancements in the new model ? including a faster 168 MHz CPU, a thumb wheel for easier vertical scrolling and enhanced software ? are worthwhile, but users of the MobilePro 770 will be glad to hear that NEC has left the basics of the handheld unit unchanged.
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Deal extends supercomputing access
The National Science Foundation and MCI WorldCom have agreed to continue operating the system that provides advanced supercomputing to universities and government agencies
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Senate gets tough on agencies over Clinger-Cohen
The Senate Governmental Affairs Committee on Monday sent out letters to 24 federal agencies asking them how close they are to compliance with the ClingerCohen Act of 1996 and what types of benefits the agencies have seen from the use of technology
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IRS makes plea for modernization funds
IRS ask Congress for millions for IT modernization
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Letters
I read the article on PCs for federal workers and was thinking what a great idea ['Government issue,' FCW, April 10].
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Ergonomics software hits GSA sked
Magnitude Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Magnitude Information Systems Inc., last week received a General Services Administration schedule contract for its ergonomics management software.
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Making passwords secure
When system users can select their own passwords, they naturally opt for easily remembered constructions. This leads to two related problems: easily guessed passwords and the use of dictionary words.
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QSS empowers development teams
Quality Systems &Software Inc., Mount Arlington, N.J., recently introduced its new Doors Enterprise Requirements Suite, which allows geographically distributed users to collaborate on the design and development of enterprise information technology solutions.
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