Digital Government

Customs looking for import of funds

The U.S. Customs Service needs new computers at its borders and at least $1 billion to pay for them.

Digital Government

GPS users hope to forestall new tech

The latest threat to the much- embattled U.S. satellite-based navigation system may be another emerging technology that promises to revolutionize wireless communications and radar.

Digital Government

Ag funds stalled

The House Agriculture appropriations subcommittee is withholding fiscal 2000 funds for one of the Agriculture Department's major computer modernization plans until the USDA submits more details on how the money will be spent.

Digital Government

Agencies buy into 3-D

Accurately tracking a hurricane can mean the difference between life and death.

Digital Government

Banyan 'restarts' as ePresence

Banyan Worldwide, which once produced the dominant network operating system in the federal space, announced today that it has changed its name to ePresence Inc. and has become an eservices firm

Digital Government

Win 2000 bug affects Active Directory

Users have uncovered a bug in Microsoft Corp.'s Windows 2000 operating system that could leave them without the ability to access or manage Active Directory

Digital Government

Document conversion I: Adobe quickens Capture

Adobe Systems Inc.'s Acrobat Capture is a program with a very clearly defined mission: scanning hardcopy documents and converting them into searchable Acrobat Portable Document Format files that can be made accessible to users on a localarea network, the Internet or other media.

Digital Government

Fedwire Briefs

An emergency spending bill that included nearly $100 million in new funding for information technology has stalled and possibly died in the Senate.

Digital Government

Document conversion II: ZyImage adds choice

ZyLab International Inc.'s ZyImage doesn't have the management tools and extensive scalability of Adobe Systems Inc.'s Adobe Capture (see Page 38), but it does deliver a very solid set of tools for converting documents ? both scanned and electronic ? into searchable text databases. What's more, the product's search and retrieval tools are very powerful and lightning fast.

Digital Government

Letters to the Editor

I've been a federal contractor for the past nine years, after my retirement from military service. I couldn't agree more with [Steve Kelman's] stand on travel reimbursement ['Don't change travel regs,' FCW, March 20].

Digital Government

N.J. increases Internet security for state agencies

State will use PKI to protect the security of workers' compensation cases within the Department of Labor

Digital Government

Vacation homes can offer a break from taxes

If you're thinking about using your vacation home this summer, make sure you consider maximizing any tax breaks available to you before you plan your trip.

Digital Government

Senate stalls emergency funding

An emergency spending bill that included nearly $100 million in new funding for information technology has stalled in the Senate

Digital Government

Weather satellites to deliver better data

A triagency program office led by NOAA is preparing to test new weather satellite technology in fiscal 2005 to help improve forecasts

Digital Government

Oracle product passes security test

Oracle Advanced Security has passed one of the most rigorous evaluations to certify that it meets highlevel security requirements for federal agencies

Digital Government

Treasury: Customs system needs time, money

Customs officials ask for millions to keep old import system on 'life support' and millions more to develop an automated system

Digital Government

Sizing up IBM's new RS/6000s

IBM Corp.'s new copperbased microprocessor technology made its debut in the RS/6000 line earlier this year, where it serves as the power plant for a pair of machines designed to run World Wide Webbased applications.

Digital Government

SGI sets up federal subsidiary

SGI Federal will focus on the specialized needs of government agencies and expand the services it offers

Digital Government

Court Internet site more than e-forms

Delaware's new site includes everything from history of the court, electronic forms and jury information

Digital Government

Clinton calls U.S. to action on divide

Initiatives the president announced Tuesday include a $12.5 million donation from the Corporation for National Service for 'E-Corps,' a new branch of the volunteer organization AmeriCorps focusing on IT issues