Digital Government

Panel sets out on anti-porn mission

The Commission on Online Child Protection will advise Congress on legal issues regarding online material

Digital Government

FAA says airlines must share strains of soaring air travel

The Federal Aviation Administration forecasts sharp increases in commercial air travel over the next 12 years and calls on airlines to add capacity, ease congestion

Digital Government

Scanners to streamline package delivery

Postal Service scanning units, to be installed by 2003, will size up packages at bulk mail centers.

Digital Government

$3M saves Customs pilot

Treasury found funding to keep a Customs Service modernization pilot up and running

Digital Government

Census: Day 1 and counting

On the first official day of Census 2000, Internet and paper forms trickled in to Census centers

Digital Government

Virginia ground zero in vendor war

The state could be the first state to adopt UCITA, a law that would deregulate product licensing

Digital Government

Letters to the Editor

I am bothered by the GAO report (Waste not, want not, FCW, Feb. 21). I've been bothered over recent years regarding same kind of reports. This is apparently the worst. Where is the media? Where is the rage? No wonder we can't cut taxes.

Digital Government

More states join MissingMoney.com

Service allows people to search for unclaimed money in savings accounts, stocks and pay checks

Digital Government

House: E-Benefits Must Be Standardized

The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed a bill requiring states' electronic benefits transfer systems to conform to a national standard.

Digital Government

The New Line on DMV Services

Virginia Breaks New Ground With Online Renewal of Driver's Licenses

Digital Government

One less day to worry about

The nation's computers took a flying leap Feb. 29 over doubts that the pesky Year 2000 bug had one last bit of bite. It was possible, computer experts feared, that systems would have trouble handling the extra day tacked onto February for the leap year.

Digital Government

Census addresses glitch

The most electronic of all census counts is upon us, and the Census Bureau already has faced a numbers crisis: 125 million envelopes were misaddressed by a contractor.

Digital Government

Clinton Budget Puts IT to Work in Local Communities

President Clinton's proposed budget for fiscal 2001 earmarks $175 million for technology to help state and local governments improve the quality of life in their communities.

Digital Government

IVillage.com tries e-registration

Women's Internet portal joins with an online election company to allow visitors to their World Wide Web site to register to vote online

Digital Government

Getting Out of the Way

It takes more than just a digital network to jump-start a competitive marketplace, a fact that Minnesota knows all too well.

Digital Government

E-gov tops feds' lists

The Federal CIO Council plans to immediately tackle a detailed list of digital government initiatives, many of which are intergovernmental.

Digital Government

Nautical charts on demand

Even the least experienced sailor knows that having an accurate, current map of the waterways is essential for safe travel.

Digital Government

Small-Town Mettle

Traditional telecommunications companies are generally remiss to bring high-powered networking lines to small towns.

Digital Government

Kansas State trying Internet election

Students will be voting online from computers anywhere to elect their student body leaders

Digital Government

IBM unveils civic portal strategy

Drawing on its experience in the commercial sector, IBM Corp. is pulling together products and services in electronic commerce, security and privacy to support the development of World Wide Web portals by state and local governments.