Digital Government

Federal navigation plan released

The 1999 Federal Radionavigation plan calls for two more Global Positioning System signals for civil use and integration of GPS into aviation navigation

Digital Government

Michigan town grapples with Internet filtering

Voters in Holland, Mich., rejected a measure on Tuesday's primary ballot that would hold back money from the area's library unless it installed software to block pornography from its computers

Digital Government

Can dot-com mania help education in America?

Education Secretary Richard Riley plans to ask the dotcom world to help shrink the digital divide

Digital Government

PTI and NIC partner on local e-gov solutions

Public Technology Inc. plans to work with the National Information Consortium, an online government services provider, to develop and market electronic government solutions for cities and counties

Digital Government

NetObjects Fusion 5.0 falls behind

Rather than touting power and price, NetObjects Inc. has built a loyal following for NetObject Fusion by making the program easy to use and able to generate World Wide Web pages quickly.

Digital Government

Drexel University puts technology to work in Techno-MBA program

Technology management degree students attend school without walls

Digital Government

Privacy moves to top of legislative agenda

Experts predict electronic access to court records and other data will become a source of constant conflict

Digital Government

Maryland county makes most of cable contract

Maryland's Montgomery County brings high-speed Internet access to fire departments, libraries and everything in between

Digital Government

FTC concerned with privacy of health care Web sites

A report criticizing privacy policies at 21 sites prompts a Federal Trade Commission inquiry and a meeting with at least one site, iVillage.com

Digital Government

Palm's new colors

Palm Computing Inc. will add a little color to its popular line of handheld computing devices Tuesday when it introduces the Palm IIIc. The company, a 3Com Corp. company, also is adding several new features that should make the devices more convenient and easier to use.

Digital Government

No more working on the WAN

One major accomplishment during the first year of NASA's 10year outsourcing plan was turning over its widearea network to a private contractor.

Digital Government

A new form of security

Ongoing privacy concerns and the desire to conduct legal business over the World Wide Web has many agencies clamoring for the integration of electronic forms and publickey infrastructure, a technology that encrypts data during transmission and assures the authenticity of a user's identity.

Digital Government

The key to e-government

If a public pilot that began last month involving the Internet and about 100 employers succeeds, about 6 million employers and the Social Security Administration stand to benefit.

Digital Government

'E-Commerce Department'

The Commerce Department has stepped to the fore in embracing the vision of an electronic, accessible government agency that moves at Internet speed.

Digital Government

Uni-Form 2.1: Not created equal

UniForm 2.1 from Microsystems Technology Inc. doesn't have the high profile of the likes of JetForm Corp.'s FormFlow, but this product definitely is a contender in the hot government market for electronic forms.

Digital Government

DOJ targets cybercrime

Federal law enforcement's ability to locate and prosecute cybercriminals will be quickly overwhelmed if Congress does not approve funding outlined in the fiscal 2001 budget for additional personnel, new technologies and privatesector security initiatives, according to top law enforcement officials.

Digital Government

Take your politics online

Pledging 'twoclick activism,' Grassroots.com, a World Wide Web site designed to foster political action from citizens and government candidates, was unveiled last week.

Digital Government

How to pick Web tools

To talk to toplevel government managers and chief information officers nothing could seem to be less controversial than focusing on Internet/intranet technologies and putting agency systems 'on the Web.'

Digital Government

Dispatches

Lockheed Martin Corp. has developed a 'navigation warfare' system to deny U.S. adversaries access to precise location and navigation signals derived from the 24satellite Global Positioning System.

Digital Government

From the Hill

The following is a roundup of legislation and reports to Congress reported on FCW.com in the past two weeks. For daily coverage of IT issues on Capitol Hill, visit www.fcw.com.