Digital Government

New exchange point will speed New England Net access

Boston mayor Thomas Menino recently announced the opening of the city's Metropolitan Exchange Point, which will offer faster Internet service to all New England residents and businesses

Digital Government

How to choose what services to post on a Web site

Are you a federal Webmaster? Do you feel like you have too much work to do? You probably do, and the increasing focus on electronic services is going to add to what has already been a fastpaced environment for Webmasters.

Digital Government

Iowa working on statewide distance learning

The state's Office of Information Technology Services recently developed two requests for information for the creation of a system to allow people to learn from home

Digital Government

Electronically filing taxes made 'comfort-able' for Texas town

Microsoft chooses small town to try out its new software for filing personal income taxes

Digital Government

NGA report: Telecom taxes 'burdensome'

Gov. Leavitt proposes a 'radical simplification' of state and local taxes

Digital Government

Windows 2000 Professional: a more manageable desktop

As the desktop component of the new Microsoft Corp. operating system, Windows 2000 Professional provides some nice enhancements over Windows NT Workstation 4.0.

Digital Government

Puerto Rico Web war resumes this week

The Commonwealth Electoral Commission is expected to hear a complaint that asserts that the government Web site violates electoral law

Digital Government

New Jersey Office of IT creates customer relationship management unit

The idea is to provide state agencies with the technological know-how to meet customers' needs

Digital Government

Pennsylvania puts state manual online for first time

The first-ever electronic version of "The Pennsylvania Manual" can be accessed for free through the state's Web site

Digital Government

DOD puts small-business breaks on hold

Agency's 1999 contract record allowed the suspension of the adjustment policy for the second year in a row

Digital Government

DOD trimming costs with outsourcing, work force cuts

NIH expects to decode one-third of human DNA by 2001 with help from DOE's computer power and expertise

Digital Government

Clinton budget bolsters IT in the classroom

Fiscal 2001 budget proposal aims to eliminate the digital divide between the high-tech haves and have-nots and also targets a broad range of educational programs and teacher training

Digital Government

Labor works hard for the IT money

Among the Labor Department's major funding initiatives in its fiscal 2001 budget proposal is a $60 million IT investment fund

Digital Government

VA budget redirects excess Y2K funding toward security

President Clinton's fiscal 2001 budget request, released Monday, called for $1.5 billion in information technology funding for the Department of Veteran Affairs, including a surplus after fixing its Year 2000 problems.

Digital Government

Administration gives nod to security

Even though the administration has declared information security a priority, because security is being built into systems there is little money for agency security programs in the budget released today by the Office of Management and Budget.

Digital Government

Crunching through the human genome

NIH expects to decode one-third of human DNA by 2001 with help from DOE's computer power and expertise

Digital Government

NARA seeks money for improving e-storage

New electronic records storage could end Archives preference for paper

Digital Government

My money went where?

So you want to know where your hard-earned tax dollars are going? President Clinton's fiscal 2001 budget proposal would give taxpayers a chance to find out

Digital Government

SBA plan includes system upgrades, customer support

Upgrading the Small Business Administration's computer systems and increasing technical assistance to its customers are the key information technology projects the agency hopes to tackle this year.

Digital Government

Transportation budget eyes intelligent roadways

The Clinton administration has proposed $338 million to fund "smart road" projects that will use information technologies to make travel more efficient