People

Another View: Is the administration’s e-gov game all talk?

Nearly everyone in the Office of Governmentwide Policy is walking on eggshells lately.

People

NARA, Dell open up the Public Vaults

The National Archives and Records Administration unveiled a 9,000-square-foot interactive exhibit today to President Bush and other inaugural attendees.

People

Internaut: Don’t get complacent on e-government

Finally, e-government initiatives are producing measurable results.

People

IT security problems cause two agencies to slip in PMA scorecard

The Veterans Affairs Department’s and the Small Business Administration’s e-government initiatives each dropped a grade in the President’s Management Agenda.

People

Tech economy site opens

The Tech-Based Economic Development Resource Center has links to more than 1,300 items.

People

Score card: Four more greens

But a few agencies did decrease in OMB's quarterly management rankings.

People

ManTech gives licenses to Search

ManTech International has donated 40 perpetual licenses of its network forensics analysis software to a crime statistics and data group.

People

Florida eyes tech reorg

Florida Gov. Jeb Bush wants to transfer IT operations and services out of the State Technology Office.

Modernization

Groups pitch health info plan

Thirteen groups banded together to propose a Common Framework for a National Health Information Network.

People

Carnivore no more

The controversial FBI email and chat room surveillance program, has been superseded by new technology.

Digital Government

Census to spend $300M on handhelds

The U.S. Census Bureau plans to issue a request for proposals in the coming months for a contract that could be worth at least $300 million to equip between 500,000 and 600,000 census counters with handheld computers for the 2010 head count.

People

IRS offers free tax software

It's available through the Web site of the IRS.

People

NOAA opens coastal portal

Officials say nowCOAST collects weather and water-related conditions in their communities.

Digital Government

Judge backs EDS protest

An administrative law judge recommended that North Carolina officials cancel the award of a Medicaid system contract.

Modernization

Satellites help plant control

A Kansas county uses commercial satellite imagery to help control invasive plants that threaten water supplies.

People

US-VISIT to test radio tech

US-VISIT wants to use radio frequency technology similar to those used for toll booth passes to allow vehicles to cross borders quickly.

People

Armored vehicles to get rugged systems

DRS Technologies will receive almost $36 million for 3,600 FBCB2 systems for Army and Marine vehicles.

Modernization

Isle of Man plans IP network

The self-governed crown protectorate will spend about $8 million to build an IP-based telecom network to connect government employees.

People

Military eyes new technology

Nine of 61 trials during last year's Joint Warrior Interoperability Demonstration yielded promising results, officials say.

Digital Government

Tracking Postal trucks

U.S. Postal Service officials have awarded a three-year contract to I.D. Systems to provide wireless location-tracking of USPS' vehicle fleet.