Digital Government
An open question
The 'Rosetta Stone' of smart-card architecture ensure the interoperability of cards
People
The kiss of death?
Bureaucratus: Pay flexibility could bring an end to the civil service as we know it
Modernization
Project eyes global early warning system for the Internet
Infrastructure simulation models make use of proprietary data from industry to identify single points of failure in telecom infrastructures
People
IT freeze or thaw?
Homeland security agencies' most pressing IT needs are moving quickly through a review process set up by the Bush administration
Digital Government
VA IT moves earn praise
The VA has made major improvements in managing and securing its systems, according to a new report
Digital Government
Sprint seizing local opportunities
Sprint is working to capitalize on markets produced by homeland security and e-gov requirements
Acquisition
Coast Guard awards maritime 911 contract
Modernization program receives funding go-ahead from interagency panel
People
Making IT easier to use
The demands of homeland security are moving technologies out of their traditional domains of expert users
Digital Government
San Fran orders smart meters
San Franscisco installing new electronic parking meters and management system
People
Start job campaign now, and 'demo' pay
FCW.com's Ask Milt column tackles a question about federal IT job prospects and one about DOD demo pay
Digital Government
Cities lobby for homeland aid
Sen. Hillary Clinton joins municipal officials in calling for direct homeland security funding
People
Agencies tie IT security to budgets
With a little prodding from the Office of Management and Budget, agency IT managers are tying system security to their enterprise infrastructures through the budget process. Some said today that securing their infrastructures ranks just as high as e-government for fiscal 2003.
People
Five agencies soup up their Web sites to load fast
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ main page loaded in less than half a second. Sites run by the FBI, the Supreme Court, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Library of Congress were just slightly slower, all taking less than a second to pop up. The FBI site has been among the fastest on the Web for almost a year, according to Keynote Systems Inc. of San Mateo, Calif.
Digital Government
GIS paves easier way to see data
GeoMedia-Hansen Interface joins tabular and spatial data to give transportation managers a view of assets
People
Centralized PCs rack up favor
Study finds that a centralized PC architecture should be considered as an alternative to the usual desktop environment
Digital Government
Report praises VA progress on IT
GAO says the VA has made great strides in fixing problems in its information technology systems
Digital Government