People
Patent office focuses on e-filing
Electronic filing will become the norm under a wide-ranging reorganization of the USPTO
People
Air Force tracks knowledge
Because warfighting is one of the most rapidly changing learning environments in the military, keeping track of who knows what can mean the difference between life and death
Digital Government
Simplifying communication
Unified messaging may reduce costs, increase productivity
Digital Government
Better late than never
Storage-area networks may see lift from IP-based high-bandwidth connection
Digital Government
Wireless spec making (air) waves
Niche applications still the rule, but better security, performance boost potential
Digital Government
D.C. launches mapping tool
Web-based application culls data from 67 agencies and delivers it to every Washington, D.C., government employee
People
DOD puts tech to the test
DOD will put its warfighting technology to the test when it runs its largest-ever joint military experiment this summer
People
OMB: E-gov projects will help reduce bad payments
Bush administration officials expect that two of the 24 e-government initiatives will help the government lower the $20 billion in erroneous payments agencies made in fiscal 2001.
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DISA holds services bonanza
DISA has awarded two sets of information technology services contracts during the past two months
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Public call centers rate well
Government call centers rate well when compared with those in the private sector, a study finds
People
Carnivore bites off too much
The Internet spyware intercepted so much unrelated e-mail that the FBI stopped using it and might have destroyed information it collected related to the terrorists
Digital Government
Base uses wireless to track IT
The Materiel Systems Group recently began using a solution that offers managers a wireless way to track IT assets
Digital Government
A crowded telephony field
Session Initiation Protocol doesn't have the Internet telephony field all to itself
People
FirstGov revs search engine
The new FirstGov search engine will be formally unveiled June 3 by the GSA administrator
People
State CIOs advise on homeland security plan
The Office of Homeland Security has reached out to state government technology officials for help on its national plan
Digital Government
Transforming Congress
Editorial: Congress, unfairly or not, has earned a reputation for being a group of Luddites
Digital Government