People

SSA e-gov gets high marks

Budget request calls for expanding Internet services, which scored well on the management agenda score card

Digital Government

Controlling Risk in Portfolios

How to avoid portfolio pain

Digital Government

Labor's IT work praised, funded

Increase in budget request for IT is built upon security, privacy and enterprise architecture initiatives

Digital Government

Letter to the editor

Put emphasis on help desks

People

Interior off-pace in getting online

About 90 percent of the Interior Department remains off-line, Interior Secretary Gale Norton testified before Congress

People

Patent office positioning for e-gov

Budget calls for hiring of 950 more examiners and will help USPTO move toward electronic operations

People

CIO Council releases knowledge management primer

The CIO Council’s knowledge management working group yesterday released a CD-ROM with information about best practices and other data to further feds’ use of knowledge management.

People

CIAO poised for homeland role

The fiscal 2003 budget includes a request for $20 million for the CIAO to form an Information Integration Office

Digital Government

Budget numbers support 'one VA'

The fiscal 2003 budget includes a request for $20 million for the CIAO to form an Information Integration Office

Digital Government

Digital divide grants closing out

NTIA budget practically zeroes out a program that brings technology to underserved areas

People

Energy finds permanent CIO

After more than a year of rotating temporary appointments, DOE names Karen Evans CIO

People

Homeland role boosts FEMA budget

Request includes $3.6 billion for new equipment and training -- a $3.2 billion increase -- to enhance state and local readiness

Digital Government

HHS gets slice of bioterror budget

A 6 percent increase in funding for IT projects is just part of the story for the lead agency on bioterrorism

Digital Government

NIST guide gets into security routine

Document aims to help administrators and managers start a program for testing systems security on a routine basis

People

DOD delays smart card deadline

Defense Department now looks to have Common Access Cards out to all personnel by October 2003

Digital Government

Government missing business case

Forman calls on industry to help agencies struggling to build business cases for IT programs

Digital Government

Alabama turns to NIC for portal

NIC will build e-government applications for all the state's agencies, boards and commissions

People

DOD to share spectrum for safety

DOD agrees to share portions of the 138 Mhz to144 MHz band with public safety users on a limited basis

People

FirstGov for citizens coming soon

First performance measures for the 24 cross-agency e-government initiatives also will be released

People

Commerce will expand its R&D funding program

The Commerce Department has issued a six-point plan for improving its Advanced Technology Program, a public-private effort to develop high-risk technology projects.