People

Feds get started

Several agencies are using ERM technology to boost employee training and save money

Digital Government

Building for the future

Enterprise architecture emerges as a blueprint for better IT management

Digital Government

Voice recognition: Sound technology

Voice-recognition tools are having an impact in three major areas: call centers, voice-enabled devices and desktop dictation-and-command software

Digital Government

Interior unplugged

A month after a judge ordered the separtment to disconnect computers from the Internet, agency employees are still unplugged

Digital Government

GAO reports USPS e-commerce faltering

E-commerce ventures that the U.S. Postal Service expected would generate $104 million in fiscal 2001 produced less than 1 percent of that amount in the first three quarters

People

Cultural change trumps technology

State Department and DOD make progress with knowledge management

People

Letters to the editor

Standardize driver's licenses; Identity theft and the national ID; Overlooking inside talent

People

Customs accelerates disaster planning

The Customs Service is close to awarding a contract for two backup facilities to access systems in the wake of a disaster or attack

Digital Government

Is Posse Comitatus passe?

A Legal View: If a situation presents an appropriate job for police, it's an inappropriate job for the military

People

Empowering employees

Under the emerging concept of employee relationship management, organizations are beginning to use technology to offer their workers expanded access to human resources information and services

People

Storage by the page, not the byte

When it comes to records management, most government agencies are still pushing paper

Digital Government

Three steps toward developing an enterprise architecture

These three key steps are where the real work, and often resistance, begins in the enterprise architecture process

People

IRS adds up FAIR Act jobs

Thousands of IT jobs at the IRS are among the latest inventories of positions potentially available for outsourcing

People

Getting the big picture

Remote sensor networks deliver comprehensive view of battlefield

People

Letter to the editor

Use retired police as airport screeners

Digital Government

Census envisions handhelds for 2010 head count

The U.S. Census Bureau is looking for a few good ideas for using handheld computers to help conduct the 2010 census

Digital Government

Fedwire

Microvision tapped for wireless displays; Honeywell wins satellite deal; CDC to revamp intranet

People

Army boosts e-learning

The Army is expanding its agreement with SmartForce, an e-learning company

Digital Government

Past actions count

Bureaucratus column: At issue was the weight that can be given to any prior disciplinary history

Digital Government

Postal Service rethinks Internet offerings

USPS has extended the deadline for companies to express interest in taking over two Web-based postal services