Digital Government
Perils of public access
Comment: Americans are realizing that the wonders of contemporary information technology have a very dark side
Digital Government
News briefs
FBI fixes IT focus; Court shifts to e-filing; SBA unveils model e-gov site
Digital Government
EDS post signals more fed/state cooperation
EDS' appointment of former Agriculture CIO Anne Reed to lead its state and local group signals a more serious push to integrate all levels of government
Digital Government
Bills funnel $8B into IT research
The House Science Committee last week approved two bills that would pump almost $8 billion into academia and industry to support research and development in cyber
Digital Government
GovNet's fate hangs on policy
Policy -- not technology -- will decide whether GovNet is actually built, experts say
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Dot-gov by design
Getting government Web sites to effectively provide information and transactions remains an elusive art
People
Pushing the envelope
Greater product complexity and user needs raise the stakes for agency e-mail plans
Digital Government
Windows XP: A tempting offer
Review: Latest operating system combines ease-of-use, Windows NT power
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Intercepts
White House to Name DOD Deputy CIO? DOD Enlists Private Sector to Bring Cheer; NORAD Tracking ... Santa
Digital Government
FirstGov to undergo overhaul
GSA is planning a major makeover for FirstGov, featuring information arranged in three 'customer channels'
Digital Government
It's not about the boss
Focusing on the boss is an approach government sites should avoid
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Security efforts can't be mailed in
Agencies need to ensure that their e-mail systems are as secure as possible
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FedBizOpps will be sole source of solicitation info
The federal government will complete the first step in making procurement a one-stop electronic process on Jan. 1, when FedBizOpps.gov becomes the only comprehensive federal online source for listing and finding solicitations.
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GovNet ideas don’t come cheaply
Presidential cybersecurity adviser Richard A. Clarke’s October request for information for a secure GovNet intranet has drawn more than 160 vendor responses, including some warnings about the costs of a secure network.<@SM>
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OMB: Pass the hat for e-gov funds
Congressional stinginess and the evaporation of federal surpluses have punctured hopes for windfall funding of e-government projects.
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Forman promotes e-gov resource sharing
Mark Forman, the Office of Management and Budget’s associate director for IT and e-government, has been holding face-to-face meetings with agency program managers to persuade them to share funds for OMB’s 23 approved e-government initiatives.<@SM><@SM>
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Enduring Freedom tests logistics
System is performing admirably that tells DOD exactly where an asset is from factory to foxhole
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Tech shows sharing is possible
Anti-terror technologies and a public safety task force make interoperability advances
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