Digital Government

Informatica builds analytics platform

Internet-based solution enables agencies to deliver critical information to any user, anywhere

People

HHS awaits funds for one of 23 e-gov projects

The Health and Human Services Department has been developing its Federal Commons grants portal since 1998 with the help of agency volunteers and donations. Now the President’s Management Council has selected the project for funding as one of the top 23 e-government initiatives announced last week.

Digital Government

Y2K prep helped terror response

Sen. Bennett credits Year 2000 work with enabling swift responses to the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11

People

Education Web site gets first half of redesign

The Education Department last week launched a redesigned Web site that’s easier to navigate. Users now have the option of personalizing the site, at <a href="http://www.ed.gov">www.ed.gov</a>.

People

Letter to the editor

No upward mobility

Digital Government

You've been sued. The clock is running.

{deck} FCW.com's Friday Financials column outlines some of the steps involved after you've been handed a summons

People

Soldiers can ASK for assignment

Web-based program gives enlisted soldiers an online tool to indicate their assignment preferences

People

CIO Council gets new look, new direction

President Bush’s Office of Management and Budget has radically overhauled the CIO Council, abolishing committees, changing members’ assignments and giving the group new priorities.

Digital Government

Rural police may get tech boost

A new bill would help equip rural departments with computers and Internet access to fight crime

People

Bills address workforce, reform

Legislation due based on NAPA recommendations to overhaul how federal IT workers are compensated

People

E-gov bill author is optimistic

Mark Forman may not be the federal CIO, but his appointment earlier this year as IT point man shows that the Bush administration is aware e-government programs need strong leadership, said the chief author of Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman’s E-Government Act of 2001.

People

OMB nears approval of e-gov plans

The Bush administration is two steps away from activating 23 cross-agency e-government projects that, together, represent a nearly $1 billion investment.

Digital Government

Letter to the editor

Biometrics endangers privacy

People

All About Kids

The dwindling federal IT work force has a hard time coping with citizens’ telephone and e-mail queries, said webmasters at FedWeb 2001, an annual conference held last month at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md.

Digital Government

Security experts push data sharing

Clinton-era officials put focus on ability for agencies at all government levels to integrate data

Digital Government

Coordination urged on cyberterror

Feds, states, industry need to work together to confront potential attacks, Virginia governor says

People

PWC to support Army training

PricewaterhouseCoopers will build a Web-enabled learning management system for the Army

Digital Government

VA looks to make IT a snap

Enterprise architecture plan will streamline the department's systems and make every part interchangeable

Digital Government

Oklahoma portal open for business

State officially launched its Web portal and unveiled a searchable business directory

Digital Government

PDF accessibility improving, not easy

FCW.com's Dot-Gov Thursday feature reviews the challenges posed in making PDF documents accessible