People
NSC seeking security standard
NSC wants a more user-friendly standard for the procurement of commercial IT products
Digital Government
FCW.com's Milcom coverage
Federal Computer Week's coverage of the Milcom conference, Oct. 31-Nov. 1, 2001
Digital Government
Final security guide arrives
NIST releases final version for agencies to measure information security program effectiveness
People
Spacecom on alert for cyberattacks
U.S. Space Command has not detected any increase in cyberattacks following today's attacks
Digital Government
Cities cast emergency web
After attacks on U.S. landmarks, cities set up emergency operations centers, use Web to spread information
Digital Government
In the wake of terror
Ongoing FCW.com coverage related to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks
Digital Government
Fed sites silent on attacks
Only FEMA used its Web site to quickly post information about government response to the World Trade Center, Pentagon attacks
Digital Government
Portals proliferate, services lag
E-gov survey shows agencies are putting information online, but are slow to offer transactions
People
Government sites show improvement, study concludes
Setting up portals for state and federal sites and better access to publications helped improve government Web services noticeably over the past year, a study released yesterday reported.
Digital Government
FCW.com's Comdex coverage
Federal Computer Week's coverage from the Comdex conference, the week of Nov. 12, 2001
Digital Government
HHS activates disaster system
Attacks prompt HHS to order the National Disaster Medical System on alert nationwide for the first time
Acquisition
IT vendors open crisis hot lines
GTSI, Dell on alert to honor emergency government requirements for products, services
Digital Government
IT proponent Horn won't seek re-election
The professor turned lawmaker who issued grades ? many of them marginal or failing ? to federal agencies on computer security, Year 2000 readiness and financial management announced he will retire from Congress.
Digital Government
White House hires first CIO
The White House has its first chief information officer
Digital Government
TSP system saga
Readers of this column know that I have been critical in the past of how the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board is handling the upgrade to the Thrift Savings Plan recordkeeping system. Well, the saga continues.
Digital Government
USGS meshes water data
Compiling water data from a variety of databases into a single, easy-to-use resource was once a drip, drip, drip process
Digital Government