Digital Government
Downsizing done right
Gateway's ultralight notebook doesn't skimp on features or style
Digital Government
Satellite data helps fight forest fires
The Forest Service, NASA and a university are pooling efforts to produce satellite images to combat Western wildfires
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Software solves tax collection
An Idaho county imposed a sales tax, then looked for a system to process the collections
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Right to representation
The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit sent a case back to the Merit Systems Protection Board regarding a fed who was fired by his agency for selling government property to a family member
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Adobe adds forms signer to Acrobat 5.0
Agencies that already use Adobe Portable Document Format can add digital signature capability for $39 per seat, Adobe Systems Inc. announced today.
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Standards smooth upgrade to DWDM
The International Telecommunication Union created a standard for DWDM technology called the ITU grid
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Air Force set to overhaul logistics
The Air Force recently awarded a contract worth a potential $127 million to rebuild its automated logistics system, but the real work will not begin for another year.
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Spawar skips testing
The Navy's Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command regularly rolls out large portions of information systems in the early stages of contracts before those systems have been properly tested
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NASA appoints security chief
NASA Administrator Daniel Goldin has named a director to head the agency's Office of Security Management and Safeguards
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DOD seeks security ally
The Defense Intelligence Agency is seeking assistance in tracking computer network attacks
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DOD budget to stay IT course
The Defense Department last week posted detailed information about its fiscal 2002 information technology budget request
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Treasury sets sights on smart-card, PKI use
The Treasury Department is reviewing strategies for using smart-card and public-key infrastructure technologies for electronic-commerce and e-government efforts.
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Military spending
The Defense Department's information technology budget request for fiscal 2002 includes modest increases over last year's budget.
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CIOs ramp up mentoring
The CIO Council last week formally launched its governmentwide mentoring program and listed a host of assignments available to information technology professionals.
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OMB details reform agenda
The Bush administration formally unveiled its anticipated management reforms to fix problem information technology programs and has asked agencies to operate more streamlined organizations that focus on serving the public.
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NMCI debate close to resolution
DOD officials are close to agreeing on a timetable to address the testing issue threatening to put NMCI on hold
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