People

House slashes at DOD workforce

Committee recommends that DOD cut 13,000 from its acquisition workforce in fiscal 2002

People

Tech trails in election report

Better election procedures are more important than high-tech voting machines, a task force reports to Congress

Digital Government

Drug-testing firm on GSA schedule

American Bio Medica Corp. looks to increase government business in the probation arena

People

City eases Web maintenance

San Carlos is using software designed for newspapers to enable non-experts to manage the city's Web content

People

GIS office unfolds marketing plan

Mapping experts in New Jersey seek stories showing the value of the work they do

People

Roster change

The Senate, by a vote of 980 on Aug. 2, confirmed Robert Mueller to be FBI director

Digital Government

A look back before we go forward

As we publish our last issue of civic.com this month and begin working on Government E-Business, we thought you would enjoy seeing how much things have changed since those first issues as well as how much they've stayed the same

People

Directing traffic

States have not given up on the idea of helping people figure out the best routes around town or across the highways.

People

Two approaches

In its pursuit of combatcapable voicerecognition applications, researchers have taken two approaches.

People

Dial up for road conditions

Just as 911 is recognized across the country as the number to call in an emergency, 511 someday could be the call drivers place to check on the conditions of the road ahead.

People

Air Force moves toward Cisco

Saying that the traditional competitive approach to buying network technology has compromised its combat capabilities, the Air Force plans to direct all bases to use products from Cisco Systems Inc.

People

Tailoring data for drivers

Philadelphia and Pittsburgh recently joined the ranks of cities trying to improve their traffic management by improving their traffic data.

Digital Government

Tool keeps score on Web traffic

An Internet tool introduced in July will enable government agencies to find out how Web surfers are using their sites and what pages they visit while they are logged on

Digital Government

Water data flows to the Web

USGS site consolidates information from 48 databases nationwide

Digital Government

Intellect and the law

These laws and regulations govern the ownership of intellectual property in federal research contracts:

People

Tips for setting up telecommuters

Be sure to emphasize voice communications as much as data

Digital Government

Jacada server provides one interface

A new tool from Jacada Ltd. promises to help federal agencies modernize their information technology systems

Digital Government

FSI opens door to municipalities

Contractors that look to Federal Sources Inc. for leads on information technology opportunities in federal and state government soon could tap into a new database of cities and counties.

Acquisition

FAA picks ITT for digital radio deal

The FAA has asked ITT Industries Inc. to provide multimode digital radios to air traffic controllers

People

Life on the other side

Davis bill will provide fed IT managers with industry experience ? and vice versa