Digital Government
Police cameras scan for criminals
Tampa is scanning public places for the faces of criminals through surveillance cameras
People
Roster change
President Bush intends to nominate John Marburger III as national science adviser, the White House announced June 25.
People
Canada securing e-government
Texas company to help develop privacy and security features for wide-ranging online transactions
People
Key IRS projects at risk, GAO warns
JULY 3—IRS systems modernization projects are at risk for cost overruns, delays and performance shortfalls because the agency lacks a sufficiently defined enterprise architecture to guide and constrain them, the General Accounting Office said.
Digital Government
FAA officials defend NexGen
FAA says its Lotus Notes-based e-mail system won't cause disruptions, isolation
People
HUD sells loans online
The $109 million auction was the largest such online transaction ever conducted by the government
People
Online calculator adds support
Oregon puts calculator online to help users estimate complex child support payments
Digital Government
In a jam
The goal of intelligent transportation systems is straightforward: Keep traffic moving
Digital Government
Intercepts
The $3 billion WINT, the Army's biggest communications effort, might be restructured
Digital Government
Customer service
Although the Federal Aviation Administration's new oceanic air traffic control system will be based on an existing system, contractor Lockheed Martin Air Traffic Management plans some userfriendly tweaks before rolling it out.
Digital Government
Mergers and acquisitions
It's only a matter of time, experts say, before records and knowledge management merge
Acquisition
The ITS waltz
Projects requiring federal and state governments to work together often take years to bring to fruition, and public projects that depend on industry support sometimes never materialize. So it's easy to understand why the concept of intelligent transportation systems, which is a threeway dance, has not lived up to expectations.
Digital Government
Giving, taking leave
Occasionally, a fed becomes ill, exhausts all of his or her leave but still needs more. What can be done?
Digital Government
Letters to the editor
Many civilian federal employees sleep on the ground for endless days and nights.
Digital Government
AMS, Trillium focus on government
AAMS has announced an ongoing partnership with Trillium Software Inc. to deliver data quality solutions to AMS clients, with a renewed focus on government markets
People
FirstGov adds states to its index
FirstGov has officially expanded its search engine to include 16 million Web pages from all 50 states and Washington, D.C.
People
Bush pushes Energy Star
President says federal computers should automatically shut down when they are not being used
People