Digital Government
XML: Immature but growing
We're not anywhere near a VHS vs. Betamax situation. The standards will converge.
Digital Government
Disability round about
a fed appealed three times before establishing her right to disability retirement.
People
How long do e-mail messages stay fresh?
In Connecticut, the Office of the Public Records Administrator and State Archives oversees the handling of all public records, including e-mail messages.
People
Vendors say buying reg too vague
Ambiguities in the acquisition law that requires federal agencies to buy 'accessible' products should be clarified before the law takes effect
Acquisition
Lincoln County rejects SAN sticker shock
Bids were released, responses received and then sticker shock ensued
Acquisition
ICMA taps buying partner
The International City/County Management Association has teamed upwith Way2Bid Inc. to design better channels for local and state governments to conduct online procurement
People
Army will stop short of outsourcing
Better management needed, but no NMCI in Army's future, Borland says
Digital Government
Tool can help balance the books
Adaytum Software is planning to market a Web-based budgeting and forecasting application for the public sector
Modernization
AT&T renews FTS 2001 award protest
All federal customers on the FTS 2001 contract are expected to switch to the new services by the end of June
People
He wants to be where the action is
According to Mayor John Moser of Stephenville, Texas, it would be only a slight exaggeration to say that the best way to find him is to look on the town's busiest street corner
Acquisition
The way reform should work
Last month's decision by top information technology managers at the General Services Administration to kill its desktop outsourcing contract illustrates two important elements of the government's post-procurement-reform era.
Digital Government
Who's winning the tech race?
Ohio may be the tortoise in the dotcom race, compared to the hares we've watched take a dive on the stock markets during the past few months
Digital Government
Web privacy guides unclear
The failure of Office of Management and Budget officials to spell out privacy guidelines in clear and concise terms has created continuing privacy concerns about agency Web sites, according to a new report by the General Accounting Office.
People
To save or delete?
The issue of whether e-mail messages are government records subject to freedom of information laws is just showing up on the radar screens of most jurisdictions
Digital Government
FileTek adds support for large objects
StorHouse 3.0 enables users to store large data objects on the most cost-effective storage media
Digital Government