People

Finalists getting look for OMB post

The Bush administration is within weeks of naming a deputy director of management at OMB

People

Council's blueprint upgrades e-gov

The private sector has automated teller machines and gasoline pumps activated by electronic wands. Government has slowmoving lines and ponderous paperwork.

People

Schools win technology makeovers

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Digital Government

i2 enters government market

New publicsector unit aimed at helping government manage customer and supplier relationships

Digital Government

Redrawing boundaries

Why build two datasets when you can share one for a lower price?

Modernization

Colorado looks to spread the wealth

More than 1 million new residents have poured into Colorado over the past decade, sending the economy into overdrive and the housing market into a frenzy

Acquisition

Desktop standardization adds up to savings

Government buyers are taking an optimistic look at onesizefitsall software buys

Modernization

TUCSON

Tucson, Ariz., communications network

People

Letter to the Editor

There's still a long way to go with pay equality for our computer and communications specialists

Digital Government

Reach out and help someone

Programs give support staff remote access to users' computers

People

Delays, image hurt IT workforce

Government's hiring process and a stale image keep recruits away, workshop participants say

Digital Government

Computrace helps agencies mind laptops

A Canadian firm that makes software to track stolen laptop computers is setting up operations in the United States

Digital Government

NASA Ames fires up supercomputer

SGI system speeds calculations for hurricane predictions, airflow around aircraft

Modernization

They won't get left behind

Cities need high-speed networks and technology infrastructure plans for robust video and data transmission, Internet access, distance learning, telemedicine and maybe eventually local phone service.

People

Presto, chango -- it's transformation time

Thousands of jurisdictions now have a Web presence, but how many have taken advantage of the opportunity to transform the way citizens interact with government?

Modernization

MailSpeech taps into e-mail

Product would enable access to agency email system from any touchtone telephone

People

Village launches savvy business directory

An Illinois village has found a way to make money and jump-start its business community at the same time.

People

Evolving doors

Portals, once disappointing facades, are becoming true government gateways

People

From the Top Down

How four newly elected governors want to put IT to use in their states

People

Advice from the trenches

Tips for building a dynamic portals