People

Education set to hire deputy CIO

CIO Craig Luigart says he's nearly finished with hiring the 'core leadership' of a revamped office

Digital Government

IRS unveils modernization blueprint

The Internal Revenue Service unveiled its blueprint for the largest civilian IT modernization plan in history

People

FirstGov fine-tunes offerings

Online transactions, expanded links, refined search engine enhance governmentwide Internet portal

People

NASIRE drafts digital vision

A new document released by NASIRE explains how the organization sees digital government coming into play for states

Acquisition

D.C. region OKs buying deal

With a new joint electronic purchasing system in place, 17 governments in metropolitan Washington should be able to save time and money

Digital Government

Can you be your own boss?

FCW's Friday Financials column offers plenty of resources and lots to think about if you're considering self-employment

Digital Government

Navy launches specialized portal

The Navy's portal links Surface Warfare officers deployed worldwide to personal and workrelated resources

Modernization

Mars channel on the horizon?

NASA plans to launch a spacecraft in 2007 whose sole mission will be to handle communications signals between Mars and Earth

People

VHA computer specialists hit pay dirt

A settlement agreement has brought back pay to some computer specialists at the Veterans Health Administration

Digital Government

Bush blueprint first, then budget

Presidentelect Bush is working on an 'economic blueprint' for February release that will lead to a full fiscal 2002 budget submission

People

OPM kicks off training, HR contract

OPM has launched a follow-on contract designed to help agencies develop human resources and training programs

Modernization

Baltimore wires fleet management

Managers will be able to track and organize the city's snowremoval and streetcleaning services through a new automated system

Digital Government

Political news sites get users' vote

Web users flocked to political sites during the 2000 campaign season, but news sites, not candidate sites, attracted the most attention

Digital Government

IT policy viewed through the GPEA lens

FCW's Dot-Gov Thursday column looks at how GPEA and other information technology policies are connected

Digital Government

Partnership targets government networks

CACI and Infonet announce a partnership to provide a suite of network solutions to federal, state and local government agencies

People

Dot-com shakeout affects Langston

Former Pentagon deputy CIO's oneyear tenure as the No. 2 executive at a California dotcom may come to an end soon

Digital Government

FAA boosting info security

The agency is updating its infosec plans with new procedures, training and a new information systems security architecture document

Digital Government

Two firms buying piece of govWorks

AMS and eOne Global have signed a letter of intent to purchase govPay, the transaction processing business of embattled govWorks

Digital Government

County officials rethinking elections

A new commission is taking a look at what can be done about voting and counting procedures

Digital Government

GSA selects two for key technology jobs

GSA has named two new directors for information technology policy issues within the Office of Governmentwide Policy