People

Army office transforms customer service

The U.S. Army Reserve Personnel Command is moving full steam ahead with its 5-year-long information technology makeover

People

NetClerk streamlines online permits

A company that provides building contractors with customized online permit applications in more than 1,200 cities has streamlined its system even further.

People

NIC gets room to operate in Montana

Montana technology officials propose to reduce the cost of new e-government services by sharing resources with a contractor

People

Workforce Investment Act: Hard labor

States discover shortfalls of technology as they struggle to comply with a federal workforce mandate

Digital Government

Netgov.com going to court

Netgov.com has acquired Gov24.com, a company that specializes in providing Web-based services to courts

People

DOD purchase card scrutiny grows

Two lawmakers are broadening their investigation into questions of fraud and abuse in the purchase card program

Digital Government

Mixed messages

Are ads a great moneymaker, or a conflict of interest for public sites?

Digital Government

Let the sun shine in

Executive rulemaking must include public comments.

Acquisition

Small biz key to CIO-SP 2

The National Institutes of Health awarded the follow-on to its innovative Chief Information Officer Solutions and Partners contract last month

Modernization

Distance learning without distance charges

New Jersey recently unveiled a statewide interactive distance-learning system

People

Oregon's 21st Century Government training program

Oregon training session outline

People

California city tracks complaints

Bakersfield city officials take citizen complaints so seriously that they're installing an automated Web-based system

Acquisition

The big push for Mr. Bush

The General Services Administration must buy, borrow or lease thousands of items -- and quickly -- for the upcoming presidential inauguration

Modernization

GSA lines up better DSL offerings

The General Services Administration has increased the speeds and types of Digital Subscriber Line services available to government workers

Digital Government

2001 At A Glance

2001 At A Glance

People

DOD pushes performance

The Defense Department is ordering contracting officers to make performance-based payments the primary form of financing on at least 25 percent of deals of at least $2 million come Oct. 1, furthering Pentagon efforts to use commercial buying practices.

Digital Government

OMB adds guidance on privacy

OMB points out existing requirements and adds new guidance on matching citizens' personal information across agencies

People

Internet voting gains new appeal

The paper ballot bedlam afflicting Florida is prompting election and elected officials to look anew at electronic voting

Digital Government

Unwanted ad dogs Buffalo site

Buffalo residents looking for information on the mayor's page on the city's Web site get banner ads

Digital Government

Tale of the tape

New tape formats duke it out for title of storage champ