People
Texas county e-filing takes off
When Paul Bettencourt became the Harris County tax assessor-collector in November 1998, the Texas county's residents ? more than 3 million people ? still hadn't received their property tax bills for the year.
Digital Government
Taking wireless the last mile
States with large rural populations know that Internet access must play a role in just about any economic development campaign. But providing access to outlying areas is neither cheap nor easy.
Acquisition
Guidance coming on FSS services
Two years after information technology services became available to agencies on the General Services Administration's Federal Supply Service schedule contracts, GSA is moving to provide regulatory guidance on how to buy those services.
Modernization
Portland phoning in permit process
Officials in Portland, Ore., say their new interactive voice response system is saving time for both employees and contractors.
Digital Government
Fedwire
Some leading IT companies that serve the federal government are banding together to expand their offerings and attract more customers
People
Site peddles gov surplus
When Georgia found itself with seven truckloads of surplus copy paper, it turned to an Internet auction company that deals with excess.
Digital Government
Catch flu information at NYC site
Facing an abundance of germs and a shortage of vaccines, New York City's Department of Health has turned to the World Wide Web to help people ward off the flu.
People
'Electronic 911' can hear gunshots
An experimental technology that can 'hear' gunshots may be able to tell urban police departments when and where gunshots are fired.
People
A glimpse of the future
Don't be fooled by the volatile state of the dot-com economy, which is still booming or on its way to bust, depending on whom you ask.
People
Gateway discounts to Indiana
In a collaboration that could benefit half of Indiana's residents, the state government and Gateway Inc. recently announced that the company will sell affordable computers and Internet access to educators, students and state employees.
People
Digital fingerprints track inmates in Texas prisons
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice, which oversees and operates the state's prison system, will soon get digital fingerprint scanners to log and help identify inmates.
Digital Government
Memphis outsources city's IT
A $42 million deal turns over the city's technology workload -- and IT staff -- to a vendor
Digital Government
Panasonic looks for fed bounce
Panasonic demonstrated its recently released Toughbook 48 at Comdex
Digital Government
GIS earns spot on the government map
State and county agencies are increasingly turning to geographic information systems (GIS) to help people interact with government and get the most out of public services.
People
Turning over control
The information technology services the National Security Agency plans to outsource to a private contractor under its Project Groundbreaker contract include:
Acquisition
Firms say 'blacklisting' regs still onerous
Companies seeking federal contracts are cautiously ? and unhappily ? awaiting word on a change to contracting regulations they say could lead to protests and delays
People
OPM unveils IT pay-raise details
OPM has released details on the wage increases certain federal IT workers will receive in 2001
Digital Government