People
Q & A with a cyberwarrior
The commander of the Pentagon's Joint Task Force for Computer Network Defense responds to FCW questions about cyberdefense and attack
Digital Government
Recyclopedia aims to lighten landfill
To spare items that normally might make their way into the local landfill, a California city is playing waste matchmaker.
People
Talk of the town
Dallas' Internet site slogan brazenly declares 'Dallas, the city that works: vibrant, diverse, progressive.'
Acquisition
Open minds on open source
NASA programmers might raise a few eyebrows by converting their electronic posting system for business opportunities from an Oracle Corp. relational database to an open source counterpart, mySQL.
Digital Government
Agency adds smart cards
The Bureau of Labor Statistics is bolstering systems security by adding publickey infrastructure and providing smart cards to 1,500 employees.
People
N.Y. libraries put training in circulation
The New York Public Library will use a private grant to create public technology training centers at several branches.
Modernization
A telecom shootout
Telecommunications carriers' latest efforts to begin offering Internet-based data services could threaten territory typically dominated by systems integrators, according to a telecom analyst.
People
Permits in store for Sunnyvale
The time-consuming process of acquiring building, electrical, plumbing and other permits can delay new construction and home improvement projects.
People
Checked into Spawar's fold
Transfer of Naval Reserve Information Systems Office designed to cut inefficiencies
Acquisition
Eye on performance
Well, as might be expected, the contracting community has stepped out front again. When fiscal 2001 began a few months ago, federal agencies began gathering data on a series of contracting performance measures agreed on for the entire government for each year.
People
XML portal in the works
A working group of the federal CIO Council plans a Web site to promote XML technology
Digital Government
Rhetoric and reality
There's a lot of rhetoric about partnering. Vendors, when they submit proposals to agencies, often talk about their desire to 'partner' with the agency. In many cases, this is just rhetoric: The vendor is proposing a rosy relationship, but the real desire is to get as many dollars from the government for doing as little work as possible.
Digital Government
Mainframes make Web connection
Interior Department uses Java to give old technology a new lease on life
Acquisition
The art of the deal
Otto Doll, director of South Dakota's Bureau of Information and Telecommunications, has a way to get buy-in on technology issues from skeptical lawmakers.
People
Public getting impatient about e-gov, experts say
Rising public expectations regarding egovernment mean that the new president will need a plan to answer those expectations, a group of senior government officials has advised.
People