People
Cold feet on e-commerce
State and local IT shops have come a long way with electronic commerce.
Digital Government
Three lines into voice over IP
Gateway. A gateway sits between a telephone system, such as a private branch exchange (PBX) or a central office switch, and a data network, such as the Internet, and translates calls from one format to another.
Digital Government
Bit-by-bit strategy works in dot-com world
How do you ask local government officials for millions of dollars to keep pace with a dot-com environment that shifts its objectives every quarter?
People
Public goods, personal use
The Office of Personnel Management recently made public its policy of permitting limited personal use of government office equipment by OPM employees. This policy governs equipment such as personal computers and related hardware, software, Internet services, email and office supplies.
People
Florida ports seeing STARS
Three Florida cities are buying low-cost imaging systems from Science Applications International Corp. for their seaports to help stem illegal exports of stolen automobiles to Central and South America.
People
More access, yet divide persists
In five years, 75 percent of U.S. households will be linked to the Internet, but a digital divide between lower- and upper-income classes will persist because of the cost of high-speed access and people's lack of Internet experience, according to a massive, recently released study.
People
Poll: Public hopes e-gov leads to accountability
State and local government officials see the Internet as a way to improve efficiency and save money, but a nationwide poll shows that the public sees it as a medium with the potential to make govern
Digital Government
Letter to the editor
I would like to respond to Federal Computer Week's Sept. 25 article, 'VA systems called 'open door', concerning the results of an audit performed by PricewaterhouseCoopers last year.
People
NASA rethinks biz plan
NASA is taking small steps, rather than giant leaps, as it changes the way its research centers across the country do business and streamline operations.
Digital Government
Feds collecting signals on 3G wireless
Federal officials will be taking comments from the telecom industry over the next two weeks as they begin laying the groundwork for deploying 3G wireless
Digital Government
Congress gives nod to nanotechnology
The fate of the president's National Nanotechnology Initiative was uncertain throughout the budget process as the funding for long-term research on ways to control materials on the atomic level came up against near-term problems such as veterans' benefits and housing.
Digital Government
Key IP telephony standards
Do the voice-over-IP products you're evaluating use these industry-standard protocols or proprietary methods for handling calls?
Digital Government
Hill delivers ? some ? security funding
The Clinton administration received only about half of what it wanted for many of its key governmentwide information security programs.
People
Navy restricts IT buys
Beginning this month, Navy Department contracting chiefs must assess and pass along to senior officials any waivers for information technology buys that fall outside the Navy's massive intranet program.
People
NTIS steamed over hiring freeze
The National Technical Information Service is dwindling under a hiring freeze imposed by the Commerce Department
People
Orkand's e-gov options on one contract
Orkand Corp. has been approved for FSS' Corporate Contract, enabling the company to offer its array of egovernment services through a single channel
Digital Government
Racing the Olympic clock
With the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games having just crossed the finish line, Olympic officials have passed the baton to the organizing team for the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City.
People
EBay pledges aid to seniors
The U.S. Commerce Department is throwing its support behind an initiative by online trading company eBay Inc. to give senior citizens better access to technology and education.
Digital Government