Digital Government
The pros and cons of probate
FCW's Friday Financials column offers some pros and cons to help you determine whether to use or avoid the probate process while planning your estate
Digital Government
Laptops play part in food safety
USDA equips food inspectors with laptop or desktop computers to keep vital information at their fingertips
Digital Government
FDIC banks on Internet tool
An Internetbased solution will replace a lengthy, paperbased process at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Acquisition
Census counts on Entrust tools
The Census Bureau has selected Entrust Technologies' software to provide desktop security for its field workforce of more than 4,000 people
People
Patent applications go online
A new electronic patent application filing system enables anyone to file a confidential patent application over the Internet
Digital Government
Grants programs get Web-based help
FreeBalance Inc. has unveiled a Webbased application called eGrants that can handle the management of government grant and contribution programs
People
Site links veterans to benefits
The Department of Veterans Affairs officially launches a site today to help veterans file for pension and health benefits online
Digital Government
Interior seeks trust fund proposals
Interior Department officials are looking for a technological and business framework that will bring order to the chaos of operating the Indian land trust fund
People
Electronic records fight resumes
Public Citizen claims that agencies are failing to live up to promises they made to the U.S. Court of Appeals about electronic records
Digital Government
Wireless falls short of hype
The convergence of highquality voice telephony and Internet capabilities has been championed, but 'its hype has never met up with its expectations'
Digital Government
Internet service starts weather warning
An ISP will launch a severeweather warning service for its customers next week, and the National Weather Service hopes others will follow suit
People
DOD database to fight cybercrime
The Defense Department is on the verge of completing a common database to aid the defense and intelligence communities in battling cybercrime
People
GSA: Auctions going, going strong
Despite its success with reverse auctions, the General Services Administration still has challenges to overcome to perfect the system, GSA insiders say
Digital Government
Webmasters must guard kids' privacy
FCW's DotGov Thursday column looks at the emphasis being given to children's rights to privacy in a Webenabled world
People
Veto shelves Archives' IT budget
NARA's modest request for information technology projects sailed through Congress, but it has been shelved temporarily by the president
People
Pentagon plots massive IT grid
The Global Information Grid may be only a concept now, but by 2006 it likely will grow into one of the Defense Department's biggest programs
People
Stovepipes stall DOD reforms
Logistics modernization and reform have been hindered not only by outdated systems and hundreds of stovepipes, but also by culture and politics, DOD insiders say
People
Narrowcasting vital to e-gov
Personalized delivery of information to citizens and the ability to get feedback from them is key to electronic government
People
NSF invites cyber scholarship proposals
The National Science Foundation has invited colleges to develop grant proposals for a new federal initiative to bring information security professionals into government.
Digital Government