People
Health care premiums soar
You'll be paying more than expected for your federal employee health benefits insurance premiums this year and there's no relief in sight
People
The Bob Dies file
Education: Bachelor's degree in mathematics from the University of Oklahoma.
Digital Government
Info, not integration, key to better air system
When the Federal Aviation Administration delivers new technology for air traffic controllers as part of its modernization program, the FAA must ensure that controllers do not miss any critical information.
Digital Government
Net diplomacy
It has become a cliche, but it's true: With the explosive growth of the Internet in the past decade, no one does business the same way anymore.
Digital Government
The limits of Net diplomacy
The Internet may be able to deliver previously banned or unedited information into the heart of repressive regimes, but the effects that information may have are limited.
People
DOT pushes D.C. telework
The Transportation Department set an ambitious teleworking goal last week for agencies in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area.
Digital Government
Precisely imprecise
We like to think that we software developers are a precise bunch
People
Online voting serves youth, poll finds
Survey on online voting raises intriguing questions about how an increase in voting by younger people might change the complexion of an election
Digital Government
The fine print
When paying a storage service provider to buy and maintain storage equipment for you, the servicelevel agreement is the contract that spells out the terms and conditions of the services you will receive
Digital Government
The defining moment
When a federal agency turns to an application service provider to outsource its email or enterprise resource planning applications, the ASP usually brings welcome relief from the burdensome operations and upkeep associated with those applications.
People
Agriculture CIO announces retirement
Joseph Leo told his staff that in February he will retire from a career in government service that has spanned more than three decades
Acquisition
A confusing purchase policy
In 1998, the General Services Administration established a commercial purchase card program called SmartPay to give federal employees the functional equivalent of a credit card.
People
Army's IT steps ahead in measures
The Army has made real progress over the past year, transforming into a lighter, leaner, more lethal force, but the information technology piece of that transformation may be more evolutionary than revolutionary, according to service leaders.
People
Net expectations
Much of the Internet hype that gushed forth in the 1990s is beginning to wilt under financial and cultural realities. The predictions by hip technology magazines that the Internet, with its free flow of information, would put media conglomerates out of business and make government obsolete now look naive and, well, wrong.
People
Disabled workers left behind
Information technology has dramatically increased the productivity of the nation's workforce, but disabled people who might benefit most from technology have largely been left behind
Digital Government
WebApp serves it forth
If your agency or department is working on developing database applications for its Web site and especially if you're already employing Microsoft Corp.'s Active Server Pages you'll want to take a close look at Data Access Corp.'s WebApp Server Product Suite 2.1.
People
Networks on the ballot
National elections change the networks and directions of governments, while human and electronic networks help manage change and transform risks into opportunities.
People
Transformation defined
Gen. Eric Shinseki, Army chief of staff, announced a year ago that the service would transform itself into a lighter, more mobile and more deadly force capable of responding to any crisis within 96 hours.
People