Acquisition
IBM wins Energy financial systems contract
The agency will be able to integrate budgeting, finance and accounting, procurement, human resources, asset management and logistics
Digital Government
Don't just complain about security
It's time to take a proactive stance when it comes to getting security built into products, officials at the National Information Systems Security Conference say
Digital Government
Letter to the editor
Steve Kelman's column deriding two pending smallbusiness procurement bills in the House fails to take into account that the American taxpayer for whom he expresses such concern fundamentally wants a level playing field in this case...
People
Maine warms to new Web site
The state's 'BundleMeUp' site offers tips on energy conservation and how to get help paying heating bills
Digital Government
Leaders urge tighter transportation security
As systems become more interdependent, it's more important than ever to protect them, officials say
Digital Government
How to protect your laptop
It has never been easy for system administrators to keep their agencies' PC networks running smoothly, and it just keeps getting harder.
People
An e-voting referendum
While millions of voters decide the futures of Al Gore and George W. Bush on Nov. 7, a relative handful of voters in Arizona, California and at military bases may decide the future of Internet voting
Digital Government
Smart cards, smart strategy
For years, Europe has been the frontrunner in the use of smart cards, far ahead of the United States in both policy and application. While most U.S. agencies are only now moving to give all their employees smart cards, Spain, for example, has almost every citizen using smart cards to access government services and information.
Digital Government
Hold on! Help is on the way
It has never been easy for system administrators to keep their agencies' PC networks running smoothly, and it just keeps getting harder.
Digital Government
Grants eye emerging tech
The Commerce Department made millions of dollars in awards this month through its Advanced Technology Program, which helps fund risky technology projects often overlooked by venture capitalists and established research institutes.
People
SSA's Dyer takes new job
John Dyer, who helped the Social Security Administration move into the Electronic Age, has stepped down as the agency's chief information officer to become senior adviser to SSA Commissioner Ken Apfel
Digital Government
Keeping C first in CRM
Although the term 'customer relationship management,' or CRM, is a relatively new one, the concept has been around for years it's called customer service.
Digital Government
Senate acts on information security
The Senate approved the Government Information Security Act as part of the conference report on the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2001
People
Industry wary of e-gov competition
The federal government must be careful to avoid offering services that compete with commercial enterprises, a technology industry group contends
Acquisition
Clinton order gives small biz federal boost
President Clinton issued an executive order this month to boost small and disadvantaged businesses' share of the federal contracting market and to emphasize agencies' individual responsibilities.
Digital Government
Flagging interference on contracts
When going after a new contract, most vendors naturally will talk about themselves. If they speak of their competitors, they are likely to do so only in passing.
People
Going through the motions
It's government job inventory time again, and the Office of Management and Budget is releasing lists of jobs at federal agencies that could be outsourced to the private sector
People
From pyramids to plywood
Perhaps no aspect of the Internet's impact on government operations is more significant than the organizational models the Internet is driving in the private sector.
People
And an engineer shall lead them
Most people in the federal information technology community probably do not know Mitra Azizirad, but if the new general manager of Microsoft Corp.'s federal division has anything to say about it and she does they soon will
Acquisition