Digital Government
New formula for security selected
NIST has proposed a new data encryption algorithm designed to better protect information stored on computers and deemed essential for ecommerce
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Online IRS directory on deck
The IRS soon will launch an online organizational directory that will enable anyone with a specific inquiry to find the IRS worker who can best answer the question
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DFAS mulls outsourcing pay system
The Defense Finance and Accounting Service is testing the outsourcing waters again to determine whether the private sector can more efficiently and more frugally manage the system it uses to processes billions of dollars of payments for military retirees and their family members.
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Net transactions: A style guide
It's not every day that industry heavyweights like IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp., Ariba Inc., Dell Computer Corp. and Sun Microsystems Inc. agree to work together on an Internetrelated initiative.
Digital Government
NetVault 6
The adage that information is your most valuable asset rings especially true for government agencies.
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Energy wires Web portal to fuel easy user access
The Energy Department unveils a new portal today that will make it easier for people to find information with a click of their mouse from tips on cutting energy costs to saving the environment
Digital Government
Shopping network boosts local government clout
It's conventional wisdom that technology that is complicated and expensive for large government organizations is almost always prohibitively so for small and midsize state and local IT shops
Digital Government
Guide to online learning
Although distance-learning courses are becoming more accepted and available, finding out where they're being offered can pose a significant challenge.
Digital Government
CDs play well in Florida crises
Law enforcement officials in a Florida county have one more tool to combat school violence, crimes and other emergencies ? a compact disc.
Digital Government
A law anything but uniform
On March 14, Virginia became the first state to adopt a version of the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act (UCITA). Since then, numerous groups have been seeking amendments to the law, which takes effect July 1, 2001. In the meantime, Maryland adopted a different version of UCITA that took effect Oct. 1.
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Preparing for inevitable threats to security
The CIO Council is stepping up its efforts to help federal managers understand and address the challenges of protecting systems and data.
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Security: Who should be in charge?
Should the Defense Department assume responsibility for safeguarding the country's communications infrastructure?
Digital Government
New Jersey taking hard look at computer crime
Two New Jersey agencies are calling for the state to strengthen its laws, enhance law enforcement training and beef up education programs to combat computer-related crime.
Digital Government
Quick tips for accessible Web sites
Images and animations: Use the 'alt' attribute to describe the function of each visual.
Digital Government
DOT firewall can't take the heat
The Transportation Department's Office of Inspector General conducted an audit from November 1999 to August 2000 to assess the information security vulnerabilities of 1,100 computers and 119 public-view Web servers at DOT headquarters.
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Intercepts
DMS Online? Statements from on high that say that the Defense Message System officially came online Sept. 15 don't necessarily make it so.
Digital Government
Enabling the disabled
W ith the emergence of the World Wide Web, a whole new world of information has opened up for people with disabilities, especially those with vision impairments who can now zip through thousands of text-laden pages with text readers.
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Key components of UDDI
Extensible Markup Language (XML), which tags information so that other systems know how to interpret it.
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