People
Idaho sends lawmakers to boot camp
In an intense conference legislators, educators and others will get a crash course in technology and how it affects government
Digital Government
Fires reveal challenges for technology
Forest Service officials say when it comes to fighting fires the technology could be improved
People
Site offers transportation safety discussion
A new Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Web site will allow people to weigh in on efforts to improve truck and bus safety
Digital Government
Motorola to acquire Printrak
Printrak's government customers include the Drug Enforcement Administration, the FBI, Louisiana and Los Angeles County
Acquisition
Commerce taps more firms for IT contract
Today, Commerce is expected to announce more awards under the $1.5 billion Commits program designed for small businesses
Digital Government
Security tool aimed at large agencies
Symantec's new Desktop Firewall will give users a secure environment whether they're working on laptops or from home
Digital Government
NIC, AOL revamping Government Guide
First the project will provide access to civic information and basic state government services; next will come enhanced transaction capabilities.
Digital Government
D.C. payroll system flounders
The system which was only up and running for a year had trouble getting pay checks to employees
Digital Government
Teachers can job shop at new site
Launched just days ago, a teacher recruiting site wants to serve as the Internet place to lead teachers to teaching jobs nationwide
People
Internet enables surfing for secrets
The Internet is one of the primary vehicles by which classified information often falls into the wrong hands, a Pentagon study shows
Digital Government
Tax Smart or Tax Trap?
FCW's Friday Financials column looks at four common tax traps to avoid
Digital Government
A nano timeline
The National Science and Technology Council report sets milestones by fiscal year, which include:
Digital Government
Building bigger pipes
It sounds almost too good to be true. Bandwidth-hungry agencies that have upgraded their networks with Gigabit Ethernet on IP-based backbones rather than Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) are saving themselves both headaches and money.
Digital Government
Gigabit Ethernet relieves ATM woes
Some users have breathed a resounding sigh of relief when they built Gigabit Ethernet into their network backbones.
People
Partner picked to build FirstGov
Autonomy has partnered with AT?#038; Amp;T's GRC International to help build the government Internet portal, FirstGov
Digital Government
The proposed National Security Council Critical Infrastructure Working Group and Steering Group
The proposed National Security Council Critical Infrastructure Working Group and Steering Group
People
Surveying the center
ACS Government Solutions Group conducted a survey this summer at Goddard Space Flight Center to find out what employees thought of the service on nine e-mail servers.
Digital Government