People
'Anytime, any place' archivist
When he was nominated to be archivist of the United States in 1995, John Carlin was not a popular choice.
Digital Government
CIA uses technology to reform culture of distrust
Intelligence experts and critics argue that the Internet has turned the notion of 'central intelligence,' as in the Central Intelligence Agency, into an oxymoron.
People
CIO committees
The CIO Council expects to approve its strategic plan for the next fiscal year at its Sept. 21 meeting. A draft of the new plan is more detailed than the existing one and assigns specific objectives to each committee.
People
The ultimate archives
The National Archives may have found a way to make erecords available for generations to come
Digital Government
No full loaf for nanotechnology
The White House has laid the groundwork for a multiagency initiative to research ways to control materials as small as a single atom. But participating agencies are still waiting for a largescale commitment from Congress to fund the $495 million program in fiscal 2001.
Digital Government
Science board mulls cyber infrastructure
The changing environment of academic research has prompted the National Science Board to consider a study of the cyber infrastructure needed to ensure continuing U.S. leadership in science and engineering.
People
Streamlining complaints
Pity the federal worker who files a discrimination complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. With any luck, it will take four years or more to get a ruling on the case.
Digital Government
Defining nanotechnology
Nanotechnology is the ability to work at the molecular level, atom by atom, to create large structures with a fundamentally new molecular organization.
Digital Government
Cutting a good figure
'Blade' CPU gives systems administrators new options for managing computers
Digital Government
Middle managers are key
From the Federal Highway Administration to the Illinois Comptroller's Office, government agencies are reinventing themselves by embracing new processes and technologies to collect, manage and share information across their vertical stovepipes.
Digital Government
Select seating at the table
The federal government proposes coordinating its response to cyberattacks with a structure in which agency officials know exactly who should be involved and the responsibilities of each.
Digital Government
What's The New 'infrastructure'?
Infrastructure is defined as the basic facilities and equipment needed for the performance of a particular function or the resources (such as personnel, buildings and equipment) required for an activity.
Digital Government
DOT, airlines press for funds
The Transportation Department and airline officials say they will work together to pressure Congress for funds to finish modernizing the air traffic control system on schedule.
People
Justice shops for Carnivore review
The Justice Department has posted a RFP for a university to conduct an independent technical review of Carnivore, the email bugging system
Digital Government
FAA opens up WAAS
Some aviation users and all nonaviation users were given access to the Federal Aviation Administration's satellitebased navigation signal as of Aug. 24, and key decisions about the future capabilities of the $3 billion system are expected to be made by early September, government and industry officials say.
People
The IRS wants its due
Under an Internal Revenue Service collection program that got under way last month, certain individuals and businesses with unpaid tax bills may be subject to a continual 15 percent levy on money due them from the federal government.
People
Adobe tackles its accessibility dilemma
As they prepare to comply with new requirements to make Web sites readable by visually impaired users, federal Webmasters point to a major concern Portable Document Format files.
People