Digital Government
FBI's Carnivore a picky eater
Bureau demonstrates email surveillance system to show how it can focus on specifically targeted email spelled out in court orders
Acquisition
'Seat' risk oversold
Federal agencies that have resisted the concept of desktop outsourcing as too radical a solution are making a foolish mistake.
People
Seat Management: What it is and how it works
Seat management refers to outsourcing desktop computers and their related software, hardware, maintenance and help desk support.
People
Hill puts lid on cookie jar
Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-N.J.) last week added an amendment to the Treasury/ Postal appropriations bill calling for a moratorium on agency use of 'cookies,' small bits of software placed on a Web user's hard drive.
Digital Government
Two brains better than one
Code reviews have long been cited as one of the most effective ways to remove software defects. But what is true in theory does not always work so well in real life.
Digital Government
Good-bye, copy man
The term 'multifunction printer,' or MFP for short, conjures up confusing images. People tend to think of a hardtouse, thermal paper fax machine they once saw that could also spew out curledup facsimiles of paper documents (calling them 'copies' seemed a stretch).
People
SAIC's military maneuver
Under a $6.3 million Army contract awarded to Science Applications International Corp., information technologies developed for hospitals, universities, businesses and schools would be used to command missiledefense systems
Modernization
FCC rejects GPS petition
The Federal Communications Commission this month rejected a petition asking for the withdrawal of waivers given to three companies to operate an experimental communications technology that may interfere with the Global Positioning System.
Digital Government
Making workflow less work
Ework's focus on forms makes it a good fit for agencies
Digital Government
FAA on PR swing
Air traffic controllers do not use grease pencils and tape to track aircraft anymore, as some may still believe
People
Integration tool on Air Force pact
The Air Force and other government intelligence agencies now have an easier way to buy tools that will streamline collection of data from multiple sources and that will integrate similar applications across offices.
People
Report offers ways to bridge the digital divide
A report commissioned by the late Japanese prime minister recommends nine initiatives that to be pursued internationally to allow more access to technology
People
Back to school
The Army plans to offer its troops a broad range of distancelearning options that would provide them with college credits, degrees and professional certification.
Digital Government
N.C. CIO leaves for private sector
Rick Webb takes a job with PricewaterhouseCoopers, joining other government executives who've recently left public service for private opportunities
Digital Government
FrameMaker's XML capabilities
I took one of the structured documents created in FrameMaker and outputted it to XML in each of two ways.
People
Exec tapped to head eFBI
The FBI has named Bob Dies assistant director to oversee the design and launch of eFBI, a recently renamed and resurrected program that will give bureau agents the ability to share and sift through data via the World Wide Web.
Modernization
N/MCI: Buyers beware
Had the Navy opted to conduct a pilot of its proposed mega-intranet, users at the Naval Air Systems Command would have been forced to pay more than 50 percent more per seat during the first year than the estimated average cost during the first year of the contract, according to a Navy report to Congress issued late last month.
People
An L.L. Bean for senior citizens
The Social Security Administration is planning to become the L.L. Bean of the Internet for senior citizens seeking information and online services ? all of it for free.
Digital Government