Digital Government
DOE on hunt for funding
In the wake of the latest security breach at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, the Energy Department is seeking hundreds of millions of dollars in its fiscal 2001 budget to dramatically increase security at its major facilities.
People
Planes, trains, autos all on one site
A new World Wide Web site being launched this fall will bring together information about planes, trains and automobiles, helping people ranging from the general public to expert researchers obtain data that would normally require visiting multiple Transportation Department offices and Web sites.
Digital Government
Rosetta Stone
One benefit of the State Department's FEDS/www system is its modular architecture.
People
Programming the Palm
In order to build a handheld computerbased interface to the base's flight tracking software system, personnel at the Naval Air Station in North Island, Calif., used a tool from Pendragon Software Corp. called Pendragon Forms.
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Feds faulted for tough IT hiring requirements
Anyone filling a junior technical position on the Army's Software Support Services Umbrella 3 contract must have at least three years of experience. No recent college graduates will be considered.
Digital Government
GAO hits satellite navigation plan
It is not clear that the benefits of a satellitebased navigation system being developed by the Federal Aviation Administration are worth the costs, according to a General Accounting Office report released last week.
People
Online informants
Agencies winning favorable comments from the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press for posting useful, searchable data on their Web sites
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Navy enlists handhelds
Navy pilots and their crews face an avalanche of forms and checklists that must be completed before, during and after every flight, even the most routine training missions.
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Navy merges paperless initiatives
The Navy has taken a major step toward simplifying its electronic procurement process by combining the efforts of two major paperless contracting programs
Modernization
FAA keeps telecom partner
The Federal Aviation Administration announced plans to extend its contract with WorldCom Inc. (formerly MCI WorldCom) to operate the telecommunications network that carries the most critical data in the nation's air traffic control system.
Digital Government
E-FOIA firm acquired
Metastorm, an e-business software developer, announced last month that it has acquired Software Systems Group Inc., a software consulting and development firm with customers in the federal government.
Digital Government
Candle keeps tabs on apps
Candle Corp. last week unveiled a new version of its ETEWatch product, a tool designed to help IT managers measure endtoend response times of applications for a single user or an entire enterprise.
Digital Government
Low-cost Internet app
End users at participating federal agencies download and install the Java application on their desktop PCs.
People
Secure middleman
When one agency receives an electronic transaction created using a private key that corresponds to a public key issued by the sender's certificate authority (CA), the receiving agency has to determine that the certificate carrying that public key originated from a trusted source.
People
Agencies act to secure the future
In the charge to protect computer systems against cyberattacks, the National Security Agency and the State Department are two prime examples of agencies that have taken a proactive approach.
Digital Government
Missing Los Alamos disks located
Two missing computer drives containing nuclear secrets were found within the secure confines of the Los Alamos National Laboratory
People
Congress signs off on digital signatures
The ESIGN Act could set the stage for a vast change in the way people do business with government
People
Expert advice on Net stocks, estate planning
Agency is searching for software that will scan all complaints and enable authorized users to access them
Digital Government
Cisco donates 10 super servers to Va. schools
Cisco Systems Inc. on Thursday donated more than $500,000 worth of super computer servers to Virginia's Regional Academic Governor's Schools
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