Digital Government
Flat screens offer sharp viewing
Monitors are the one component of a computer where what you see is, indeed, what you get. And with each of the three new flat screens covered in this review, what you get is clear, sharp displays that are a joy to view.
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E-government not clicking for feds
The federal government has more than 20,000 World Wide Web sites, but the plethora of pages doesn't mean the federal sector is speeding toward a functioning electronic government, according to Alan Balutis, cochairman of the federal CIO Council's EGovernment Committee.
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DOD: SPS makes headway
The Defense Department is making progress in moving its users to its new Standard Procurement System, which is designed to eliminate the paper from the department's contracting process.
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IBM P96
The most obvious thing about IBM's 'professionalgrade' 19inch P96 monitor is that it is not the same boring beige as nearly all of the other monitors in the world. IBM offers its monitors in a chic black as well as office beige. It used to be a more expensive option, but now either color is available for the same price.
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Financial-flavored XML takes shape
A consortium of software, consulting and accounting firms hopes to recruit government financial managers as users of a new electronic publishing language that standardizes how agencies present financial reports.
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DOD's tunnel vision
The Pentagon plans to make information technology as much a part of warfare and peacekeeping operations as bullets are.
People
Netgov.com latest to enter e-government race
Four former big city mayors are lending their municipal experience to the effort which will target smaller-size governments
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Democrats go dot-com
In a bid to tap the appeal of the Internet, the Democratic National Committee is offering free Internet service to anyone with a computer and a telephone line.
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House aids net defense
Congress targeted the Pentagon's 'most serious vulnerabilities' with a $150 million increase in the fiscal 2001 Defense appropriations bill for information assurance and computer network security programs.
Digital Government
Hill asked to get tough on agencies
Four years after passing a landmark law, Congress needs to step in and push agencies to improve their financial management systems, according to the Office of Management and Budget.
Digital Government
The lowdown on privileges
The attorneyclient communication privilege is one of the central tenets of the American legal system
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Mainframe makeover
The software conversion tool that the Air Force is using transforms mainframe software to a Java-based architecture in four steps
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DOD keeps eye on imaging technology
An innovative surveillance device capable of giving military and civilian personnel a 360degree view of dangerous or hardtoreach locations is rapidly capturing the imagination of Defense Department officials, according to military and industry sources.
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Samsung SyncMaster 700NF
Samsung has been quietly building a strong reputation for its displays. The SyncMaster 700NF is a stylish unit. Despite Samsung's clean execution of details and sterling reputation, the SyncMaster 700NF's picture wasn't as brilliant or sharp as the Mitsubishi Diamond Plus 73's. The difference is only apparent when the two are sidebyside, but there is a difference.
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What is XBRL?
Extensible Business Reporting Language, formerly codenamed Financial Reporting Markup Language, is a freely available electronic language for financial reporting.
People
Gore replays e-gov pitch
Vice President Al Gore last week pulled egovernment out of the realm of policy wonks and into the public domain.
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