Digital Government
How will the Patient Safety Reporting System work?
How will the Patient Safety Reporting System work?
Digital Government
Grants will help build tech centers
The Education Department awarded $44 million in grants to establish 214 Comunity Technology Centers to bring computers and Internet access to low-income citizens.
Digital Government
Hand geometry: Recognition Systems Inc.'s HandKey II
The HandKey II from Recognition Systems Inc. is a hand reader that records and stores the threedimensional shape of the hand.
People
Treasury system ushers Maine online
With all that's typically at stake in the design and implementation of a new e-commerce infrastructure, there's a natural temptation to build small, limiting risks by doing piecemeal projects on a per-agency or per-function basis.
Modernization
Va. to create statewide network
Virginia is awarding an estimated $120 million to $150 million contract to WorldCom Inc. (formerly MCI WorldCom) to consolidate five state networks into one, which will provide some of the most advanced technologies to state agencies.
Digital Government
MIT, HP form digital alliance
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Hewlett-Packard Co. are set to form a $25 million alliance to develop new ways to create and manage digital information.
People
Tidemark, Unisys widen e-gov reach
Tidemark Computer Systems Inc. recently announced a partnership with Unisys Corp. in a move designed to increase both companies' market share in the public sector by leveraging Tidemark's city and county customer base with Unisys' extensive state and federal coverage.
Digital Government
Start-up targets civic life
The latest dot-com to enter the online services arena has its eye on more than government business.
Digital Government
Agarwal takes post at NIC
P.K. Agarwal will leave his post at the California Franchise Tax Board to run the National Information Consortium's e-government operations.
Digital Government
Investing for retirement requires vigilance
FCW's Friday Financials column urges you not to put your retirement investments on automatic pilot
Digital Government
Privacy issues hit home on local level
In Durham, N.C., police find their needs for privacy clash with what local officials want to post on the Internet
Digital Government
Air traffic control milestone met
The FAA has implemented a tool designed to more evenly space aircraft taking off from airports in the northeastern United States
People
Web system simplifies military moves
The Defense Department plans to make military reassignments easier to manage with a new Webbased application devoted to relocation services
Digital Government
Security holes going unpatched
The CIO Council is asking every federal chief information officer to find and fix the weaknesses that made a top 10 list of critical Internet security threats
People
Ezgov.com, IBM team for fed market
Ezgov.com is teaming with IBM in a move that should help propel the egovernment services company into the federal market
Digital Government
Judging public records policies
Information should be available, but not to the extent that any casual Internet surfer could sift through criminal records, a pair of judges say
Digital Government
Are online records too public?
The president's privacy counselor says it has become increasingly clear that not all information should be as widely available as the Internet makes it
Digital Government
Michigan to post lesson plans online
New or substitute teachers could learn from the sample curriculums, which would be provided by handpicked teachers
People
Labor site helps job-seeking vets
The site seeks to make it easier for current and former military personnel to obtain the certifications required for jobs in the civilian work force
Digital Government