People
Medicare.gov made senior-friendly
To ensure that its Medicare.gov site was seniorfriendly, the Health Care Financing Administration made the print larger and the content easier to read.
Digital Government
Use the source, Luke
FCW's DotGov Thursday column advises Web developers to go to the source learn and understand HTML
People
Officials mull future of Trail Boss
Government contracting officials are considering ways to use the nowdiscontinued Trail Boss contracting training program to provide management and security training for nextgeneration agency IT staff
Digital Government
House extends Internet tax ban
The controversial act would extend the current ban on Internet taxes until 2006
People
Cray upgrading Army supercomputer
The Army has awarded Cray Inc. an $18.5 million contract to upgrade the Army's High Performance Computing Research Center's Cray supercomputer
People
CIOs: Politics not prompting e-gov
Officials at the CIO Summit say advances in technology are driving the wave of government change
Modernization
Navy intranet hits money snag
The Navy can't afford to pay for its plan to build a Navy/Marine Corps Intranet without sacrificing funds earmarked for critical operations, senior navy commanders said
Digital Government
BLM taps instant info
Centralized information system brings management aid, culture change at the Bureau of Land Management
Digital Government
N.C. companies join to bring Internet to all
The plan will bring access to every household and assure that no one will have to pay long-distance charges to connect
Digital Government
Imagery modernization gets boost
The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence recommended several budget increases to boost NIMA's modernization of mapping and digital imagery products
Digital Government
1999: The year of the Web for the CIA
The intelligence community spent much of 1999 developing new Webbased tools that are transforming the way spies find and share information
Digital Government
Netscape fed exec starting anew
Four years after joining Netscape Communications Corp.'s federal group, John Menkart left his job as director of government sales last week to become vice president of worldwide sales at WeGo, a Californiabased startup.
People
EPA easing flow of data
The Environmental Protection Agency has launched an initiative to improve the flow of information among federal and state agencies that collect environmental data and the organizations that provide it.
People
Mass. health care providers opt for PKI
The pilot program will help medical organizations handle confidential information such as claims, authorizations and contract issues
People
Air Force's Kirkland named 'Trail Boss of the Year'
The 900member Trail Boss Interagency Committee on Tuesday named Air Force tech officer Susan Kirkland its 2000 Trail Boss of the Year for her work building the Air Force's Cargo Movement Operations System.
Digital Government
IBM's T56A flat panel offers new view
One of IBM Corp.'s latest offerings is a flat panel monitor with a twistliterally.
People
Congress pushes intelligence reform
The Senate last week released a report on the fiscal 2001 intelligence authorization bill that took aim at several highprofile, costly intelligence programs and outlined a plan for rebuilding an intelligence community it says has been overwhelmed by the Information Age.
Digital Government
GAO: Software changes reveal lapses
When making software changes, agencies are failing to take steps to prevent weaknesses in security
People
CIOs: Going the way of the dinosaur?
Top management is looking for someone well-versed in business strategies as well as technology architectures
Digital Government