Digital Government
Exabyte rounds out library line
Exabyte Corp. is shipping the final product in its line of Mammoth2 (M2) tape libraries.
Digital Government
Del. Court Internet Site More Than E-Forms
The Delaware Superior Court has launched a World Wide Web site that features comprehensive information about the court and how it operates.
Modernization
The Open Access Debate
Last year, officials from Portland, Ore., first began work on a transfer agreement with AT&T Cable Services -- the behemoth telecommunications firm that had recently acquired TCI, the city's local provider and the country's largest cable company.
People
Public services get a hand
Agencies are increasingly turning to the private sector for solutions and partnerships that will help the government become more customeroriented, officials said at the Information Processing Interagency Conference in Orlando, Fla., last week.
Acquisition
E-Mall's Open: Will Shoppers Come?
Massachusetts' Much-Hyped Procurement Venture Has Hurdled the Pilot Phase. But it Remains to be Seen if E-Mall can Leap a Brand-New Set of Hurdles: Expenses, Doubts and Competition
Digital Government
NASA demos space Net
NASA's faster, better, cheaper concept may get a boost from the Internet boom. A recent demonstration using commercial offtheshelf networking products and standard Internet Protocol (IP) to communicate with an orbiting satellite is the first step in designing space missions more quickly, more cheaply and smarter.
People
NIMA charts new course
The Defense Department's National Imagery and Mapping Agency plans to pump at least $850 million into private industry under a massive outsourcing initiative, according to the agency's top officer.
People
Bush to fight back with e-gov plan
George W. Bush is preparing for the role of federal technologist in chief. Bush's campaign staff says the Republican presidential candidate is not ready to discuss details. His plans for egovernment and government reform are still being fashioned by aides, including Stephen Goldsmith, a top domestic policy adviser and former mayor of Indianapolis.
Digital Government
Making Web meetings a snap
Web conferencing offers many benefits to large and small agencies: Employees spend less unproductive time out of the office, managers reduce their organizations' travel budgets and workers in remote locations can quickly collaborate, which compresses decisionmaking cycles.
Digital Government
Setting satellites to network time
Shortly after NASA demonstrated that standard Internet Protocolbased equipment can be used to communicate with a spacecraft, the agency successfully tested another element of standard IP that will help facilitate a mission's scientific research.
Digital Government
Environmental Violations in Delaware Spotlight
Delaware Gov. Thomas Carper has directed the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control to post information about environmental violations on its World Wide Web site.
People
NetClerk Offers Contractors Do-it-Yourself Permits
Every time someone sells a water heater, another person has to get a city permit to install it. A typical store might move 1,000 of those water heaters a month. That's 1,000 permits; 1,000 forms to be filled out; 1,000 potential headaches.
People
Training managers online
A new contract for Webbased training represents several firsts for NASA employees: It's the first time a single contract delivers online training agencywide, and it's NASA's first online offering that includes career development as well as technical skills.
Digital Government
Software Helps Job Seekers
Electronic Data Systems Corp. and Applied Theory Corp. announced they have teamed up to provide state and local governments with software that can be used to integrate employment services.
Digital Government
Web publishing simplified
Government Webmasters often are faced with the task of moving agency documents in a variety of formats to World Wide Web sites. Inso Corp.'s OutsideIn Server eliminates the need to code such documents for HTML before placing them on the Web by converting files on the fly as users request them.
Digital Government
Clinton casts safety net
Just hours after an earthquake crushes Turkish cities or a typhoon ravages the Philippines, e-mail messages begin trickling into the Federal Emergency Management Agency asking for help, advice and information.
Digital Government
EPA pushes for deeper paper cuts
Ordered to cut paperwork by 40 percent, the Environmental Protection Agency is preparing to accept all reports, filings and documents in electronic form rather than on paper.
Digital Government