People
Debugging Telework
'If I can't see them, how do I know they're working?' is a common reaction to the idea of telecommuting among agency managers (indeed, among managers everywhere).
Digital Government
Net tax report in, but issue isn't over
Despite the work of a 19- member commission that met for 10 months, heard from more than 55 experts, received thousands of pieces of mail and formally presented a 150-page report to Congress last month, the issue of Internet sales taxes is as unresolved as ever.
People
Army deploying Gigabit Ethernet
Network will provide Fort Carson users with a sixfold increase in bandwidth compared with the Asynchronous Transfer Mode networks
People
Breaking the Language Barrier
Florida Leads an Effort to Welcome Latin American Business With its Bilingual Web Site
Digital Government
NEF offers information technology scholarships
Money for Internet-based IT courses will be available to those making less than $40,000 a year
People
Gore: Been there, done that
While Republican presidential candidate George W. Bush prepares a blueprint for a smaller, more effective, technology- assisted government, Democratic hopeful Al Gore claims that such a government is already under construction, thanks to his National Partnership for Reinventing Government initiative.
Digital Government
State CIOs Climb the Ranks
State chief information officers have progressed rapidly to positions where they can have a real impact on how states serve citizens
People
Internet for Everyone: Georgia City Finds a Way
When LaGrange, Ga.'s Information Technology Committee considered wiring every household, school and business in the community with a high-speed Internet connection, they worried about creating an unsocial community dependent on the Internet for communication.
Digital Government
Palm-sizing the scheduler
Federal employees who increasingly rely on Palm Inc.'s handheld computers for scheduling needs may be able to use the same project management software on their Palm devices as they use on their desktop computers.
People
Internet Use Spikes Across Borders
StarMedia Network Inc., a New York-based Internet media company targeted at Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking audiences worldwide, recently released the results of its second annual user study.
Digital Government
Unisys ships 32-way server
The proliferation of Unix and Microsoft Corp. Windows NT servers has left many federal agencies looking for a costeffective way to consolidate their servers onto one mainframeclass system. Unisys Corp. introduced a new Intel Corp.based 32processor server at the recent FOSE trade show that is designed to do just that.
Digital Government
'John Hancock' Goes Digital
States Are on the Verge of Issuing the Public a Way To Secure Their Online Government Business
People
For Success, the Top-Down Approach Isn't Enough
To build an e-government, you need e-workers. That is the simple premise of an ambitious proposal put forward last month by U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.).
Digital Government
Cisco Names New State/Local Government Manager
State and local governments have a new source to help them put government services online. Cisco Systems Inc. last month named a public-sector Internet business development manager.
People
Portals New Starting Point for Service
State and local governments looking to build World Wide Web portals these days have a healthy market of software and services from which to choose.
People
Performance is agency's trademark
Work force- and technology- related changes at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office appear to have broad support since USPTO officially became a performance-based organization (PBO) in March.
Digital Government
Intel: No serial number on next chip
Intel Corp. plans to stop stamping serial numbers on its processors, starting with its nextgeneration chip due out later this year
Digital Government
Beware of rotten apples
For at least 20 years, the white- collar criminal defense bar has advised companies to adopt "corporate compliance plans" as a way to insulate themselves from potential liability for the criminal acts of their employees.
Digital Government