Digital Government
Oracle product passes security test
Oracle Advanced Security has passed one of the most rigorous evaluations to certify that it meets highlevel security requirements for federal agencies
Digital Government
IT drives DOT goals
Transportation Department's GPRA report shows success on highways, trouble on runways
Digital Government
NGA seeks changes to electronic signature bills
Governor's group wants to ensure that states' existing laws are not superseded
Digital Government
Maine Proposes Laptops for Students
Every seventh-grade student in Maine would get a free laptop that they could keep after graduation under a precedent-setting proposal by Gov. Angus King.
People
More States Join MissingMoney.com
Maine, New Mexico and Massachusetts recently joined MissingMoney.com, a free national search engine that helps people find lost assets and unclaimed property.
People
President's Y2K council disbands
With its last job done, the President's Council on Year 2000 Conversion packed up its boxes and closed its doors last week
Digital Government
ScanMail broadens virus fight
Trend Micro Inc. last month released the latest version of its antivirus software for Microsoft Corp.'s Exchange, which for the first time can scan both incoming and outgoing e-mail for viruses.
Digital Government
Data center selling points
The growing number of companies trying to win government outsourcing dollars are counting on three Bs to sell their data center services: bandwidth, backup and bulletproof design.
Digital Government
Think before you mail
Can someone who mails a letter reclaim it from the U.S. Postal Service before it is delivered? Or will the letter, once placed into the mail, be delivered to the addressee even if the sender has a change of heart about sending it? This seemingly trivial question can have a surprising importance in the law of contracts.
People
Navy assesses small-biz impact of intranet deal
SBA fears multibilliondollar project will sever links between Navy, small business service providers
Digital Government
Intel TeamStation System From PictureTel
The Intel TeamStation System ships with a PC containing an Intel Pentium III processor running Microsoft Corp.'s Windows NT 4.0. Its line rate is 400 kilobits/sec and its frame rate is 30 frames per second.
Digital Government
Connecticut Follows Every Dollar
Connecticut has developed a World Wide Web site to give taxpayers and policy-makers unprecedented information on how the state spends the money it borrows through bonds.
Digital Government
Measuring agency performance: Out of reach
It is clear to Dean Mesterharm, the Social Security Administration's deputy commissioner for systems, that investing in information technology is essential for SSA.
People
Reform scores big with feds
Federal employees' overall job satisfaction is on a par with privatesector workers but is particularly strong among feds who work for agencies that have made 'reinventing government' a priority, according to the results of a new federal employee survey released last week.
Modernization
The FAA Networks
Transportation's FTS 2001 strategy may dampen competition for $2 billion project
Digital Government
Reaching the Poor Via High Tech
Despite funding cuts, states are finding ways to use information technology to help society's most underprivileged families and individuals, concluded a recent study by the National Association for State Information Resource Executives, the organization representing state government chief information officers.
People
Delaware to post environmental violations online
The state never announced violations before, but now the postings will be an automatic part of the process
People