People
A driving force at FTS
You won't see the General Services Administration Federal Technology Service's new commissioner out playing golf with her coworkers on a sunny weekend afternoon. More likely, you'll see her decked out in leather and a helmet, zooming down the road on the back of her husband's HarleyDavidson.
Digital Government
Health agency targets medical errors with Internet tools
The Health Resources Services Administration last week unveiled an initiative to improve health care in HRSAfunded community health centers by providing physicians with Internetbased electronic document tools.
People
Mapping out potential GPS threats
The Transportation Department is waiting for the results of a study on how to protect systems that use the Global Positioning System from hackers intent on knocking out or distorting positioning data.
Digital Government
iVillage.com Tries E-registration
The online women's network iVillage.com has teamed with the Internet election company Election.
People
Washington Offers Travel Info Pit Stop
Washington travelers might want to make a pit stop to check road and weather conditions at the state's new World Wide Web site, called rWeather.
People
Companies join, create software to integrate job services
The partnership is driven by the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, which requires states to have all employment agencies joined by a 'One-Stop Operating System' by July 1
Digital Government
HCFA moves cautiously toward financial fix
In a critique that could be directed at any number of federal agencies, General Accounting Office officials said that an inadequate and outdated financial management system is hindering the Health Care Financing Administration's ability to manage one of its key programs. Like a growing number of other agencies, HCFA is looking to an offtheshelf enterprise resource planning (ERP) system as a solution.
Acquisition
USDA competes with private data centers
Chances are that if you contract with a third-party data center, it's going to be one that is owned and operated by a private company. Not always though.
People
Air Force considers contracting shuffle
The Air Force soon may be the first Defense Department organization to closely ally its business managers with its front-line deal-makers under a plan that would integrate the operations of the service's two leading information technology organizations.
Digital Government
IBM Netfinity servers get top-shelf makeover
IBM Corp. introduced two Netfinity multiprocessor servers last month that bring highend technologies to Intel Corp.based server platforms.
Digital Government
Tool Trains Teachers to Handle Violence
Several schools in San Antonio, Texas, will serve as pilots for a high-tech approach to curb school violence.
Digital Government
Governing by Hand
Little Devices With Big Potential Are Changing the Way Governments Operate
Digital Government
Kansas State Tries Internet Election
More than 19,000 students at Kansas State University had a chance to cast online ballots in mid-March to elect their student body government.
Digital Government
AOL Attacks Digital Divide
As the Internet continues to grow and become an integral part of American society, American Online Inc. has launched several programs to increase accessibility in rural and low-income areas.
Digital Government
Fedwire
Alan Balutis, deputy chief information officer at the Commerce Department, is leaving his position to become director of the Advanced Technology Program at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Balutis will oversee the $200 million ATP program, which funds precompetitive emerging technology. Balutis takes up his new post April 10.
Digital Government
E-commerce taxation report on to Congress
However, the controversy continues as committee members complain that the report does not reflect the opinion of the required two-thirds of the group
Digital Government
Hill shies from technology
The erevolution may be taking over the private sector and even some federal agencies, but members of Congress and their staffs resist using technology to their own detriment, according to a panel of experts that met last week.
Digital Government