People
Online help for U.S. bonds
Taxpayers who receive a federal tax refund this year will find something that could bring them an additional payoff: a notice reminding them that they can cash in a matured U.S. savings bond.
People
Feds' travel made easy
Federal workers will soon have an easier, faster and cheaper way to make travel plans, when the Transportation Department begins rolling out its new World Wide Web travel site in May.
People
'My GSA Advantage' coming this summer
Attention, government shoppers! The General Services Administration's online shopping site is getting personal starting Aug. 1.
People
State CIOs moving up the ranks
NASIRE president testifies before the Congressional subcommittee on government management, information and technology about the role of CIOs
People
Auditors and Evaluators
The pace of development in information technology has so altered the security landscape that training has become a matter of survival, according to the Army's chief information officer.
People
GSA details auction plan
Online auctions and socalled reverse auctions that allow multiple users to aggregate buys to get lower prices are all the rage in the private sector. The General Services Administration plans to test the online auction waters beginning next month, but it will have to convince vendors and users that it's a good move for government.
Digital Government
DOD takes loss in stride
The Defense Department is still committed to using commercial satellite services despite the loss of most of the Pentagon's multimilliondollar investment in the failed Iridium LLC satellite telephone system.
Digital Government
Bill spells out security responsibilities
Agencies would be required to take full responsibility for the security of their information systems under a bill approved by the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee
People
Online services crop up
Because tens of thousands of farmers and ranchers use computers to help them manage their crops and their land, Congress is pushing the Agriculture Department to become more Internetfriendly.
Digital Government
Truth or fiction?
What's the buzz in the postYear 2000 information technology world? Security, to judge from all the conference presentations and articles in the trade press, is clearly hot.
Modernization
A war over FTS 2001
Officials recently estimated that the government could save $300 million annually if it can complete the governmentwide FTS 2001 transition by the end of the year. Transition delays threaten those savings.
Digital Government
White House e-mail slips past scan
A casesensitive glitch allowed hundreds of thousands of incoming White House email messages to slip through undetected, leaving Congress and the Justice Department without email evidence in matters related to campaign finance, 'Filegate' and the Monica Lewinsky sexandperjury scandal.
People
Securing the 2000 Census
On a hilltop in Bowie, Md., overlooking the traffic flowing down Route 50, the Census Bureau's glass building that houses its central computer system nearly blends into the horizon.
People
Archives gives in to e-records
Paper is crushed. The National Archives has declared the dominance of electronic documents.
Digital Government
Texas law enforcement moves to satellite-based network
The new system will enable 1,500 offices to link with state law enforcement departments and federal agencies
People
Overworked and untrained
Agency officials recognized that the federal acquisition work force is woefully undertrained for the current procurement environment.
Digital Government
Investing in tax-managed funds
Investing in mutual funds that strive to keep their tax bite to a minimum can put extra money in your pocket. Why? Because it's not what your fund earns but what you keep that counts.
People
DOD deploying hazard-detection network
DOD plans to create a realtime network of chemical and biological defense sensors that may benefit state and local environmental monitoring efforts
Digital Government