Digital Government
Latest NetWare embraces Internet
For those NetWare shops that do a lot on the Internet, Version 5.1 is well worth the cost of upgrading.
Digital Government
Security steers DOT plans
Transportation Department information technology investments should include risk criteria that specify how a security plan factors into an investment's cost and management, according to a version of the agency's Capital Programming Manual under review by DOT's operating units.
Acquisition
GSA call center BPA winners
GSA's Telephone and Internet Customer Contact Systems and Solutions blanket purchase aggreement
Digital Government
Security briefs
Agencies were reminded last week that they should rely on and work with the Federal Computer Incident Response Capability when securing their systems.
Digital Government
NASA defends failures
NASA Administrator Dan Goldin said he blames himself for failures that may have resulted from his trademark 'faster, better, cheaper' approach.
Digital Government
'Crime Boy's' go on hack spree
A hacker group known as 'Crime Boy's' launched cyberattacks over the past two weeks against World Wide Web pages maintained by the Interior Department and the Army, and several times tried to hack into a NASA system.
Acquisition
IRS deal eases load
Electronic software delivery is a hit at the Internal Revenue Service.
Digital Government
Hackers break into Interior, Army Web sites
A hacker group calling themselves 'Crime Boy's' has launched successful attacks this week against World Wide Web pages maintained by the Interior Department and the Army
Digital Government
A sinking feeling over document migration
'Titanic 2020' will be an IT crisis many times larger than the Year 2000 problem, a technology expert predicts
Digital Government
Two more ways for governments to buy
Digital Commerce Corp. and Intelisys Electronic Commerce Inc. targeting government customers with new initiatives
Digital Government
Colleges evaluating courses online
More than 35 schools are participating in a pilot program that uses the Internet to survey students, instructors and administrators regarding academic programs and course content
Digital Government
Work force hinders procurement reform
Feds say acquisition reform has not delivered all of its intended benefits mostly because of a shrinking, poorly trained procurement work force
People
What to consider when considering a Roth IRA
To truly realize its benefits you must know what you can do with a Roth IRA ? and when you can do it.
Digital Government
Agriculture CIO gets keys to IT
In a move designed to improve management of the Agriculture Department's modernization program, the department's chief information officer has been given direct responsibility for the success of key IT modernization programs.
Digital Government
AARP joins registration effort
Group launches BeAVoter.org with AOL, MCI to make it easier for people to register to vote
People
Army on hacker alert
The Army has placed its cyberdefense teams on full alert after a known hacker group threatened to take down the Army's Internet home page this Friday
People
House bill aims to provide IT worker shortage relief
A bill introduced Wednesday would temporarily increase to 200,000 the number of H1B visas that employers could use to hire highly trained foreign workers in areas such as information technology
Digital Government
Virginia names deputy secretary of technology
Bette Dillehay worked her way to Virginia's No. 2 technology position by leading the state's Year 2000 efforts
Digital Government