People
Court halts electronic records case
As the Supreme Court declines to hear the case of Public Citizen v. Carlin, the national archivist pledges 'practical methods for managing and preserving records in the Electronic Era'
Digital Government
Scanners to streamline package delivery
Postal Service scanning units, to be installed by 2003, will size up packages at bulk mail centers.
People
Wildlife imperiled by missile defense
The environment may pay the price for a system designed to shield the United States from missiles carrying nuclear or biological and chemical warheads, a Pentagon study finds.
Digital Government
FAA says airlines must share strains of soaring air travel
The Federal Aviation Administration forecasts sharp increases in commercial air travel over the next 12 years and calls on airlines to add capacity, ease congestion
People
Roster Change
Peter Weiss, the chief author of Circular A-130, is leaving the Office of Management and Budget for a job in strategic planning and policy at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Weather Service
Digital Government
More states join MissingMoney.com
Service allows people to search for unclaimed money in savings accounts, stocks and pay checks
Digital Government
Policy-makers on the move
The primary author of the policy that governs how federal agencies use information technology is moving to a new job one in which he will have to comply with the policies he created.
Digital Government
Making privacy the priority
If someone were to ask federal information technology managers what the biggest obstacle to electronic government is, I'd bet that 80 percent of them would say, 'security.'
Digital Government
Making a Case for Access
An Arizona Court Responds to High Demand for Online Access to Court Records
Digital Government
A Qwest for federal business
From his 14thfloor office, Qwest Government Systems vice president Jim Payne can see the Washington Monument. But more importantly, he has a clear view of his customer base: the federal government.
People
Tax-free Internet means fewer IT workers
If anything demonstrates how profoundly the Internet is revolutionizing American political and economic life, it's the issue of whether the Internet should be a taxfree zone.
Digital Government
Texas Weaves a Framework for E- Gov
Smart shoppers know that it pays to do your homework before putting down money for a big-ticket item. And Texas has made that a basic principle of its new strategy to move government services to the Internet.
Digital Government
Seeding the Market
Louisiana Grants Program Spurs Innovation in State Agencies' Use of Technology
Digital Government
Micron eyes fed market
Micron Electronics Inc.'s interest in purchasing government reseller Inacom Government Systems Inc. shows that the computer manufacturer is serious about competing in the federal market, industry experts say.
Acquisition
FTS 2001 not FAA's route
The Federal Aviation Administration plans to outsource its air traffic telecommunications, but it is unable to use the governmentwide FTS 2001 telecom contract.
Digital Government
Hoosiers Have Say in Web Site Design
Indiana is giving its Hoosiers an opportunity to contribute to a redesign of the state's World Wide Web site.
Digital Government
Windows 2000 Delivers the Goods
Information technology managers have been eager to see the enhancements promised in Windows 2000.
Digital Government
Bill Would Bring Computers to Thousands of Youths
Every Boys and Girls Club of America across the country would get a bank of computers, Internet access and instructors to show kids how to use the technology under a bill proposed last month by Sen. Joseph Biden Jr. (D-Del.).
People
Trillions and trillions of computations
The first components of one of the world's fastest computers, the terascale supercomputer funded by the National Science Foundation, should be operational by February 2001
Digital Government