Digital Government
DOD trimming costs with outsourcing, work force cuts
NIH expects to decode one-third of human DNA by 2001 with help from DOE's computer power and expertise
People
Reaching across the digital divide
Gregory Rohde grew up in North Dakota, a land of small towns, large farms and vast open spaces punctuated by the poverty of American Indian reservations.
Digital Government
Georgia Legislators Pull Plug on 'RepNet'
When Georgia's legislative session began Jan. 10, Republican state Rep. George Grindley was ready to beam the moment to his constituents in Cobb County with a miniature camera poised on his desk in the Statehouse.
Acquisition
Kentucky Derby
The rapidly evolving world of information technology has wrought changes in virtually every area of state and local government, but its most immediate impact may be on the procurement process.
Digital Government
Microsoft, Intel to Help Train 400,000 Teachers
Microsoft Corp. is donating $344 million worth of software to Intel Corp.'s Teach to the Future program, which is designed to train more than 400,000 classroom teachers to use technology.
Digital Government
Little Kansas Town Proves Paperless Agendas Possible
A city councilwoman from Lenexa, Kan., stole the show at a recent national convention with two magical little words: paperless packets.
Acquisition
NIH gearing up for second wave of IT services contract
The National Institutes of Health is seeking comments on a contract award before asking for a formal request for proposals
Digital Government
FAA IT delays mount
A critical system that is part of the Federal Aviation Administration's plan to use satellite navigation is again behind schedule, FAA Administrator Jane Garvey told Senate members last week, adding to a growing list of modernization delays and funding concerns.
Digital Government
Third time's a charm
If President Clinton's fiscal 2001 budget, due to be released today, is anything like past budgets, substantial investments in information technology and calls for improved IT management will be included.
Digital Government
Tech Won't help Census
Census Bureau director Kenneth Prewitt said technology won't help the agency find those who are undercounted in the 2000 census and that it will take knocking on doors and old-fashioned legwork to get the job done.
Digital Government
Intell's computer balancing act
The intelligence community has long been a leader in the development of cuttingedge information technologies. But, as last week's events demonstrate, that position is imperiled by the attempt to balance security and privacy with better access to information.
Digital Government
Active Directory may spark turf battles
Microsoft Corp.'s Active Directory's reliance on Domain Name System undoubtedly will cause resistance at some agencies that have relied on Unixbased DNS servers for years.
Digital Government
Virginia Rule Making Hits the Internet
Virginia is turning to the Internet to get the public more involved in the commonwealth's rule-making process and to shorten the time it takes to put proposed regulations into law.
Digital Government
PC99s Eliminate Older, Trouble-Prone Technologies
At a time when the idea of "out with the old, in with the new" is getting a lot of attention, the PC industry is creating its own version of seasonal renewal with the selling of "legacy-free" PCs. If that sounds like a way of forgetting the mistakes of the past and embracing the future, well that's the idea.
Digital Government
Web Start-Up Builds Tax Lien Auction Site
A dot-com start-up has developed an Internet-based initiative to help cities get better deals when selling off tax liens by making it easier for investors nationwide to participate in the auction.
Digital Government
Massachusetts to Monitor Employees' Web Use
Massachusetts recently contracted with a company to provide agencies with the technology to monitor the Internet use of its employees.
Acquisition
N.Y. Takes New Tack on PC Procurement
As part of a new statewide PC procurement, New York has decided to get out of the business of trying to maintain listings for constantly changing PC prices and technologies.
People
Pentagon budget takes aim at wage disparity
Fiscal 2001 budget proposal seeks to close the gap between government and private sector salaries
Digital Government
California Counties to Share Social Services Network
A consortium of California counties is investing $321 million in a network system that they hope will improve the state's delivery of social services.
People