Digital Government
Security services to the rescue
As agencies begin to free themselves from the burden of Year 2000 remediation, many will focus on the next big blip on management radar screens: securing federal networks from external and internal threats.
People
Utah Bridges Budget, IT Planning
As technology evolves and people's expectations change, state and local government information technology managers are faced with a widening gap between their budgets and the systems, equipment and services they want to buy.
Digital Government
Outsourcing's hidden benefit
When it was introduced into the federal market in 1998, many in government saw desktop outsourcing as a way to lower agency costs by handing over ownership of hardware, software and support services to a private company.
Digital Government
Flexibility a must for NASA's PKI
NASA's publickey infrastructure will operate using Entrust Technologies' certification authority infrastructure, which can provide a user two digital signature identities, one a personal identity and one based on the person's role within an organization, said Gary Moore, a federal technical advisor with Entrust.
Digital Government
Y2K mayhem? Just ho-hum
The biggest Year 2000 problem for the federal government may have been getting stuck at work during the celebrations. As computer systems functioned through Zulu time, midnight Eastern Time and the good times, millennium bug watchers may have felt a bit let down.
Digital Government
Out with the old, in with the new
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 'legacyfree' PCs. If that sounds like a way of forgetting the mistakes of the past and embracing the future, well that?#x92;s the idea.
People
Camera Trained on Kentucky Development
Lexington, Ky., residents have the opportunity to keep an eye on a highly awaited construction project without leaving their homes.
Digital Government
Virtual security services offered
While security assessment services are gaining prominence alongside software products as a standard part of an overall security purchase, at least one vendor is offering virtual assessment services so that agencies don't even have to buy the software.
People
Rand: Tech Aid Helping to Fight Crime
Rand, the public-policy think tank, has issued a report suggesting that federal technology assistance for state and local crime fighters is paying off, although many opportunities exist for enhancing the relationship.
People
Companies Unveil E-Mall
Loislaw.com, an Internet provider of primary legal research, recently expanded its offering to include case law and statutes databases from five more states, now including a total of 45 states and Washington, D.C.
People
San Diego County Unveils Child Abduction Web Site
In an effort to fight child abductions, the San Diego County, Calif., district attorney's office has launched a World Wide Web site that includes photos and other information on missing children from the office's longest-running cases.
Acquisition
Hamre announces departure from Pentagon
John Hamre, who put the clout of his office behind information technology policies, issues and causes during his term as deputy secretary of Defense, will leave the Pentagon March 31 to become president and chief executive officer of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington, D.C., think tank.
Digital Government
Budget cuts jeopardize NGI
The Energy Department continues to bolster the Clinton administration?#x92;s initiative to build a faster Internet by providing its own funding, but Congress?#x92; decision not to provide specific NGI funding to DOE in fiscal 2000 may be detrimental to all agency NGI projects.
Digital Government
Citizens Lobby for More Open Government
When stories of corruption and back-room deals came to light a few years ago in Miami-Dade County, Fla., civic organizations took action.
People
Lessons learned
The Year 2000 problem, which came and went with only minor disruptions, may be remembered more for its positive impact on information technology than its catastrophic threat.
People
Online Headhunter Eases Job Search
An online job search site in Texas is giving the unemployed another way to look for work and making the job hunt a little easier.
Digital Government
Sending workers on the road
From the tangled suburbs of Northern Virginia to the remote corners of South Dakota, federal workers are becoming mobile workers ? to the delight and consternation of their supervisors.
Digital Government
Caught in the Web
Government Webmasters, many with backgrounds far from City Hall, are being thrust into the center of an increasingly complex, public and critical part of the civic world.
Digital Government