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Nanotechnology means megabucks
President Clinton's fiscal 2001 budget request includes a $495 million multiagency initiative to increase the federal government's investment in nanotechnology research and development. The National Science Foundation is designated as the lead agency for the effort.
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The call of the Web
With Web-enabled applications, cost savings is attainable at almost every stage of the development life cycle.
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Military salutes online auctions
Following recent Pentagon approval of online auctions for procuring supplies and equipment, the military services are rapidly adopting the new way of doing business.
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B2G firm ready to rumble
As the businesstogovernment (B2G) ecommerce market heats up, NIC Commerce is trying to position itself in the middle of the action right where sellers and government buyers do business.
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Work force watch
The General Services Administration has asked all federal agencies to make their most popular World Wide Web pages accessible to the disabled by July 26.
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Air Force launches technology 'superstore'
The Air Force brought online last month its Information Technology Superstore, which offers Defense Department buyers access to about 70,000 items from about 10 different technology vendors.
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GSA sets early accessibility deadline
Agencies should make their most popular World Wide Web pages accessible to the disabled by July 26
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IRS plans telecommuting pilot
The telecommuting project would allow some Internal Revenue Service employees to work from home several days a week
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HR services Web-enabled for government
A leading electronic government company has joined with a human resources service provider to offer Web-enabled government human resources applications
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What is the Information Technology Research program?
The program (www.itr.nsf.gov) is managed by the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering directorate. ITR supports fundamental research in information technology, encouraging research spanning IT and scientific applications and in social, ethical and work force issues. It responds directly to recommendations from the President's Information Technology Advisory Committee for basic research in software, scalable information infrastructure, highend computing and socioeconomic impacts.
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GSA closing in on WebGov portal
General Services Administration plans to have a single portal for government interaction with the public up and running by this fall
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Contractors vie for Future Combat
Program considered integral to Army's plans to become lighter and more lethal
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CIOs: Politics not prompting e-gov
Officials at the CIO Summit say advances in technology are driving the wave of government change
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Cray upgrading Army supercomputer
The Army has awarded Cray Inc. an $18.5 million contract to upgrade the Army's High Performance Computing Research Center's Cray supercomputer
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Officials mull future of Trail Boss
Government contracting officials are considering ways to use the nowdiscontinued Trail Boss contracting training program to provide management and security training for nextgeneration agency IT staff
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Medicare.gov made senior-friendly
To ensure that its Medicare.gov site was seniorfriendly, the Health Care Financing Administration made the print larger and the content easier to read.
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Agencies want FAIR feedback
New guidance put out by the Office of Management and Budget may not produce much of an improvement on the first round of agencygenerated lists of activities that could be performed by the private sector
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Idaho launches new Internet site
Idaho launched a new state World Wide Web site last week, a portal for access to many electronic government services
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