Digital Government

Ballmer sees XML revolution

Microsoft CEO says XML smoothes the move into e-government without massive system overhauls

People

DOD sets e-learning course

An e-learning partnership may someday extend e-learning all the way to the foxhole

People

Guard, U.K. make e-learning pact

National Guard announces first ever e-learning partnership laboratory with an international partner

Digital Government

IRS computers may aid Afghanistan

Treasury seeks funds to send used PCs to help the fledgling government track finances

Digital Government

State to count heads at embassies

Budget outlines project to account for agencies and federal workers at its overseas posts

People

IT in play at Olympics

A new State Department visa system screens coaches and athletes for terrorist connections

People

Information sharing goes global

The threat of terrorism has given new weight to a push to integrate justice and law enforcement information systems

Digital Government

State delivers better money management

The U.S. embassy in Peru is the first U.S. diplomatic post overseas to use a new Web-based financial management system developed for the State Department

People

Plans across the waters

U.S. learns from U.K. e-gov experience

People

UK readies privacy charter

Charter will tell citizens how their information is used when they interact with the government online

People

Air Force soups up command center

Air Force is establishing a new high-tech command center to monitor the no-fly zone over Iraq

Modernization

Air Force studying broader use of Direct

The faster messaging system fielded by U.S. nuclear-weapons forces could also aid mobile command centers

People

Navy awards network contract

General Dynamics wins a $102.2 million deal to upgrade Navy network infrastructure outside the U.S.

People

Navy preps networking deal

The Navy is preparing to award a delivery order for networking products and services to cover its locations outside the United States.

People

Collaboration prepped for intell

Officials are readying the intelligence piece of the Global Information Grid for review, funding

People

DOD braced for cyberattack

Official notes that networks detected '2 million probes or scans from a Chinese source'

People

DOD intelligence mulls digital legal banks

Led by efforts from the National Imagery and Mapping Agency, officials within the Defense Department and military intelligence agencies are conducting preliminary discussions to develop an automated knowledge bank for their intelligence legal offices.

People

Agency mines e-gov help

Booz-Allen is Web-enabling the Minerals Management Service's offshore leasing program

Digital Government

Powell prioritizes State IT

Colin Powell testifies for 'broad-based Internet access' for department employees worldwide

Digital Government

A surging, chaotic power

Poised to overtake China as the world's most populous country, India has entered the 21st century with great potential and challenges