Digital Government
Privacy shifting toward legislation
In less than three months, more than 40 bills dealing with privacy have been introduced in Congress
Digital Government
Cookies persist on federal sites
Agencies continue to employ 'persistent cookies' to monitor their Web page visitors
Digital Government
Advocates call for privacy chief
Privacy advocates are calling on OMB to name a federal leader for privacy issues
People
Florida wants privacy czar
State officials would like to have one person in charge of keeping the personal information of Web users private
People
Bush won't have privacy czar
Position of chief counselor for privacy expired with the Clinton administration
People
Bush wants fast start on e-gov
President doubles request for first year of egov fund to move swiftly on privacy and security matters
Digital Government
The Circuit
While the Justice Department presses Microsoft Corp. on antitrust charges here at home, the German government is hitting the software giant for being a 'back door' to National Security Agency
People
Courts hear online records debate
Officials mull how to balance privacy of court records with right to access them
Digital Government
Delivering the goods online
New USPS privacy officer wants public to 'feel comfortable' sending information
Digital Government
Who reigns in 'Wild West' Web?
'Government may not have the biggest guns' when it comes to maintaining law and order
Digital Government
Privacy at the crossroads
Americans lack the privacy protections they think they should have.
Digital Government
DOT complying with cookie rules
Agency cleans up Web sites found to be using unauthorized persistent cookies
Digital Government
Lockheed deal brings tracking headquarters into states
A new facility for tracking wayward laptop computers will be based out of Gaithersburg, Md., the first U.S. center for Computrace software.
People
Courts mull comments on Internet filing
The public gives mixed reviews to creating electronic case files and providing access via the Internet
Digital Government
Ashcroft's privacy quest
Attorney General seen as protector of individual erights
Digital Government
Better health care sought in data
Pilot project data will be used to improve care throughout the Indian Health Service
People
Crossed wires
Just as the business of electronic government is coming into its own, President Bush may have unintentionally set it back about eight years.
People
Prison keeps eye on inmate computer use
A Florida state prison installed a surveillance software program that lets an administrator using one screen monitor a dozen computers in real time
People