Digital Government
USDA issues broadband loans
The Agriculture Department awarded $190 million in loans to help 20 communities establish or enhance broadband access.
Digital Government
Governors get in the groove
Information technology is always right below the surface for governors.
People
E-voting group meets
A standing-room-only crowd packed the first hearing of the Election Assistance Commission to discuss electronic voting.
Digital Government
Officials take surveillance STEPs
Law enforcers and emergency managers tested the STEPs geospatial app at the Kentucky Derby.
Digital Government
Virginians haggle over IT savings
Budget problems are forcing Virginia technology officials to fight for the savings that they expect to see from statewide consolidation, said the state secretary of technology.
Modernization
Wireless net to test agencies' mettle
Three agencies team to develop integrated wireless network
Modernization
Atlanta lays out WiFi plans
The city council passed legislation allowing officials to go ahead with a WiFi initiative.
People
Urban alert: Tracking harmful gases
Officials in Georgia, N.C. want sensor system to notify first responders
People
California nixes e-voting
California's secretary of state decertified all touch screen voting systems and asked the attorney general to consider criminal prosecution of Diebold Election Systems.
Digital Government
Safecom requirements laid out
First responders now have a document that spells out their needs for wireless interoperability.
People
Reality collides with e-voting
Elections officials find that the main problem is fitting technology into a people-based process.
People
Yoran: Locals must lead IT security
But DHS is ready to help, says the director of the department's National Cyber Security Division.
People
DHS, NSA team on cybersecurity
They plan to form National Centers of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education.
Acquisition
Wisconsin extends enterprise deals
Officials have started signing IT contracts that cover not only all state agencies, but also county, local, tribal and other government organizations.
Acquisition
Four vie for Texas Medicaid card
State officials want biometric cards to reduce Medicaid fraud and streamline the claims process.
Digital Government
Alabama to raise IT profile
Gov. Bob Riley plans to sign an executive order designed to reinvigorate the state's Office of Information Technology.
Modernization
Wireless goals coming
The statement of objectives for the Integrated Wireless Network will be released this summer, officials said.
People
Collaboration makes good neighbors
Economics, homeland security compel states, cities and counties to work together
People
Homeland security with a regional flavor
The Kansas City Regional Homeland Security Coordinating committee lives up to its name.
People