Digital Government

Local officials need homeland help

Feds could fill technical, personnel and experience gaps for homeland security, local officials say

Digital Government

Florida outsourcing HR services

Company will take over benefits and payroll administration, recruiting and training for the state government

Digital Government

Regional emergency system prepped

IBM will build interoperable wireless data communications system for DC, Maryland and Virginia

Digital Government

Library encourages patrons to chat

Montgomery County, Md., branch has been piloting a live ask-a-librarian service online

Digital Government

OHS to test emergency links

The Office of Homeland Security will lead an exercise to test linking command centers with the White House

Digital Government

Web links law enforcement nets

Federal, state and local law enforcement agencies soon will have a single Web interface linking LEO and RISS networks

Digital Government

Homeland info sharing advances

Office of Homeland Security is moving forward with initiatives that encompass federal, state and local needs

Digital Government

Texas links agencies to Health Alert Network

Texas officials have launched an electronic health communications network that's part of a nationwide initiative led by the CDC

Digital Government

Capitol's telecom carried by cable

Oklahoma's capitol complex has become the first such facility to be wired by a national cable company for telecom service

People

Justice puts limits on TIPS

Operation TIPS will go on, but without help from workers whose jobs give them access to people's homes

Digital Government

Net-savvy students frustrated

Survey shows students rely on Internet but fault teachers for not taking advantage of its power for more challenging uses in class

Digital Government

Energy turns on link to Internet2

ESnet, part of the government's next-generation Internet initiative, now connects to the university-run Internet2

Digital Government

Fla. aims to raise service, revenue

Florida is customizing customer relationship management software to boost tax collection and improve service

Digital Government

PwC rolls out traffic planning tool

Transportation modeling tool could help officials simulate traffic congestion and pollution in 3-D

Digital Government

State troopers going wireless

Pennsylvania State Police patrol vehicles will get software that enables wireless access to databases

Digital Government

Texas launches health network

Communications network connects health organizations to improve surveillance and reporting of diseases and bioterrorism

Digital Government

Survey: City/county e-gov growing

Technology is being used to transform the way governments communicate with constituents and operate internally

Digital Government

Alliance launches permit portal

Nine cities in King County, Wash., have formed an e-government alliance to share resources and expertise

Digital Government

ISP offers diagnostic toolbox

A nonprofit Wisconsin Internet service provider offers free applications to help members troubleshoot network problems

People

DOD, FEMA test net defenses

Joint exercise explores how compatible their communications systems would be in homeland defense situations