Digital Government

State site helps in hunt for funds

Louisiana e-gov application helps people find, trace and recover unclaimed property funds

Digital Government

U.S. e-gov projects go global

Six e-government initiatives from the United States are among the 101 finalists in an international competition

Digital Government

USDA automating schools' orders

The Agriculture Department plans to implement an online ordering system for public school systems

Digital Government

Smart growth project extended

The EPA is extending a pilot program to expand communities' use of its GIS-based Smart Growth Index

Digital Government

Company customizing local sites

CivicPlus offers Web sites and e-government services to small cities and counties on a monthly subscription

Digital Government

D.C. site gears up for questions

Jeeves Solutions soon will launch a question-based search engine on the Washington, D.C., Web site

Digital Government

Giuliani supports national ID

Former New York City mayor supports some form of national ID card and says that people will have to compromise on it

Digital Government

Libraries, museums hold basic tech

Survey indicates that basic IT has made its way into most American museums and libraries

Digital Government

Awards honor model e-gov efforts

The third annual Digital Government Awards recognized programs that use the Internet and technology

Digital Government

V-Government takes voice to Web

NetByTel initiative is aimed at enabling telephone users to access Web-based government services

Digital Government

County recorders getting new tool

Hart InterCivic plans a Web-based system for filing, recording, managing and accessing official public records

People

State's new knowledge management system

A suite of commercial off-the-shelf applications facilitates information sharing and collaboration among 40 agencies

People

Panel tackles airport security

San Jose report identifies technologies that could be applied nationwide

People

State negotiates knowledge

New system aims to improve collaboration, information flow between agencies

People

Feds to share emergency response system

Seattle first to link to federal response center for biological, chemical and nuclear threats

People

Quick calculation

How the National Atmospheric Release Advisory Center system works

People

Not sitting still

Many states are pushing ahead with IT projects that cover a range of business concerns while also trying to accommodate homeland security needs

People

Wanted: Federal cash and direction

States eagerly anticipate technology and funding details in forthcoming federal homeland security strategy

People

FCC clears the air for safety

The FCC is freeing space in the 700 MHz band so public safety agencies will not have to face interference from other bandwidth users

Acquisition

Giving states access

A Legal View: It's clearly time for Congress to revisit the cooperative purchasing issue.