Digital Government

IT firms form virtual corporation

Initiative showcases the collective expertise of small to midsize companies in the New York City area

Digital Government

Training becomes more animated

Public-sector agencies try holding attention with a program that adds a little character to presentations

Digital Government

Systems change meets welfare reform

Hennepin County, Minn., employs software for caseworkers to team up to help clients

Digital Government

GIS: An inevitable evolution

Experts believe that geographic information systems will lead future IT investments

Digital Government

GIS vision fades at local level

Hopes for a national electronic mapping strategy could falter among cities and counties

Digital Government

Surviving the dot-com bust

EzGov, NIC report improved financial situations and opportunities for growth

Digital Government

Payback time for tax collectors

AMS helps four states reengineer their systems so they can catch up with tardy taxpayers

Digital Government

GIS: An invisible evolution

Geographic information systems eventually will be just another part of the overall IT infrastructure

Digital Government

Cable modem ruling elicits protest

Local organizations say FCC decision to exempt service from fees could cost cities and counties up to $300 million a year

Digital Government

Virginia takes benefits info online

Web application expected to reduce time employees need to fill out HR forms

Digital Government

New HP familiar yet bigger

Hewlett-Packard Co. emerges from Compaq merger with focus on services, partnerships

Digital Government

A government spin on CRM

PeopleSoft tailors software for agencies

Digital Government

PeopleSoft aims at public service

PeopleSoft CRM for Government is designed to match government's push to be more accessible to the public

Digital Government

Students put portal to the test

Massachusetts' Virtual Education Space helps schools enhance learning through a central but customizable portal

Digital Government

Disney exec to be Washington CIO

Former vice president of Disney's Internet operations will head the state's Department of Information Services

Digital Government

Emergency program moving along

The Domestic Emergency Response Information Services program will be tested by rural governments, shifted to FEMA

Digital Government

Community groups short on tech

Study finds that few community development organizations have gone beyond the basic use of IT

People

Legislation to create 'smart' licenses

Two Northern Virginia congressmen introduced legislation that would require all states to issue driver's licenses that contain a computer chip with identity information

People

Study: E-gov prone to falter

More than 60 percent of e-government initiatives fail or fall short of their objectives, according Gartner study

Digital Government

Mayor has big ideas for small city

Tech-savvy mayor tests out Web portal initiative, builds Web site, seeks more bandwidth and data