Digital Government
Visionaries wanted
The management and procurement reforms of the mid1990s removed the fear of retribution that kept many government employees from taking risks or suggesting new ways of managing programs
Modernization
Industry watch
U.S. West, a Denverbased telecommunications company, has snagged its first major contract from the federal government
Digital Government
Budget Briefs
The House Appropriations Committee last week approved fiscal 2001 funding increases for NASA and the National Science Foundation but declined to provide about $11 million for the Federal Cyber Services
Digital Government
2001 IT spending up
Federal spending on information technology should increase 4.5 percent in fiscal 2001, according to Federal Sources Inc.
Digital Government
Love Letter virus mutates
Variations of the Love Letter virus known as 'Mother's Day' and 'Joke' continue to worm their way into computer systems worldwide today
Digital Government
Agencies find LOVE stinks
Here's how some agencies responded to the ILOVEYOU virus on Thursday, May 4.
People
OMB issues e-government pointers
Agencies encouraged to use hightech solutions to reduce paperwork and ensure security
Digital Government
Millennia Lite contracts awarded
The General Services Administration awarded the first information technology support services contracts under the Millennia Lite program.
Digital Government
Fedwire Briefs
An emergency spending bill that included nearly $100 million in new funding for information technology has stalled and possibly died in the Senate.
Digital Government
Fedwire
Alan Balutis, deputy chief information officer at the Commerce Department, is leaving his position to become director of the Advanced Technology Program at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Balutis will oversee the $200 million ATP program, which funds precompetitive emerging technology. Balutis takes up his new post April 10.
Digital Government
Security briefs
Agencies were reminded last week that they should rely on and work with the Federal Computer Incident Response Capability when securing their systems.
Digital Government
Congress briefs
Sen. Craig Thomas (RWyo.) continues his push to turn more government jobs to the private sector.
People
Fischer leaving FTS
Dennis Fischer, who headed up the government's latest telecommunications pact, last week said he would leave April 2 to take a position in the private sector.
Digital Government
Fedwire
The National Institute of Justice has entered the education arena, selecting Materials, Communications and Computers Inc. to create an interactive simulation training tool to help prevent school violence.
Digital Government
Census addresses glitch
The most electronic of all census counts is upon us, and the Census Bureau already has faced a numbers crisis: 125 million envelopes were misaddressed by a contractor.
Digital Government