Digital Government
Web sites play updating game
The federal government's World Wide Web sites are a work in progress ? redesign work on many of them begins as soon as they are loaded onto the Internet.
Digital Government
Missing Los Alamos disks located
Two missing computer drives containing nuclear secrets were found within the secure confines of the Los Alamos National Laboratory
People
Congress signs off on digital signatures
The ESIGN Act could set the stage for a vast change in the way people do business with government
Digital Government
Senators hit Energy again over disks
A reasonable explanation for the disappearance of two computer hard drives containing nuclear secrets is lacking, according to senators
Digital Government
Energy asking for millions for security
Money would buy a secure Internet link for field offices and secure video for teleconferences
Digital Government
Energy officials in hot seat for missing disks
Congressional hearing focuses on how a Los Alamos lab lost two hard drives that contained nuclear secrets
Digital Government
the circuit
Seems that IT guru Manny DeVera is having trouble getting his governmentwide reverse auction program launched at the General Services Administration.
Digital Government
Delay keeps Customs funding in question
The U.S. Customs Service continues to play the waiting game over whether it will receive money in the fiscal 2001 budget for its $1.5 billion modernization program
Acquisition
GSA makes auction bid
The General Services Administration is testing the power of the marketplace with a reverse auction pilot that will allow government buyers to drive down the prices of goods by purchasing them online.
People
CIO making short drive to dot-com
Harold Gracey, the outgoing chief information officer at the Department of Veterans Affairs, will join FedBid.com as vice president of government affairs
People
GSA makes bid for auctions
GSA has selected 10 companies to participate in a sixmonth pilot project to test online reverse auctions for procuring goods
Digital Government
The Circuit
Say what you will about British tabloids and their dash of sass. Her Majesty's government is calling one paper The Mirror patriotic.
People
$1B in DOD Health Affairs contracts awarded
Two new contracts, each worth an estimated $500 million, will help the Defense Department's Health Affairs office modernize its delivery of medical care
Digital Government
CIOs tackle security 'nightmare'
Three federal chief information officers said that their top priority in government is protecting the security of their computer systems.
People
IRS to cut biz burden
On any given day anywhere in America, businesses from Wall Street to Main Street are chained to the federal government.
Acquisition
NIH discusses $11B services pact
The National Institutes of Health gave dozens of vendors a sneak preview of what it will take to snag a piece of the latest $11 billion IT contract up for grabs
People