Feds discuss challenges of interagency projects
When e-government managers come knocking on the door for cooperation from the chiefs of federal programs and processes, the common response is, 'I have a way that should be the way.'
Latest e-gov task: finding funding
When agencies agreed to lead the 24 projects for the Office of Management and Budget's e-government initiative, a major question left unanswered was how agencies would fund the work.
GovNet's future is still unclear
GovNet, the proposed secure intranet for mission-critical agency communications, has drawn 169 responses to a request for information.
DOD mulls restrictions on foreign IT workers
A draft Defense Department proposal would remove many foreign nationals from IT jobs deemed sensitive.
DARPA shifts its focus toward security efforts
The Bush administration's use of technology to bolster homeland security has prompted the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to reorganize its offices, combining its IT and homeland security efforts.
Customs cracks down on airlines that missed deadline for supplying passenger information
The Customs Service this month implemented a three-phase plan to improve compliance with the Aviation Transportation and Security Act.
Should feds be in the online ID biz?
Government-issued identification, from driver's licenses to Social Security cards, has become the de facto standard for establishing identity in the paper world.
Treasury prepares to converge its networks
The Treasury Department has mapped out the stages for building a departmentwide digital communications infrastructure by the end of the decade.
GSA pulls a Fast one for FirstGov
If you've never heard of Fast Search and Transfer of Oslo, Norway, you're not alone. Despite its low name recognition, the company's search engine will power the next generation of the FirstGov portal.
Edward Dancy Jr., a founder of FGIPC, dies
Edward D. Dancy Jr., who helped pioneer remote-access systems while with the General Services Administration and was a founder of the Federation of Government Information Processing Councils, died Feb. 26 in Pensacola Beach, Fla., where he had lived for the past 10 years.
Pentagon employees honored for Sept. 11 valor
The Defense Department earlier this month honored 39 employees each with a Medal For Valor for their actions during the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11.
Week's top stories, March 11-15
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Caught up in the Web
Top left: Jeffrey Wells, project manager of the Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Environmental Information, talks at the Web-Enabled Government program in Washington, about the fundamentals of e-government.
People on the Move
Delia Davis and Wilbert Kelley of the General Services Administration's Office of Electronic Government were honored last month for their work on GSA's FedBizOpps Program.
Packet Rat: Network alert -- BOOM!
The Rat recently stumbled onto the next revolution in desktop computing by accident. He has seen the future, and it runs on Linux'or, rather, Final Fantasy X.
CRYPTOGRAM: The meaning of it all
Ever step back from the bits and bytes of the daily routine to take a look at the big picture? The following quotation might provide inspiration.
DID YOU HEAR
Lord of the schemas. You just never know what will inspire a burst of poetry. Would you believe Extensible Markup Language? No? Well, it happened in the distant land of MiddleMark, after the Great Battle when SGML smote monsters with mighty runes in ancient elven tongues.
Ridge: Security has similarities to Y2K rollover
The director of homeland security vowed recently to take on the nation's security tasks the way the government took on year 2000 systems preparations. The only difference: This task won't end when the next new year begins, Tom Ridge said.
Tax filings via home PC are up 40 percent
So far this year, about 4.8 million users have filed income tax returns from home computers, a 40 percent increase over last year, according to the IRS.
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