Survey finds federal sites, while not perfect, are showing progress
Progress toward electronic government and e-commerce is often described as slow, being shackled with security concerns, technological hurdles and shallow funding pools. But it has nevertheless been steady, according to a wide-ranging study by Brown University's Taubman Center for Public Policy.
Upgrades put DOD EMall in the game
In 1999, Congress ordered the Defense Department to develop a single Web portal for e-commerce. If Don O'Brien has his way, that mandate will be met by September.
DISA ponders second set of DREN bids
The Defense Information Systems Agency is still reviewing the second set of bids for a controversial network contract to add advanced fiber-optic services to the Defense Research and Engineering Network.
Defense throws the book at its software buyers
The Defense Department is turning to the good book for help in getting the message across that contracting officers must use enterprise software agreements when they buy commercial software.
Online voting gets a vote of no confidence
Voting glitches marred the 2000 presidential election, but an online alternative is not viable, according to the principal researcher for AT&T Labs, a multinational research organization.
Senators will consider own Tech Corps bill
Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.) is taking his idea of letting federal IT employees spend time working in the private sector to the Senate.
Commerce One spins off its federal unit
Commerce One of Pleasanton, Calif., has sold its federal division to the division's managers. The newly independent company, Aquilent Inc., is headquartered in Laurel, Md.
Users want e-gov
E-government services on federal, state and local Web sites are becoming a necessity, according to a new study.
State picks Accenture for OPIC project
The State Department has chosen Accenture LLP of Chicago to implement the pilot phase of its Overseas Presence Interagency Collaboration project.
Software helps agencies nail network hacks
The Labor Department, Bureau of Prisons and Oregon recently installed intrusion detection software that monitors systems enterprisewide and sends alerts in the event of external or internal breaches.
State will use FBI criminal data for visas
The State Department will access FBI criminal history records when processing visa applications.
Packet Rat: Rat reforms the Olympics, tale first
The Rat sat spellbound by recent events in Salt Lake City. He hadn't seen anything of the magnitude of the Winter Olympics come out of that town since Ray Noorda's last hurrah at Novell BrainShare years ago. 'And I don't recall Ray doing a 'dinner roll' during the attendee ski, either,' he reflected.
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Foil-wrapped, not shrink-wrapped. The open-source operating system called Tinfoil Hat Linux 1.0 comes on a single, bootable floppy for security fanatics so paranoid that they tap out encrypted messages in Morse code on the Num Lock key. More info appears at <a href="http://tinfoilhat.cultists.net">tinfoilhat.cultists.net</a>.
Feds and industry leaders share capital ideas
Agency and industry leaders got together to discuss IT strategies for capital planning and control last month at a Technology Excellence in Government seminar in Washington, presented by the Digital Government Institute, the Council for Excellence in Government and GCN.
People on the Move
William Mehuron, director of the IT Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, will retire April 2.
Treo is the best phone/PDA combo yet'but is that good enough?
When the year began, Handspring's Treo 180 was the one new gadget that PDA lovers wanted to get their hands on. But they had to wait while Handspring ironed out production problems.
Handhelds go network
The past year transformed the market for personal digital assistants and their close cousins, the newer phone/PDA hybrids and the older, clamshell-style handheld PCs.
Which comes first: handheld or phone?
Although Samsung calls the $500 SPH-I300 a 'Palm-powered' smart phone, it's as easy to use as a Palm OS personal digital assistant and a separate wireless phone.
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