INTERNAUT
Should court records across America be available on the Internet? Many already are, but the effects of such postings are drawing scrutiny.
What lies beneath
Sewers are not usually at the top of most cities' agendas. But when there is an outbreak of Escherichia coli O157 H7, commonly known as E.coli, or if water service fails because of a collapsed line, suddenly the condition of a town's sewer and water pipes becomes a hot topic.
EDITORIAL
Recently, the Council for Excellence in Government, a Washington research organization that focuses on all levels of government, surveyed what citizens want from electronic government. According to the council's president, Patricia McGinniss, the ability to view lawmakers' voting records online ranked higher than the ability to renew driver's licenses online.
FileMaker rolls out an application for handheld devices
FileMaker Inc. is betting that users of its desktop database management software will want to run it on their handheld computers.
Colorado gets a fresh lease on its financial system
Colorado's Public Safety Department is using software tools and a little ingenuity to keep coins in the state coffers.
CYBER EYE
At the risk of repeating myself, I'll say: Security is a human problem, not a technology problem, and likely to get worse before it gets better.
State legislative Web sites lack oomph, OMB Watch says
MARCH 26—Most state legislative Web sites don't give their users nearly enough information or tools to understand and influence lawmaking, a recent independent study concluded.
Study: Internet voting has some merit
MARCH 26—An Internet voting system based at polling sites could be fielded within the next several election cycles, according to the results of a study sponsored by the National Science Foundation.
FBI names Ronald Dick as NIPC chief
MARCH 23—Ronald Dick has been appointed director of the FBI's National Infrastructure Protection Center.
Bush taps Styles for federal procurement policy post
MARCH 23'President Bush will nominate Angela Styles to be administrator of federal procurement policy at the Office of Management and Budget, the White House announced.
Massachusetts audit finds millions wasted on IT consultants
MARCH 23'The Massachusetts Education Department wasted millions of dollars on information technology consultants, and had poor controls over expenses for conferences, travel expenses, food and parties, according to a state audit.
IRS will take extension requests online
MARCH 23'Taxpayers looking for extra time to file their returns now can request an extension online or by telephone.
GAO review clears way for IRS accounting project
MARCH 23—The General Accounting Office has given the IRS the green light to continue with its $150 million Custodial Accounting Project.
NAPA tackles issue of federal IT recruitment, retention
MARCH 22'Federal managers can be more creative and flexible in recruiting and retaining information technology workers than they are, the National Academy of Public Administration says.
Agencies ponder use of ERP software
MARCH 22 'How does an agency decide to use enterprise resource planning tools?
CIO, CFO and procurement councils seek consensus
MARCH 22'The Chief Information Officers Council needs to work closely with the Chief Financial Officers Council and the Procurement Executives Council to provide better services, CIO Council vice chairman James Flyzik said yesterday at the FOSE 2001 conference in Washington.
NAPA tackles issue of federal IT recruitment, retention
MARCH 22'Federal managers can be more creative and flexible in recruiting and retaining information technology workers than they are, the National Academy of Public Administration says.
FirstGov nets Azimuth Awards for Barram, Brewer
MARCH 22—Two men who pushed the government toward its first major electronic-government success were lauded last night for FirstGov, the one-stop federal Web portal.
Section 508's the talk of FOSE
MARCH 21-This week's FOSE trade show in Washington is abuzz with talk about Section 508 and agencies' hurried efforts to comply with systems accessibility requirements.
NSA uses iris readers to ID network users
MARCH 21—Somewhere in the National Security Agency are miniature desktop cameras that study the irises of NSA workers before they're given access to secure networks.
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