Multifunction devices smarten up with software
The key to multifunction devices of the future might lie in software, not hardware.
PTO produces its first XML documents
For 30 years, the Patent and Trademark Office has been looking for a way to make patent documents easier to convert and search. It will begin a transition to Extensible Markup Language publishing this year.
CYBER EYE
'This is a great time to be a geek,' according to Marcus J. Ranum, chief executive officer of NFR Security Inc. of Rockville, Md.
Loan Improvement
Under a five-year plan for overhauling its information technology systems, the Small Business Administration recently acquired new software for financial and other administrative tasks.
XML tools can tune up e-gov efforts
As the Web evolves toward greater use of electronic commerce, Extensible Markup Language has emerged as its lingua franca in waiting. XML provides a level of functionality beyond that of Hypertext Markup Language and a common way to identify data in transactional documents.
Funding crunch menaces Maine computer sleuths
A state budget shortfall combined with the expiration of a federal grant has put the future of Maine's Computer Crimes Task Force in jeopardy.
COUNTY LINES
Think back for a moment to 1995. A Pentium PC cost $2,500, and the Web was shiny and new. Life was good in Collin County, Texas, north of Dallas.
N. Carolina tracks welfare cases on the Web
New Web technology is helping social workers in North Carolina tap the management potential of the information they gather.
States wrestle with e-commerce policy
LAS VEGAS'States' electronic-commerce policies are like a box of chocolates: You never know what you are going to get.
IVR system helps track Ky. wildlife
Kentucky has become the first state to manage wildlife populations using an integrated voice response system.
Systems failures ail Medicaid
Thousands of low-income individuals and families have improperly lost their Medicaid health insurance coverage because several states have failed to upgrade code in their eligibility determination systems, welfare officials and policy analysts said.
Three personal firewalls can repel invaders
Broadband is a two-edged sword for network administrators who must keep field offices, industry partners and telecommuters connected to agency headquarters LANs.
E-mail hasn't totally replaced in-person meetings yet
No doubt about it'e-mail has transformed the way people in government communicate.
INTERVIEW: Robert Manchise, security scientist
As chief scientist for Anteon Corp. of Fairfax, Va., Robert Manchise works with Defense Department and civilian agencies on logistics, network security and electronic business systems. He also serves as vice chairman of the company's Technology Council.
POWER USER
I've been called a power curmudgeon by some because my focus has always been on end users. I object to companies bombarding us with new office suites every two years instead of perfecting a product and leaving it alone. Changes and enhancements would be better as optional plug-ins.
EDITORIAL
Five years have passed since Congress enacted welfare reform, giving states the power they'd long sought over this huge expenditure of dollars. Five years, and still many state systems aren't up to the task of administering federally funded social programs.
Project Reporter 2.0 server software combines multiple reports on Web
Project Reporter 2.0 from CoGenTex Inc. of Ithaca, N.Y., can automatically post status reports on the Web, consolidating data from Microsoft Project 2000, Scitor Project Scheduler from Scitor Corp. of Sunnyvale, Calif., or other project managers.
CIO OUTLOOK
The Web has caused a fundamental shift for the nation's governors in information dissemination and exchange. The dynamics of interactions with the public have been changed forever. The Internet press release will speak volumes to the subject at hand. And, I expect, all future gubernatorial initiatives will have a Web component.
It's Light Work
Hail, the mighty robot. Robots can disable a space ship, like the HAL 9000 in '2001: A Space Odyssey.' They can warn of danger, like the robot in 'Lost in Space.' Or they can go where people don't dare go, like the surface of Mars or the sewers of Albuquerque, N.M.
ETrust Single Sign-On can monitor app use
An upgraded product in Computer Associates International Inc.'s eTrust security suite controls browser access to applications.
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