INTERVIEW: Karen Hogan, Commerce's driving digital force
Karen Hogan wears several hats: She is director of the Commerce Department's Office of Departmentwide Programs; she is acting deputy chief information officer; and she is the manager of Commerce's Digital Department initiative.
THE 50 STATES
The general election cast a blinding glare on voting technology used by state and local governments. At times, the debate generated more heat than light.
CIO OUTLOOK: OTTO DOLL
I see an awful lot of spin going on with electronic-government efforts in the states these days. With everybody claiming to be first in just about everything, you'd think much more is being accomplished than in fact is. The challenge for state governments is accepting the fact that until they completely understand the dynamics of their state's interactions with citizens and businesses, e-government efforts are just shots in the dark.
EDITORIAL
In the passion of the weeks following the disputed presidential election results in Florida, cries were heard from all directions for state and local governments to invest in new voting technology.
Virus Hunters
It has been 12 years since the first real Internet virus scare. On Nov. 2, 1988, Cornell University graduate student Robert Morris unleashed a 'worm' program that used e-mail protocols to propagate itself across the Internet.
Wisconsin county sets online auction for Votomatics
JAN. 3—Wisconsin's Saint Croix County is auctioning its Votomatic voting machines, complete with ballots, on <a href="http://liquidation.com"> Liquidation.com Inc.</a>, an online surplus exchange company in Washington.
FAR proposal would support bonuses for contract workers
JAN. 2—A proposed change to the Federal Acquisition Regulation would formally endorse government incentives offered to high-tech contract workers.
GSA awards logistics contract to SAIC
JAN. 2—The General Services Administration has awarded a contract to Science Applications International Corp. of San Diego to provide services under GSA's Logistics Services Worldwide contract. The indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract covers a five-year base period, with an estimated total value of $240 million, and has a five-year option.
Quantico will begin issuing smart cards in February
DEC. 29—Personnel at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., will be the first in the Corps to use the Common Access Card as their standard identification.
Nevada legislature upgrades telecommunications
DEC. 28—Lawmakers in Carson City, Nev., will hash out contentious state and federal redistricting issues under the eyes of distant residents using an upgraded videoconferencing system, officials said.
Nevada legislature upgrades telecommunications
DEC. 28'Lawmakers in Carson City, Nev., will hash out contentious state and federal redistricting issues under the eyes of distant residents using an upgraded videoconferencing system, officials said.
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Surveys have shown that federal CIOs spend more of their time planning for security enhancements to their computer systems than any other single activity. And no wonder.
Defense awards contract to continue missile defense program
DEC. 26—The Defense Department has awarded a contract to Boeing Co. to continue development of the National Missile Defense System. The contract, awarded Friday, covers seven years and has a potential value of $6 billion.
Awards adding up for Census data center
DEC. 26—The Census Bureau's National Data Processing Center in Bowie, Md., is becoming as well known for its form as its content. The center's building is among the winners of the Presidential Awards for Design Excellence announced last week, the latest in a long line of awards for the building.
Customs invites bids for ACE project
DEC. 22—The Customs Service today released a request for proposals for the development of its long-awaited Automated Commercial Environment.
Army awards $40m contract for data security
DEC. 22—The Army Communications-Electronics Command Acquisition Center awarded a blanket purchasing agreement Wednesday to Corbett Technologies Inc. to provide information security services to the Army Materiel Command.
Access Board issues Section 508 accessibility standards
DEC. 21-The Access Board today issued its much-anticipated standards for accessibility to government systems for people with disabilities, setting minimum requirements in six technical areas.
HHS issues privacy standard for personal health records
DEC. 21—The Health and Human Services Department has issued the nation's first set of standards for protecting the privacy of personal health records.
HHS issues privacy standard for personal health records
DEC. 21'The Health and Human Services Department has issued the nation's first set of standards for protecting the privacy of personal health records.
DOD to award $4.5 million in computer research grants
DEC. 20—The Defense Department will award $4.5 million in fiscal 2001 to universities for work in science and engineering fields that are critical to the protection of the nation's information infrastructure.
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