EPA and states examine ways to enhance data exchange
The Environmental Protection Agency and its state partners are engaged in several pilots to explore the use of Extensible Markup Language, electronic data interchange and a public-key infrastructure to improve the way EPA and states exchange information.
Is there too much public info on the Web?
It's commonplace for any interested citizen to drive'or walk'down to the county courthouse and ask to see all kinds of public records: property assessments, bankruptcy records, divorce proceedings. Sometimes the clerk will charge a nominal fee, but most of the time it is free.
Florida's Web team installs new servers to handle hits to election site
Following the disputed presidential election last month, the Florida State Department Division of Elections' Web site, at <a href="http://election.dos.state.fl.us/index.html">election.dos.state.fl.us/index.html</a>, got about 200,000 hits per hour from Internet users checking for the latest ballot counts. The site got so many hits that within 24 hours after the polls closed the state had to install three new servers to handle the traffic.
States set battle plans in computer procurement war
State governments pay up to 20 percent more for hardware and software than companies. Why? Cumbersome procurement methods.
North Carolina moves to make IT accessible for disabled
The final rules of Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1998 will define what agencies must do to make electronic and information technology accessible to the disabled.
DOD collects A-76 data on Web site
DEC. 4—The Defense Department's Share A-76 Web site has brought together a large collection of information about the federal policy of comparing prices for in-house vs. outsourced services.
Position paper urges presidential focus on IT
DEC. 1—The first advice in what will likely be a flurry of recommendations for the new president'whoever he may be'urges the chief executive to embrace performance-based governing and to appoint a governmentwide chief information officer.
Web site puts lost pet info online
One of the most popular of San Diego County's Web sites'with 5,000 hits each month'is the Animal Control Department's site. It provides a different kind of link, helping reunite lost pets with their owners and finds homes for strays.
IBM Corp. builds security chip into NetVista that executes private-key functions
By embedding a security subsystem in the NetVista desktop system, IBM Corp. is promoting it as a secure end-point for public-key infrastructures.
Xircom's RealPort connects older notebook PCs to your network
Many new notebook PCs these days have a network interface as well as an on-board modem, but some still do not. I recently tried a dual-purpose PC Card for the notebook have-nots.
San Diego County banks on outsourcing
State and municipal governments are watching Tom Boardman and San Diego County.
Fast Xerox network printer makes noise as a quiet, small unit,
Xerox Corp. has finally produced a network printer that approaches perfection.
Does your Web site meet its users' needs?
The Web site of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 'is unequivocally the best practice in the government Internet space.'
Attackers target Microsoft software, group says
Server software from Microsoft Corp. is the favored target of vandals who deface Web pages, according to a spokesman for Attrition.org, a computer security site.
Expect to find speedy USB ports on most PCs, peripherals by 2004
The Universal Serial Bus port will soon be ubiquitous on PCs and peripherals, according to Cahners In-Stat Group of Newton, Mass.
S.F. simplifies campaign disclosure system
Officials at the San Francisco Ethics Commission disliked the stopgap electronic campaign disclosure system they had adopted two years ago. All campaigns that receive contributions of $5,000 or more a year must file campaign statements electronically with the commission.
Oracle shows off new server package
Oracle Corp. is rolling its product lines into a two-product package dubbed Oracle9i.
Microsoft's MapPoint 2001 can get a little lost
The saying 'Don't sweat the small stuff' often precedes 'It's all small stuff.' That must be the motto of the Microsoft Corp. developers who coded MapPoint 2001.
Agriculture picks PeopleSoft 8 applications
With the release of PeopleSoft 8, PeopleSoft Inc. has upgraded its flagship enterprise resource planning product for the Web. One of its first tests is getting underway at the Agriculture Department.
ERP Software
Enterprise resource planning software, long used mostly by manufacturers and retailers to manage supply chains and business processes, is becoming a staple in the public sector.
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