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Many states are working on delivering electronic government to their residents. But are they going about it the right way?
State automates child welfare system
Wisconsin's Health and Family Services Department is working with American Management Systems Inc. of Fairfax, Va., to develop the Wisconsin Statewide Automated Child Welfare Information System. WSACWIS will streamline and automate child welfare casework in the state.
FROM THE EDITOR
Kids in trouble. It's a tragic reality, and one that casts a lengthy shadow. In 1997, the most recent year for which figures are available, juvenile courts handled more than 1.7 million cases, ranging from myriad curfew violations to 2,000 homicides.
Consolidation saves millions for Wisconsin
When Sari King left Oklahoma for Wisconsin more than 20 years ago, she didn't think she'd stay longer than five years. She says she is still not used to the winters, but Wisconsin presented her with such great opportunities that she stayed. Her first job working for Wisconsin was as an entry-level programmer, a four-month appointment that turned into a career.
Patent and Trademark Office archives all patent histories on Web
NOV. 7—Patent history is now a few simple clicks away. The Patent and Trademark Office has expanded its patent Web site to include every U.S. patent ever issued, officials said. More than 6.5 million patents can now be found on the site.
DOD aims to add speed, flexibility to acquisition policies
NOV. 7—The Defense Department is revamping the way it buys weapons and technology, with added emphasis on the performance and interoperability of products and the speed of their procurement.
VBA honors systems workers for excellence
The Veterans Benefits Administration and GCN honored 14 VBA employees for excellence in systems development, management and implementation.
INS' upgrade of Web site is only half the battle
In the past couple of years, the Immigration and Naturalization Service has embarked on a campaign to transform service quality and improve its image. Bold customer-centric official utterances have been backed up by sweeping changes in the agency's Web site, as well as its call center facilities.
Federal IT workers to take home bigger checks
Nov. 6—Some 33,000 federal computer specialists and other information technology workers can expect a pay increase, some by as much as a third, under a special salary boost that the Office of Personnel Management announced Friday.
U.S. government has world's six fastest computers
NOV. 6'The federal government owns the world's six fastest computers, and seven of the top 10, according to a semiannual independent survey of high-performance computers.
Experience can qualify contract employees for IT work
NOV. 6'Federal contract employees can substitute job experience for a four-year college degree in qualifying for information technology work, under a bill signed into law late last month.
Turn your fingerprint into a passkey to Net accounts
The U.are.U Pro fingerprint scanner can log you on not only to your PC, but also to multiple Internet accounts.
USDA makes ethics app available to all
The government's 7,000 Senior Executive Service employees and 3,000 political appointees now have a single online location for obtaining financial disclosure forms and getting help on ethics.
NIH center drops paper catalog
As the leaves changed this fall, so did course registration at the National Institutes of Health's Center for Information Technology when online listings of computer training classes replaced paper catalogs.
CIOs find technical and cultural barriers to wireless computing
The potential for growth in wireless computing is enormous, but there are also significant hurdles to its broad deployment, a General Services Administration official said last week at a forum in Washington.
FAA plans weather server upgrades
The Federal Aviation Administration has signed contracts to upgrade servers that host its weather tracking applications.
USPS strives to mesh paper, electronic mailing options
Postal Service officials agree that the service must reinvent itself, possibly more than once, as new technologies make inroads into its markets.
IT security focus moves from coders to lawyers
Establishing a legal framework has become essential for computer security, but 'we don't have that yet,' the National Security Council's Jeffrey Hunker says.
DOD inches toward paperless procurement
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.'The Defense Department is moving toward 'end-to-end paperless procurement' with the establishment of both an executive steering group and an integrated process team to oversee the change.
Navy will test IPv6 on nonclassified network
In the coming year, the Navy plans to test an IPv6 version of the Non-Classified IP Router Network.
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