Blogging grows up
Collaboration tools can benefit almost any organization.
CIO Council planning white paper as OMB retools CORE.gov site
The CIO Council will release a white paper on service component-based architecture as part of the Office of Management and Budget's effort to redefine how government operates through its Federal Enterprise Architecture initiative.
Lessons learned: Web hosting
Redesigning a Web site can be accomplished on a shoestring.
Give it up
Consumers pay a premium for organically grown produce, but in the IT world, organic is not always good.
New Labor site helps Katrina victims find employment
The Labor Department unveiled an expanded Web site to assist those displaced by Hurricane Katrina find new jobs.
State Department wants 'hands off' global Internet regulation
State department officials plan to lobby the United Nations to continue taking a hands-off approach to regulating the Internet on a worldwide basis.
FEMA to adjust IE-only Web site
The Homeland Security Department's Federal Emergency Management Agency is retooling its Web site for disaster aid applications so that it won't require the use of Windows-based PCs running Microsoft's Internet browser.
Power User: Feed yourself a helping of RSS
Blogs are still hot, and now video bloggers running their own news shows online are the latest thing on the Web.
The Podcast Toolbox
If you're prepared to start adding podcasts to your agency's communications programs, there's plenty of software available.
Is this thing on? (tap, tap)
It started as a hobbyist technology and recently found a foothold at forward-thinking federal agencies.
Defense agency selects SI International for IPv6 support
The Defense Information Systems Agency has awarded a task order contract to SI International Inc. for technical and personnel support for the Defense Department's next-generation protocol for the Internet.
OPM launches Katrina Web site for feds
The Office of Personnel Management today unveiled a Web site to centralize information for federal employees affected by the Hurricane Katrina disaster.
USPS urges Katrina victims to e-file address change requests
Bracing for a historic number of relocations, the U.S. Postal Service is asking those displaced by Hurricane Katrina to use the Internet to file change of address requests.
Energy Department using Web to collect price gouging data
The Energy Department is collecting information on possible price gouging at the gas pump through its Web site.
Yahoo Konfabulator
Even though it is called a 'desktop,' the backdrop display on your PC certainly doesn't have very many of the handy tools usually found on top of your actual desk.
IRS requires professional e-filers to use approved encryption
The IRS has directed e-file program participants who transmit directly to the agency's Electronic Management System to use only IRS-approved encryption methods for the 2006 and subsequent filing seasons.
Hurricane Katrina jolts NOAA's Web traffic
Traffic on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Web site has increased exponentially in response to public interest in hurricane Katrina.
Copyright's IE-only site catches heat
The Copyright Office of the Library of Congress is caught in the middle of a heated online debate about a proposal to limit full use of a new copyright registration Web site, even if temporarily, to only one browser.
NMCI's mobile users pick up more speed
Mobile users of the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet are getting high-speed access to the portal. The Navy expects to deploy a software broadband to 60,000 employees who use notebook PCs by December.
Fuel for thought
For anyone concerned about gasoline prices'and that might be a few people'the Energy Department and the Environmental Protection Agency have a useful Web site: www.fueleconomy.gov.
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