IRS plans to modernize its Web services
The IRS is looking at modernizing its Web services, consolidating its online presence through an enterprise portal.
GSA, OPM cast another lure for teleworkers
Federal employees who have never before teleworked can take advantage of a one-month free trial at one of the 15 Washington Metropolitan Telework Centers.
Power User: The Windows XP SP2 bell finally tolls
As you stalk the aisles of FOSE this week, something may be stalking you back at the office.
NMCI survey finds most users satisfied with portal
Is there a slow-moving sea change happening in how users view the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet?
New features spice up Science.Gov and Vivisimo's Clusty
Energy Department is trying to make it easier to find scientific documents on Science.Gov; Vivisimo adds government section to Clusty.
IRS plans portal integration
The tax agency is seeking ideas on how to modernize its Web services, consolidating its online presence through an enterprise portal.
Marines plan to Web-enable duty assignment application
The Marine Corps has taken an application that its own programmers created to help make duty assignments and is making it Web-accessible via the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet.
Users find federal Web sites less satisfying
Federal Web sites are meeting fewer of the public's needs, according to a new report released today.
Defense's PKI slowly takes root
The Defense Department blocks access for vendors without digital certificates.
FDIC: What's good for banks is good for e-gov
The agency that insures U.S. bank deposits says electronic banking has outgrown the single-factor password authentication most often used to protect accounts, a finding that could affect e-government initiatives.
DOD merges various Web training systems
The Defense Department has established a new Internet training and information system dubbed the Joint Knowledge Development and Distribution Capability.
IG's message to IRS: Secure all your e-mail
The IRS has a program that can protect taxpayers' sensitive financial data when agency employees share it via e-mail; the problem is that not all employees use the encrypted messaging, a new inspector general report says.
Power user: What's all the fuss about Firefox?
I've received several e-mails pointing out the superiority of Mozilla's Firefox 1.0 over Microsoft's Internet Explorer 6.0.
DOD developing 'disruptive tech'
As a military theorist, Navy Capt. Terry C. Pierce writes books and teaches classes at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, Calif.
DHS, Justice start federal data model
Homeland Security and Justice are working on a shared XML data model, one that they hope other agencies will adopt.
Commerce set to give nod to smart-card specs this week
SAN FRANCISCO'If everything goes well, the Federal Information Processing Standard for personal identity verification will be signed this week.
FBI probes hack involving fbi.gov e-mail addresses
FBI systems specialists last week launched an investigation into a hacking incident that prompted the bureau to close e-mail accounts furnished by its Internet service provider.
The lowdown on web services
<b>What is it?</b> Web services, essentially, provide applications'from customer services to human resources'over the Internet or another network.
VPN choice not clear-cut
Luis Toledo, a computer scientist at the Securities and Exchange Commission, thinks the IPSec VPN with its client-side software is on its way out.
Secure e-mail tools debut in the desert
A pair of software start-ups introduce new tools to protect organizations from damaging incoming and outgoing e-mail.
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