On-the-record discussions
A conference this month in Washington sponsored by the Federal Library and Information Center Committee took a close look at progress on e-government, including such aspects as categorizing information, and managing records and Web content.
Permanent data tags would keep data visible
Although the government posts millions of important documents on Web sites, there's no guarantee that Web crawlers will hit on any one document's URLs or find pertinent data buried within.
Group seeks to define what makes a Web ad
The government's Web chiefs want clarification about when listing a company on a Web site is considered an advertisement or endorsement.
Finding data, wherever it's stowed, is the objective
The Library of Congress has dozens of catalogs of public records that are searchable only by the agency's in-house systems.
College is just a click away
Going off to college used to mean packing all one's worldly possessions into a steamer trunk for a long trip to a faraway campus.
NIH plans public access to research results
The National Institutes of Health proposed making its biomedical research results available to the public through a searchable database.
Energy Dept.'s security shop reinvents its job
Keeping on top of the latest security threats is a constant challenge for the Energy Department's fee-for-service Computer Incident Advisory Capability shop.
Advertising or not? Group aims to clear up Web confusion
Web content managers are seeking clarification about when listing a private company on a Web site is considered an advertisement or endorsement.
Power User: Make the most of Google's operators
Nothing has shaken up the leading online portals as much as Google.com's offer of free, gigabyte-size e-mail accounts with simple archiving and searching through messages.
Fault finding
A new Web-accessible database built by the Geological Survey will help scientists and building engineers predict earthquake risks more accurately, saving time, money and, possibly, lives.
GSA revamps its strategy for Networx deal
The General Services Administration has revamped its strategy for the pending Networx telecommunications contract and expects to release a pair of draft requests for proposals on Nov. 1, GSA officials said earlier this month.
VA database will list every FDA-OK'd drug
The Veterans Affairs Department will publish a request for proposals at the end of the month for a commercial database for pharmacy information.
USPS cuts password creep with single sign-on
In a Postal Service help desk survey, forgotten passwords emerged as the No. 1 user problem.
Search engine helper organizes results
Clustering software from Vivisimo Inc. can categorize results from 40 government Web site search engines, including the government's FirstGov portal.
Smart search
A commercial search engine ties together multiple pharmaceutical databases for the Food and Drug Administration's Drug Evaluation and Research Center.
Trade Commission frees directory source code
Free to a good home: source code for an online directory service.
Illinois county puts property data on the Web
For officials in Illinois' DuPage County Recorder's Office, 28 years of successful work experience is something to be valued, not tossed away like an old shoe. Even in a mainframe.
Power User: Web security gets even
It's bad when almost every e-mail user gets bombarded by a virus, as happened last month courtesy of previously unexploited search engine vulnerabilities.
Navy posts tech transfer site
The Navy has a new Web site that will help other agencies and the private sector use Navy-funded research and development.
Labor introduces e-mail subscription service
Visitors to the Labor Department's Web site can subscribe to receive regular updates on a number of topics including weekly unemployment claims reports, disability employment policies and labor law compliance.
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