Power User: Peer-to-peer networking doesn't keep out spam
Spam volume is doubling every six months, but weaning people from e-mail would be difficult because it's so useful. Instant messaging isn't an alternative because the popular IM programs are full of security holes.
E-authentication gains ground in agencies
Agencies slowly are warming up to using electronic signatures and other forms of electronic verification as a part of their everyday business. <br>
CrimeWeb puts police alerts online
A group of police organizations around the country have banded together through a private company to jointly issue public warnings via the Web about missing children, local crimes, homeland security developments and natural disasters.
GSA proposes putting fed contracts online
The General Services Administration today asked for public comments on a pilot project that will put federal contracts on the Web.<br>
Semantic Web wears new face
As government agencies turn to Web services to link disparate applications, Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee says the Semantic Web will restructure the actual data content.<br>
Army site goes dynamic
The Army Acquisition Support Center at Fort Belvoir, Va., has jazzed up its Web site using ColdFusion MX and Dreamweaver MX from Macromedia Inc.
Air passenger rosters go to the Web
A federal Web site now under development by the Homeland Security Department's Customs and Border Protection Bureau would securely receive mandatory passenger lists for international airline flights. <br>
Open-source advocate suggests an incentive program for developers
An open-source software advocate has proposed an incentive program to move proprietary software to an open-source business model.
New XACML will control access to Web services
A new open-standard language could help application developers define access policies for Web services and related documents.
Army researches messaging and disaster recovery apps for AKO
The Army Knowledge Online portal is integrating new applications for users, said speakers at this week's Army Small Computer Program's IT Conference. <br>
Borland: Army's one-network effort starts at the top
The importance to the Army of networked, interoperable IT has clearly reached the service's top ranks, deputy CIO David Borland said today. <br>
Government takes the lead on voice over IP
Vendors at the SuperComm trade show this week say government is leading the way in moving voice services onto IP networks.<br>
Internet emergency alert service designed for government use
Fine Point Technologies Inc. of New York is working on a system that would let government communicate with citizens over the Internet, pushing alerts and warnings directly to desktop PCs. <br>
GAO denies Recruitment One-Stop appeal
The General Accounting Office has pushed the Office of Personnel Management closer to recompeting at least part of the Recruitment One-Stop contract'one of the 25 Quicksilver e-government projects. <br>
Study finds technical errors in government sites
A survey of 41 federal Web sites found that 68 percent will present some sort of bug within the first 15 minutes of a visit.<br>
Maryland portal links citizens to transportation
The Maryland Transportation Department has revamped its Web site, offering a portal to information about all modes of transportation in the state.<br>
NIH launches online gene map
Finding a link between your diseases and your DNA has become a seconds-long task at a National Library of Medicine Web site tailored for the general public.<br>
Mappers write Cookbook 1.0 for Web services
The Open GIS Consortium Inc. has put together a batch of not-yet time-tested recipes in Cookbook 1.0, the first in a planned series about Web map services.<br>
Energy retools security, IDEA program
The Energy Department is surveying its Web presence to strengthen security and to move forward on its Innovative Department of Energy E-government Applications (IDEA) program.
D.C. Web site gets big makeover to 'citizen-centric'
The District of Columbia's revamped Web site has the same services as on its previous generation, but the packaging has changed considerably.
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