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.
Bantu IM sails with the Navy
Sometimes even e-mail isn't fast enough. On the heels of the Army Knowledge Online portal, Navy Knowledge Online has adopted an instant messaging product from Bantu Inc. of Washington.
EPA plans to recycle online rule-making systems
When the Environmental Protection Agency finishes migrating all online rule-making systems to the Regulations.gov portal, more than 20 could be obsolete. But agency IT officials are looking at ways to reuse some of those systems. <br>
'Every veteran has his or her own war'
In honor of Memorial Day next Monday, the Library of Congress has posted the digitized memories of 10 U.S. veterans on the American Folklife Center site.<br>
GSA chooses Web, XML access to data
The cost of reporting data to the Federal Procurement Data Center this fall will drop to less than $1 per transaction from a current average of $32.
Study finds local governments have static Web presence
Most local governments have Web sites, but they are mostly passive brochure-ware with very little in the way of transactions.<br>
Navy portal aims to host 3,000 apps
The Navy Enterprise Portal has launched about 100 online applications through a common, secure Web portal.
Internaut: E-gov sites deliver the data
Cross-agency cooperation is a crucial component of every data sharing project, from Extensible Markup Language tagging to joint application use.
Kennedy Web site ahead of 508 curve
Before each new session of Congress, the staff of Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) redesigns his Web site using the latest technology. In each successive revamp, Kennedy's Internet presence has had more elaborate graphics as well as more information and interactive applications.
Prince George's County, Md., pumps up its Web site
Prince George's County is using Rhythmyx content management software to post press releases and other information on the county's Web site. <br>
D.C. Web site gets extreme makeover
The District of Columbia has unveiled a revamped Web site. The services offered might be about the same as on the site's previous generation, but the packaging is considerably changed.
Study: Governments like outsourcing
Governments worldwide are increasingly bullish about outsourcing, according to a new study of 22 nations by a private sector consulting firm.<br>
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