Maryland adds e-gov features to its Medicaid system
Maryland's Health and Mental Hygiene Department went live last week with an eMedicaid system to streamline the Medicaid process.<br>
State rolls out embassy Web pages
The State Department has started to launch secure Web sites for its embassies on the Open Source Information System, a senior department official told GCN. <br>
Defense official describes progress toward net-centricity
Network-centric operations has leapfrogged from the concept stage into reality, according to Mike Frankel, a deputy assistant secretary of Defense. <br>
IRS boasts gains from Free File, PC filing
The IRS said its online Free File initiative 'surpassed expectations,' with more than 2.4 million taxpayers using the free service available through a consortium of preparers.<br>
New privacy threat index mimics terrorism alert levels
The Electronic Privacy Information Center today unveiled a Privacy Threat Index to track what it sees as a growing menace to privacy from the government's expanding surveillance efforts. <br>
Internaut: How agencies could use XML to ensure integrity of data
Who is the ultimate authority for government data quality? Chances are you trust the data you collect within your own agency. You 'sort of' trust other agencies' data, and you cross your fingers and hope for the best with everything else.
Oregon tests project to make data sharing easier
Geographic information system officials at the Oregon Geospatial Data Clearinghouse are testing a way to provide access to distributed data sets ' some of them geographic, some not ' over the Web.<br>
GSA and FGIPC launch newsletter
The General Services Administration and Federal Government Information Processing Councils produce a newsletter covering the latest procurement initiatives at the agency. <br>
Navy sets up XML for portal
The Navy has released a guide for setting up the Navy-Marine Corps Portal, a single online structure to replace or integrate thousands of Web sites throughout the service.
Disability sites put one face forward
A single online query can mine for answers from five federally funded groups that provide information about disability topics.<br>
NASA sky-eye watches Iraqi smoke plumes
As media computer simulations zoom across battlefields in Iraq, NASA's Earth Observatory Natural Hazards Web site, at <i>earthobservatory.nasa.gov</i>, is showing real images of oil well fires and dust storms in southern Iraq. <br>
NMCI deployment begins at Marine Corps base
The Marine Corps today starts the transition to the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet, as its base in Quantico, Va., turns over operations and maintenance of the base's PC services to EDS Corp.<br>
Info seekers, hackers besiege government sites
War protesters and hackers are assaulting <i>.gov</i> and <i>.mil</i> Websites 'in digital retaliation' for the war in Iraq in record numbers, according to one security firm. The White House says the attacks are not unexpected.<br>
Despite mixed results, feds make GPEA a priority
October will mark five years since President Clinton signed the Government Paperwork Elimination Act in the hope that Internet technology would change the way the government interacts with citizens. Although the Net has transformed how agencies do business, the government will fall short of GPEA's vision.
Government sites see a spike in visits
Government Web sites captured the clicks of more than a third of all domestic Internet surfers last month, suggesting that their attempt to communicate to citizens through the Internet is gaining ground. <br>
DoD dodged bullet on Win 2000 vulnerability; experts wait for wider attacks
Microsoft Corp. has released a patch for the rare zero-day exploit of a weakness in its Windows 2000 operating systems, but some security experts say a broader attack could be in the offing. And the Army says it was not the target, as has been reported.<br>
Another View: Do Web sites put agencies' best faces forward?
Here is one unmistakable sign that it truly is a new day in government: A growing number of citizens in search of reliable health information, printable tax forms or Social Security information are likely to go to a computer to get what they need. The number of Americans who have visited government Web sites has jumped by more than 70 percent in the past two years, according to the Pew Internet & American Life Project.
State launches visa information site
The State Department today unveiled a Web site to provide details for people seeking visas for travel to the United States.<br>
How Air Force will move to Web services
The Global Combat Support System will be 'one of the main projects using XML messaging' to connect 22 pipelines for supplies, transportation, maintenance and other functions.<br>
Navy sets parameters for single portal project
The Navy has released a guide to establish a framework for the Navy-Marine Corps Portal, a single online structure to replace or integrate thousands of Web sites throughout the service. <br>
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