Two administration sites keep feds informed
The White House and an interagency group have set up two Web sites to keep federal employees better informed. One site supplies White House information, the other is for people needing access to federal disability programs.<br>
Diaz to join Homeland Security Office team
Top federal IT talent continues to migrate to the Homeland Security Office at the White House. Deborah Diaz, associate administrator for the General Services Administration's E-government Solutions Support Office, will join the office Oct. 28 to help create a Web presence, a GSA spokeswoman said today.
Iowa launches Web site for bids and proposals
Post it, and they will come. Iowa lawmakers decreed in April that state agencies must advertise all requests for bids and proposals on a page that went up this month on the state's Web site, at eservices.iowa.gov/rfp. Vendors can find specific RFPs by typing in keywords.
Group analyzes NMCI while services lighten app load
Personnel from the Defense Operational Test and Evaluation division finished an assessment of the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet last Friday and will spend the next 30 days analyzing the results. The division tested thousands of computer seats that have been transferred to NMCI and that now ride on the NMCI infrastructure.
Virginia disciplines 86 workers for misusing Internet
The Virginia Transportation Department last week disciplined 86 employees and contract workers for abuse and excessive use of the Internet.
Regional officials embrace e-mail, study finds
Mayors and city council members across the country routinely use e-mail to communicate with constituents, in contrast to federal elected officials who are swamped with e-mail and often dismiss it, according to a new study.
NASA spots Earth's trouble spots
The Earth Observatory at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., daily pinpoints global hazards such as wildfires, volcano eruptions and large-scale storms on a world map, which is posted <a href="http://www.earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards">here</a>.
Tools to cut the cord
When the Internet was new, the rush was on to get every office wired. But now, the explosive growth of the Web and e-mail has left many organizations tethered to tangled, intricate Category 5 webs of their own mad creation. Today, a rush is on again'this time to get rid of the wires.
EPA plans to widen public portal to environmental data
The Environmental Protection Agency is gearing up to expand its Window to My Environment portal to make more state and federal environmental data easily available to the public. As the project matures, EPA officials are beginning to extend the uses of the map-based tool to regulatory tasks as well.
Internaut: The Net started out as a federal experiment
The typical citizen probably thinks of the Internet as something that appeared in the mid-1990s. But most government employees likely have a better understanding of the Net's history.
Five agencies soup up their Web sites to load fast
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' main page loaded in less than half a second. Sites run by the FBI, the Supreme Court, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Library of Congress were just slightly slower, all taking less than a second to pop up. The FBI site has been among the fastest on the Web for almost a year, according to Keynote Systems Inc. of San Mateo, Calif.
FTC pens Dewie the Turtle to promote Internet safety
A new symbol for safe Internet practices today joined Smokey Bear and Woodsy Owl in the federal government's menagerie of mascots for public-spirited practices. The Federal Trade Commission unveiled <b>Dewie the Turtle</b>, an upbeat green cartoon, at the Privacy2002 conference in Cleveland.
Disaster portal set for soft launch tomorrow
A pared-down version the Federal Emergency Management Agency's <i>disasterhelp.gov</i> will go online tomorrow for beta testing. FEMA officials have scheduled the full rollout of the portal for late next month.
Load testing delays Online Rulemaking's debut
Although the Transportation Department planned to launch its Online Rulemaking portal this week, the DOT team has found it needs a couple of more weeks to make sure the system that can handle 1,000 simultaneous users.
Auditors push Colorado to offer licenses online
Colorado's Legislative Audit Committee is urging the state's Revenue Department to incorporate online processing of driver's licenses and vehicle registrations into its planned new system for motor vehicle regulation, as a way of cutting costs and speeding service.
Webcasting software invites the audience
VS Webcasting 2.0 software from Virage Inc. can organize, produce and archive webcasts cost-effectively for organizations that hold six or more such events a year, said David Girouard, senior vice president of marketing for the San Mateo, Calif., company.
Secretary Norton is cited for contempt in Indian trust case
A federal judge yesterday found Interior secretary Gale Norton and assistant secretary for Indian affairs Neal McCaleb in contempt of court for failing to fix systems that manage trust fund accounts for American Indians.
USAID site helps companies go global
A federal Web site is helping businesses become multinational, even if they don't have multibillion-dollar portfolios.
GSA taps DynCorp for $867 million EPA pact
The General Services Administration has awarded an $867 million, seven-year task order to DynCorp Systems and Solutions LLC to provide IT services to the Environmental Protection Agency.
Web sites reinforce security and privacy policies, review finds
A Brown University analysis of government Web sites found that more federal and state sites are taking security and privacy seriously compared to last year.
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