OMB prepares a guide for agencies' Web content and design
Federal Web sites could soon have a similar look. The Office of Management and Budget is writing its recommendations for standards for site content management.
Survey says sites still lack accessibility
Of 148 federal Web sites sampled recently by a university professor, fewer than two dozen fully complied with Section 508 rules.
Most e-gov initiatives are ready to take off
Mark Forman and his colleagues at the Office of Management and Budget expect to be busy over the next four months with the launch of up to 21 first or second iterations of the 24 Quicksilver e-government initiatives.
Network to give EPA clearer picture
The Environmental Protection Agency receives seven major quarterly reports from state agencies and private facilities on topics ranging from drinking water to hazardous waste.
State Web sites neglect the 'weakest link'
Hackers find state government Web sites an irresistible target. Hack attacks shut down the Texas Lottery Commission's site, at <a href= "http://www.txlottery.org">www.txlottery.org</a>, twice during the past two years.
Feds work on data standards for grants
The Office of Federal Financial Management last month released proposed data standards for agencies submitting grant and funding opportunities to FedBizOpps.gov. The portal is the mandatory site for agencies to post contracting opportunities.
Interior moves forward with Geospatial One-Stop
The team working on Geospatial One-Stop intends to push ahead with development of the spatial data portal despite agencies' slow cooperation with the initiative, the project's chief says.
War college calls a digital Pearl Harbor doable
The Naval War College and consultants from Gartner Inc. of Stamford, Conn., last month held war games to see how easy it would be for attackers to disrupt key segments of the U.S. economy. They concluded it was doable, given enough time and money.
AT&T will host FirstGov
The General Services Administration is setting the Web foundation for many of the Office of Management and Budget's 24 e-government initiatives through the <a href="http://www.FirstGov.gov">FirstGov</a> portal.
Feds expect XML to ease info exchanges
PHILADELPHIA'Agencies are paving the road to information sharing with Extensible Markup Language tags, schemas and registries.
EPA views Web posting of data in a new light
Changes to the Environmental Protection Agency's Envirofacts Web site are the subject of intense debate.
Think tank report: Federal Web sites need better accessibility
Agencies still need to work on making federal Web sites more accessible to average citizens, according to a new report funded by a private think tank.
Incoming
Making the grade. This month, soldiers at three more Army installations'including one in Korea'enlisted in free online courses through the eArmyU program.
GSA awards $36 million contract for online procurement system
The General Services Administration's Federal Technology Service yesterday awarded Unisys a seven-year $36 million contract to develop, install and maintain a commercial procurement system from SAP America Inc. of Newton Square, Pa.
Disaster portal delayed
Slow response by 15 agencies to the Federal Emergency Management Agency's requests for content for the disasterhelp.gov portal has delayed the rollout of the service for disaster victims and responders.
Calif. counties map offenders' homes
Los Angeles County last month approved a plan to post on its Web site the locations of convicted sex offenders' homes to within a half-block.
Web app has a dynamic view of health
At 9:25 a.m. on Sept. 11, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta contacted Oracle Corp. to ask about getting a handle on critical care capacity at New York hospitals.
VA med center keeps a watch on Web traffic
The Long Beach, Calif., VA Medical Center wanted to put more patient services online.
@INFO.POLICY: Do you know how to tell if your site is any good?
Is my Web site any good? Any agency webmaster should be asking that question on a regular basis. And yet it is not the right starting question.
Online IT shopping has become a regular hit
Buying IT products on the Web has become a matter of routine for most government managers.
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