Park Service lights the Web
This year's July 4 fireworks in Washington were not only broadcast on TV but also on the Web. The National Park Service produced it in cooperation with TVWorldwide.com Inc. of Chantilly, Va., a streaming video service provider.
OMB's new Web site copies FirstGov model
The Office of Management and Budget earlier this month revamped its Web site, applying the same three-clicks-to-service approach as the <a href="http://www.FirstGov.gov">FirstGov.gov</a> portal.
Command system gets 11 upgrades since Sept. 11
The Defense Department is working on a corollary to the adage that what you don't know can kill you. It goes: What modern warfighters know can kill their enemies.
OPM awards contract to develop an e-learning site
The Office of Personnel Management last month moved closer to unveiling its new e-learning Web site. It awarded a task order to Geolearning Inc. of West Des Moines, Iowa, to redesign the National Learning Center's site and provide courses.
Watch out Amazon, here comes MMS
The Interior Department's Minerals Management Service today unveiled an online ordering system that lets users research oil well and gas well data online and buy the data on CD-ROM.
Another View: NCI designed its site with users in mind
It's hard to imagine how the world got along before the Web. Now, it is hard to figure out how to live with it.
Retirement system steps down for Web system
After 29 years of faithful service, Wisconsin's retirement system is making room for the next generation.
App tracks firefighting assets
As the worst fire in Colorado's history sweeps across thousands of acres, an interagency wildfire management organization has begun deploying a Web application to manage firefighting resources online.
Pair of lawmakers pushes 508 rule for Capitol Hill
Congress is intended to be of the people, by the people and for the people, but on many lawmakers' Web sites, that doesn't include the nation's 54 million disabled citizens.
Like rain, spam is unstoppable, but we can open our umbrellas
When I came home on a recent Tuesday afternoon after a three-day weekend, I found 127 e-mail messages in my inbox. Four were from friends or family, four contained information I had requested from computer vendors, and two were from online newsletters I subscribe to.
Navy opens third NMCI center in Hawaii
Today in Hawaii, the Navy is opening its third network operations center to support the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet.
OMB models its site redesign on FirstGov portal
Keeping in line with the redesign of the FirstGov portal, the Office of Management and Budget has revamped its Web site applying the same three-clicks-to-service approach.
House makes resolutions in XML
The House of Representatives is pioneering its shift to Extensible Markup Language with simple resolutions, which started in January.
EPA will buttress environment site
The Environmental Protection Agency by October plans to add data about local conditions from all 50 states to its Window to My Environment site.
Benefits portal attracts new partners
The Labor Department's <a href="http://GovBenefits.gov">GovBenefits.gov</a> portal next week will have 30 additional benefits programs, and more programs will join at a rate of 20 to 40 per month for the rest of the year, program manager George Wollner said yesterday.
Here's Chip Gizmo
Thirty-year-old Chip Gizmo will be the new computer technician at what is arguably the most famous Army base, Camp Swampy.
OPM previews Recruitment One-Stop site
The Office of Personnel Management is asking vendors to expand its USAJobs.opm.gov site by adding features such as the ability to submit one resume for multiple job openings.
VBA awards task orders for training support
The Veterans Benefits Administration recently awarded three task orders worth $3.4 million to Anteon International Corp. of Fairfax, Va., for systems development and Web training services.
Lure visitors to your site on the cheap
It doesn't take costly advertising campaigns to draw more traffic to agencies' Web sites. Pat Wood, senior adviser for usability in the General Services Administration's FirstGov Office, has drawn up a list of free or low-cost ways to market government Web sites. Attendees at the recent FedWeb 2002 conference in Bethesda, Md., added their own suggestions to lengthen Wood's list from 59 items to 93.
Databases tag along with XML
Extensible Markup Language has become the data format of choice for many emerging applications in e-commerce and e-government.
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