Happy Ending
When recovering from a Web site hack, agency managers should keep employees informed, prohibit IT staff from working around the clock and recognize their efforts once the job is done.
Web searchers lead off with agency sites
Government IT managers hoping for home runs when they seek federal, state and local government information and services on the Web rely mostly on agency Web sites and all-purpose commercial search engines, a GCN telephone survey found.
The Sky is not the Limit for Internet, Cerf says
Internet pioneer Vinton Cerf predicted an interplanetary Internet will be in place by the end of the decade, with communications satellites in orbit around Mars and linked with the Earth.
USPS readies business portal
Postal Service officials don't measure the documentation business mailers send them by thickness in inches, but in how many feet high the records stand.
New modems can boost your dial-up service'well, maybe
I live in rural Hawaii and make my living via the Internet. But high-speed broadband Internet services such as cable and digital subscriber lines aren't available in my part of paradise, so I use a dial-up connection via an analog modem.
Forms with function
The government has hundreds of thousands of forms available in Adobe Portable Document Format. But the vast majority of them can only be completed if they're printed out. There's no way for most of them'especially forms targeted to citizens'to be submitted electronically.
The lowdown on Web management tools
<b>What is it?</b> Web management tools help you do everything from keeping content current and synchronized to tracking usage and making certain the site hasn't been defaced.
Dynamic content
Static Web pages have been the focus of most agency Web projects, but dynamic content and interactivity are now on the agenda.
Web's an indispensable but flawed work tool
Using the Internet is as routine in a fed's workday as getting a cup of coffee.
App measures SSL performance of Web servers
A module for the FlameThrower platform from Antara LLC of Campbell, Calif., can stress-test the Secure Sockets Layer performance of Web servers and SSL accelerators.
Commerce site offers cyberclearinghouse for data
The Commerce Department's Web site, at <a href="http://www.commerce.gov">www.commerce.gov</a>, presents a navigable clearinghouse full of data, links and insight into Commerce bureaus and initiatives.
DefenseLink site has open arms for diverse users
Webmasters for federal sites face the challenge of presenting a single public face instead of multiple personas. And the front door to any federal Web presence must have a single welcome mat for vastly different users.
Cruising the IRS' Web site really isn't too taxing
If you think a typical government Web site looks officious and overly formal, visit the IRS' home page, at <a href="http://www.irs.gov">www.irs.gov</a>. It's probably the least official-looking government site on the Internet.
OSHA uses site to make workplace safe
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration sees its Web site as an extension of its efforts to improve workplace safety.
How NASA maintains a global portal
In recent years, as NASA has needed to gain public support to ensure the continuation of some of its programs, the space agency has turned the Web into a strategic asset.
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