Reviewing three decades of change
Sue Rachlin this month retired as deputy CIO of the Interior Department, a post she has held since December 2000.
State lines
<b>The end</b>. Wisconsin's legislature last month gave preliminary approval to Gov. Jim Doyle's proposal to close down the state's 2-year-old Electronic Government Department.
How Florida boosts network security and uptime
The Sunshine State in February installed two Symantec Corp. products on its agency servers, said Mike Russo, Florida's chief information security officer.
Dot-gov no longer just for feds
The complicated, long and unmarketable Web addresses many state and local governments have been forced to use for years are no longer forced on them. States are no longer limited to using addresses such as Vermont's <a href= "http://www.state.vt.us">www.state.vt.us</a> or Riverside County, Calif.'s <a href= "http://www.co.riverside.ca.us">www.co.riverside.ca.us</a>.
Several NOAA Web sites get a major overhaul with additional features
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration turned a new face to the Web late last month, after treating two sites to cosmetic surgery.
Court raps Interior, EDS over Indian trust system
The attorney appointed by U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth to oversee the Interior Department's overhaul of its American Indian trust fund accounting systems charged that the department and its contractor collaborated to hide the system's flaws.
Tracking system on fast track
The Homeland Security Department has renamed the Entry-Exit System for tracking people who cross the border into the United States the U.S. Visitor and Immigration Status Indication Technology system, or US Visit.
Study finds investment in e-gov is still a government priority
Even in this time of tight budgets, government's commitment to reaching citizens through e-government is strong, according to a new report by the General Services Administration's Interagency Advisory Board. <br>
Web portal is communications hub for terrorist drill
Emergency response workers are using a Web portal to exchange vital information for the national terrorist attack exercise in Chicago, Seattle and Washington this week. <br>
OPM appeals GAO decision on Recruitment One-Stop
The Office of Personnel Management is asking the General Accounting Office to reconsider the bid protest decision it handed down regarding the contract for OPM's Recruitment One-Stop e-government project.<br>
Notebooks adopt Intel Centrino package
MPC Computers LLC has released a new model that incorporates Intel Corp.'s Centrino processor for high-speed mobile computing.<br>
Defense is set to open a new war game lab
The Joint Forces Command tomorrow will open a 10,000-square-foot laboratory in Suffolk, Va., to conduct live and virtual war games. <br>
Four agencies get e-gov rating boost on OMB management scorecard
The departments of Health and Human Services and State, the General Services Administration and the Agency for International Development took the biggest recent steps toward gaining green ratings for e-government on the President's Management Agenda's scorecard. <br>
House panel takes ax to Defense's 2004 IT budget
A House subcommittee voted Friday to slash $2 billion from the Defense Department's $28 billion fiscal 2004 IT budget request.<br>
GSA hires SRA to support acquisition institute
The General Services Administration has awarded SRA International Inc. a five-year, $8.2 million support contract to help the Federal Acquisition Institute revamp its acquisition services.<br>
Grid computing attacks smallpox
A grid-computing project designed to find drugs that would be effective against smallpox is more than halfway finished.<br>
Air Force will globally integrate security systems
An Air Force plan to bring all base security and force-protection programs under one directorship will get a boost from contracts awarded under the Integrated Base Defense Security System program.<br>
Study finds GIS potential at HUD
The Housing and Urban Development Department is uniquely positioned in the federal government to tap detailed, up-to-date information about local needs and conditions, according to a National Research Council committee. <br>
Davis moves services bill through committee
Rep. Tom Davis has come a step closer to changing the way the government buys services and trains the acquisition work force. <br>
FirstGov wins $100,000 innovations award
After relaunching the FirstGov Web portal earlier this week, GSA yesterday won a $100,000 grant from the Institute for Government Innovation at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. <br>
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