Technicalities
Sigbritt Lothberg, 75, recently had a 40 gigabits/sec connection installed in her home in central Sweden, the fastest residential link to date.
Government IT gets star treatment at FOSE
The 29th edition of FOSE opens tomorrow at the Washington Convention Center with a three-day slate of exhibits, demonstrations, discussions and meetings on IT and government.
Silex WiPrint
Travelers who find themselves in need of a printer don't always have a lot of options.
'Every day, make a difference'
Panel discusses what makes a leader.
Donna Bonar - HHS: The system pays
Donna Bonar remembers being closer to the front lines of child support enforcement, working in the paternity division of the Marion County Prosecutor's Office in Indianapolis in the late 1970s.
PostNewsweek publications honored at Neal Awards
Washington Technology won a gold medal today at the 50th Annual Jesse H. Neal National Business Journalism Awards in New York, for its coverage last year on the use of dubious academic degrees among federal employees.<br>
Accessibility benefits every user
Ergonomic and accessibility technologies serve all users regardless of their needs, speakers said yesterday at the Interagency Disability Educational Awareness Showcase 2003 in Washington.<br>
Customs CIO Hall to retire
S.W. 'Woody' Hall Jr., who has led IT modernization efforts at Customs and Border Protection in five years as assistant commissioner of IT and CIO, will retire on Nov. 1. <br>
Four ex-feds join IT consulting firm
Four former government IT executives have joined the Washington consulting firm McConnell International LLC.<br>
Cuviello to retire; Boutelle new CIO
President Bush has nominated Army Maj. Gen. Steven W. Boutelle for promotion to lieutenant general and assignment as the Army's CIO.
Boutelle tapped to be Army CIO
President Bush has nominated Army Maj. Gen. Steven W. Boutelle for promotion to lieutenant general and assignment as the Army's CIO. <br>
Best-made plans draw bucks
You've done everything right'sold your project to agency chiefs, dotted i's and crossed t's on a business case, fit everything securely into the pieces of an enterprise architecture and received the blessing of the Office of Management and Budget.
The dividends are in the details
Under the Office of Management and Budget's structure for approving and funding agency IT projects, writing a business case has become an inescapable fact of life.
GAO report tracks the rise of IT services
Federal spending on IT services nearly doubled from 1997 through 2001, with the most significant increase coming through General Services Administration contracts, according to a report from the General Accounting Office.<br>
NIST: Put faces and fingerprints on visas for ID
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is recommending a dual biometric system of fingerprint and facial recognition, possibly stored on smart cards, to identify visa holders at the nation's borders.
NIST recommends dual biometrics for visas
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is recommending a dual biometric system of fingerprint and facial recognition, possibly stored on smart cards, to identify visa holders at the nation's borders.<br>
Assess your LAN before choosing the best plan
A few years ago, the state of IT in the city of Falls Church, Va., was in what chief financial officer Shirley Hughes calls the dark ages.
Pick an outsourcing model that fits your needs
When it comes to outsourcing human resources work, government agencies have several options.
DOJ analysis tool adds up
The Justice Department has enhanced management of its work force with a new analysis and reporting tool that lets program managers bring payroll and personnel data quickly to the surface.
Here's looking (back) at you
In 1982, Ronald Reagan was in the second of his eight years as president, Leonid Brezhnev died and Yuri ('Yuri, We Hardly Knew Ye') Andropov stopped in for a cup of chai as Soviet general secretary. The Cold War dragged on.
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