Digital Government

UPDATED: Bush proposes more money for R&D

In his State of the Union address, Bush announced several new initiatives to stimulate research and develop and find technologies to end the nation's dependence on oil.

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Web site overlap may belie NASA divides

Three multimedia Web sites track the same data, possibly signifying chaos at NASA, a former agency scientist says.

Modernization

Tech could redefine 'car talk'

The Federal Highway Administration is researching ways to enable cars to communicate with traffic signals.

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Web helps librarians find digitized documents

The Government Printing Office has launched an online registry that will serve as a locator tool for identifying federal document collections that are being digitized.

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Mission Impossible: Printing in the Digital Age

GPO faces a mission that it has no choice but to accept -- remaining viable in an era in which traditional printing is disappearing

Digital Government

IT group missing just one thing -- members

PCAST, formed 7 months ago to focus on IT research, still lacks new members

Digital Government

FAA telecom program draws more fire

The agency has made no progress in the past six months on overhauling systems that allow traffic controllers to communicate with pilots.

Modernization

OMB to enforce records management

Federal officials have expanded the federal enterprise architecture program by adding a large-scale records management initiative.

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Library to store records, movies in Cold War vault

The Library of Congress will transport thousands of vinyl records to an underground vault for digitization and preservation.

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Archivist promotes former NARA CIO to new position

NARA's CIO, Reynolds Cahoon, is now the senior adviser on electronic records.

Digital Government

PCAST meets without new members

PCAST members indicated an interest in IT research and development at today's meeting.

People

CXOs crowd the landscape

Too many chiefs at the workplace force CIOs to dodge IT turf wars

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Interior names acting deputy CIO

Bill Corrington will serve as acting deputy chief information officer at Interior while the department looks for a permanent deputy.

Digital Government

GPO outsources to FedEx Kinko's

Federal employees can do small printing jobs at any location under a new GPO contract.

People

Search tech finds government info best, survey says

It shows that more than 56 percent of respondents believe search technology is powerful enough to replace government standards for information management.

People

Pilots resist FAA rule on cabin surveillance

The proposed rule would require airlines to install equipment in airplane cockpits for monitoring suspicious cabin behavior.

People

Searching cyberspace for history

Historians and the National Archives and Records Administration are collaborating to monitor auction house Web sites to find missing and stolen government records.

Modernization

GPO gives vendors more time

The Government Printing Office seeks to revolutionize the way it distributes government information.

People

Careerist at State Department named CIO

James Vanderhoff began his information technology career as a communications electronics officer.

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NASA tries to sound more down-to-earth

The Web manager said the agency's site should communicate technical concepts clearly to nonscientists.