People

Where is your congressman?

Systems help keep track of lawmakers during a crisis.

People

Chemical publisher goes after NIH

The American Chemical Society is lobbying Congress to rein in a new National Institutes of Health database designed to accelerate biomedical research.

People

Libraries to study government information digital divide

A new federally funded Internet access study comes too late for a couple of computer technology center programs that could have applied its findings.

Digital Government

E-cycling task force forms

House members started a task group about electronic waste.

Cybersecurity

Interior defends wireless plan

An upcoming solicitation will only cover voice service, not Internet access, Interior says.

People

'Tomahtoes' get in the way of saving e-records

Subtle differences in language between IT, archivists wreak havoc.

Modernization

Interior to use wireless despite Internet court battle

A December Interior IG report shows numerous cases in which the agency did not take proper steps to secure wireless traffic.

Modernization

Dell recycles Park's PCs

And the National Park Service won't pay a dime.

People

CSC beats NASA workers for shared services

The A-76 award for the NASA Shared Services Center went to CSC for $230 million.

People

Depository librarians face uncertain future

Controversy swirls around GPO plan to cut back on print titles.

Digital Government

The computer recycling bin

Agencies' approaches to recycling electronics are largely piecemeal.

Acquisition

OMB to review interagency purchasing deals

Meanwhile, fate of many popular cross-agency contracts is in limbo.

People

Hill renews calls for emergency preparedness

Rep. Tom Davis requested a third report on continuity of operations plans after GAO officials delivered worrisome findings.

Modernization

Fed agencies edge toward VOIP

Education, Interior departments step up efforts to deploy IP telephony.

Digital Government

Tech helps Hill evacuation

But there's no way to keep track of evacuees.

Digital Government

Committee pushes through tsunami bill

The House Science Committee recently approved a bill that would provide for $86 million in three years for tsunami work.

People

Clinton tapes face destruction

Historians worry that the wording of the destruction notice is too vague, but NARA says all the data will be preserved, including notes and metadata.

Digital Government

U.S. dominates supercomputing, but for how much longer?

Bill advances amid concerns about research funding.

People

Davis pokes into preparedness

The leader of the House Government Reform Committee wants to know if agencies are ready for employees to work remotely during terrorist attacks and natural disasters.