People

The best testing approach

Testing how users deal with new Web sites is central to the usability process, but how that testing should be conducted is hotly debated

People

Automating the process

Very few tools out there have the ability to automate any part of the usability testing process

Digital Government

IBM unveils e-learning system

Company also unwraps new versions of Notes, Domino and instant messaging

People

Making do

Agencies' efforts to design 'usable' Web sites slowed by lack of resources, training

Digital Government

Instant messaging and presence

IBM Corp. supports Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) in its Sametime instant messaging product

Digital Government

State's online transactions on rise

Washington's new electronic transactions include replacing lost driver's licenses

Digital Government

State tries out cost-comparison site

Wisconsin is testing an online system that will provide basic comparisons of health care costs across the state

Digital Government

Visualize better math and science

Teacher training program uses visualization technologies to improve math and science education

Modernization

Sprint makes local link

Sprint is the latest company to try to extend its federal expertise to the state and local government markets

Digital Government

Census tests boundaries on Web

The Census Bureau is upgrading the system for revising state and local government boundary data

People

Tools you can use

Easier-to-use interfaces are a top priority as IT grows in sophistication

People

Army WIN-T takes tech on the road

Mobile IP lets users stay connected to roaming, mobile network

People

DOD cracks smart-card nut

Middleware contracts should boost smart-card versatility, interoperability

People

DOD keeps vendors on their toes

Middleware vendors may have a hard time with the Defense Department's approach to its Common Access Card procurement

People

Tried and true gets a new spin

In many ways, a research group is trying to turn the direction of people/computer interaction back to the days of pencil and paper

Digital Government

An open question

The 'Rosetta Stone' of smart-card architecture ensure the interoperability of cards

Digital Government

Sprint seizing local opportunities

Sprint is working to capitalize on markets produced by homeland security and e-gov requirements

People

Making IT easier to use

The demands of homeland security are moving technologies out of their traditional domains of expert users

Digital Government

GIS paves easier way to see data

GeoMedia-Hansen Interface joins tabular and spatial data to give transportation managers a view of assets

Digital Government

IBM fueling teacher training

IBM is putting $15 million into a grant program that will provide technology to boost teachers' skills