People
Privacy group picks at Carnivore claims
The Electronic Privacy Information Center says an FBI memo reveals that Carnivore can intercept far more information than FBI officials said it could
Digital Government
3G wireless users may have to share
To accommodate commercial uses of 3G wireless technology, some government users will have to move and some frequencies will remain dedicated to DOD
People
SSA tests personal touch on Web
SSA tries out online interactive services including email response, automatic callback, instant messaging exchange and even voice
Digital Government
Ultra-wideband results delayed
Tests results of ultrawideband products and their effects on the Global Positioning System signal are expected next year
Digital Government
SSA to quicken disclosures to states
To cut the time it takes the Social Security Administration to stop paying benefits once someone has died from months to days, SSA is changing the rules on when the agency can reveal a Social Security number to states.
Digital Government
NASA splits security duties
NASA has created an office to oversee security, but the new Office of Security Management and Safeguards will assume responsibility for only a portion of the agency's computer operations
Digital Government
NASA tests Internet command
A demonstration this month may open the way for the command and control of space operations from the ground via the Internet
Digital Government
NASA divides security duties
NASA's new security office will assume responsibility for only part of the space agency's computer operations
People
EDGAR spiffed up during holiday
The SEC's Electronic Data Gathering Analysis and Retrieval system will be upgraded for full transition to the Web over Thanksgiving
Digital Government
Feds collecting signals on 3G wireless
Federal officials will be taking comments from the telecom industry over the next two weeks as they begin laying the groundwork for deploying 3G wireless
Digital Government
Interior seeks trust fund proposals
Interior Department officials are looking for a technological and business framework that will bring order to the chaos of operating the Indian land trust fund
Digital Government
Wireless falls short of hype
The convergence of highquality voice telephony and Internet capabilities has been championed, but 'its hype has never met up with its expectations'
People
Man on a mission
Bob Dies' mission and he has chosen to accept it is to use his privatesector experience to bring the FBI into the modern age of technology
People
DOD pressed on giving up bandwidth
President Clinton's recent call to agencies to develop plans for selecting radio frequencies to be used for thirdgeneration wireless systems is being greeted with a mixture of optimism and concern by the Defense Department
People
The Bob Dies file
Education: Bachelor's degree in mathematics from the University of Oklahoma.
Digital Government
Net diplomacy
It has become a cliche, but it's true: With the explosive growth of the Internet in the past decade, no one does business the same way anymore.
Digital Government
The limits of Net diplomacy
The Internet may be able to deliver previously banned or unedited information into the heart of repressive regimes, but the effects that information may have are limited.
Digital Government
NASA to make Mars rover smarter
Artificial intelligence plays a large part in NASA's plans over the next two decades, meaning that future Mars rovers may have a mind of their own
People
Agency help sought to ID child porn sites
A federally appointed panel wants law enforcement agencies to compile a master list of newsgroups, Web sites and IP addresses found to contain child pornography
Acquisition
State climbs into seat management
In a first for the State Department, the agency's Office of Foreign Buildings Operations is outsourcing the management of its PC networks
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