People
Navy e-business proposals pour in
In less than two months, the Navy eBusiness Operations Office has received more than 300 proposals requesting funding for ebusiness pilot projects
People
Info overhaul gathers comment
The U.S. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science gathered public comments on its proposal to overhaul the way government handles information
People
OPM unveils IT pay-raise details
OPM has released details on the wage increases certain federal IT workers will receive in 2001
People
XML portal in the works
A working group of the federal CIO Council plans a Web site to promote XML technology
People
USDA boosts modernization
After many failed attempts, the Agriculture Department appears to have gotten a key computer modernization program on track.
People
CIO Council readies XML portal
A CIO Council working group plans a portal to coordinate the use of XML a specification that can help organizations share data
People
USDA modernization picks up momentum
The Department of Agriculture is ramping up a program that will enable it to deliver centralized services to farmers nationwide
Digital Government
Panel: Overhaul data dissemination
A presidential advisory commission is proposing sweeping changes to how the government maintains and disseminates public documents in the era of the Internet
Digital Government
Performance not measuring up, GAO finds
Federal managers are not making much progress in managing for results, according to the General Accounting Office
People
Rule would reduce feds' aches and pains
Final ergonomics rule from OSHA is designed to reduce workrelated physical disorders that are caused from poorly designed work spaces
Acquisition
SBA gives agencies more 8(a) buying power
The Small Business Administration wants to streamline the way agencies award contracts to socially and economically disadvantaged small businesses
People
Pay raise particulars
Who: Computer specialists (GS334), computer engineers (GS854) and computer scientists (GS1550) in the GS5 through GS12 grades.
People
Raise gets mixed reviews
The Office of Personnel Management's plan to raise the salaries of about 33,000 information technology workers in government has drawn both praise and disappointment from employees
People
A patent improvement
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is now receiving the first of what could be tens of thousands of patent applications filed electronically this fiscal year.
Digital Government
The big payoff
The extended wait and battle for this fiscal year's information technology budget appears to have been worth it.
People
IT workers to receive pay hike
Beginning in January, tens of thousands of information technology professionals in the federal government will receive a pay raise, the Office of Personnel Management announced Nov. 3.
Digital Government
ISP starts storm service
An Internet service provider is launching an Internet-based severe-weather warning service for its customers this week, and the National Weather Service hopes other companies will follow suit.
People
Patent applications go online
A new electronic patent application filing system enables anyone to file a confidential patent application over the Internet
Digital Government
Internet service starts weather warning
An ISP will launch a severeweather warning service for its customers next week, and the National Weather Service hopes others will follow suit
Digital Government
SBA strategy puts priority on IT
The Small Business Administration has made modernizing its technology systems a priority in its new fiveyear strategic plan
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