Digital Government
Feds move closer to a 'single face'
Though the Clinton administration has yet to mandate a single system where agencies can post contract opportunities and other business opportunities for vendors, one posting system has captured the support of many agencies. The Electronic Posting System (EPS) is an Internetbased application that e
Digital Government
IDI to field USDA laptops, desktops
The Agriculture Department earlier this month awarded contracts valued at about $18.7 million to Intelligent Decisions Inc. for laptops and desktops to support the department's program to field a common set of technologies. Under the three contracts, Intelligent Decisions will provide about 8,500 s
Digital Government
Commerce to close NTIS
The Commerce Department plans to close the National Technical Information Service because its core function of providing government information for a fee is no longer needed, Commerce Secretary William Daley announced today.
Digital Government
Feds launch Web sites to help drought victims
Commerce Department Secretary William Daley on Wednesday launched two Internetbased tools to help inform Americans who are suffering through the heat and drought.
Digital Government
House urges White House to protect small businesses
The Clinton administration must work quickly to define strong regulations that will protect small businesses from the increasingly common practice of combining small individual contracts into one large pact, members of a House panel said last week. Members of the House Small Business Committee told
Digital Government
GAO: Security lapses jeopardize feds' personal info
Weak access controls are creating the potential for users to misuse, alter and disclose federal employees' sensitive personnel and financial information stored on National Finance Center computer systems, according to a new General Accounting Office report. NFC, a part of the Agriculture Department
Digital Government
DOT IG: FAA's runway safety system off track
A Federal Aviation Administration program designed to prevent runway incursions at airports is years behind schedule and millions of dollars over budget, according to an audit report released last month by the Transportation Department inspector general. The Airport Movement Area Safety System (AMA
Digital Government
NOAA site offers up wealth of data
With recent additions and planned improvements, the National Environmental Data Index World Wide Web site is a useful stop on the Internet for anyone interested in environmental and scientific data maintained by federal agencies. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration hosts the NEDI (w
Digital Government
Commerce Department IT official to resign
Larry Irving, assistant secretary of Commerce for communications and information and the administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, plans to leave the Commerce Department at the end of the summer, Commerce Secretary William Daley announced today.
Digital Government
GAO finds security lax for federal employees' personal info
Appropriators in the House of Representatives have slashed deeply into the president's budget request for NASA, putting into question funding for agency information technology projects for the next year.
Digital Government
National Weather Service wraps up modernization
The National Weather Service last week announced it has completed deployment of a new weather processing system, which brings to an end the agency's 10year, $4.5 billion modernization program to improve weather forecasting. The Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System (AWIPS) integrates rada
Digital Government
IBM ups e-commerce offerings, partnerships
IBM Corp. last week announced new industry partnerships and enhancements to its Net.Commerce electroniccommerce server and catalog tool offerings that include increased scalability and performance. The announcements should help users prepare for the anticipated increase in the use of ecommerce, a
Digital Government
Study: Electronic food-stamp costs lower than expected
The transaction costs associated with providing electronic food stamps to assistance recipients across state lines are lower than expected, removing a possible barrier to shifting the entire U.S. foodstamp program to electronic benefits transfer (EBT), a recently released study found. The prelimin
Digital Government
Pilots lack weather data, Hill told
Air transportation officials last week told a House panel that the Federal Aviation Administration's failure to put uptotheminute weather data into the hands of pilots is endangering the flying public. Accidents such as the fatal American Airlines crash that occurred last month during severe thu
Digital Government
Census puts tracking app on Web
The Census Bureau recently tapped a company to build an Internetbased application to reduce the burden of filing and collecting export information from companies shipping goods out of the country. The Census Bureau's Foreign Trade Division, which has primary responsibility for collecting, compilin
Digital Government
FAA: All systems Y2K-compliant
The Federal Aviation Administration today announced that all of its computer systems are Year 2000compliant, including air traffic control systems.
Digital Government
OMB: E-commerce striding forward
Agencies are making progress in using electronic commerce to improve the way they purchase goods and services, but challenges lie ahead, according to a longawaited Office of Management and Budget report released this month. According to the report, 'Electronic Purchasing and Payment in the Federal
Digital Government
Commerce plans CIO restructure
The Commerce Department is proposing a radical new information technology management structure that would give its bureau and agency chief information officers more authority over IT personnel and spending, FCW has learned. Among the key elements of the proposal is a plan to consolidate all departm
Digital Government
OMB report finds agencies moving successfully to e-commerce
Agencies are making progress in using electronic commerce to improve their buying and paying processes, according to a longawaited report released last Friday by the Office of Management and Budget.
Digital Government
Security, smart card tools take center stage at E-Gov
Security and smart cards highlighted last month's Electronic Government show in Washington, D.C., as vendors showcased products designed to protect data and make it safer for agencies to conduct business over the Internet. In addition, vendors seized the opportunity to preview their newest technolo
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