Digital Government
Health Passport
When Bismarck, N.D., held focus groups earlier this year to gauge how disadvantaged mothers and pregnant women would react to using a smart card that gives them access to Medicaid, Head Start and food subsidy programs, their concerns about privacy and technology were almost nil. Instead, recipients
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IT helps protect endangered whale
The Coast Guard and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration were among the organizations that late last month unveiled a new system to help ships avoid colliding with and killing an endangered whale in the North Atlantic Ocean. Starting this month, most commercial ships entering two imp
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Digital Commerce
In what could serve as a model across government, Commerce Department Secretary William Daley last week announced that he plans to move Commerce from a 'paperbased bureaucracy' to an alldigital department by 2002. 'I want to build a department that conducts personnel actions, procurement and as m
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Proposed agency no threat to DOE research
The head of a presidential advisory panel told the House Science Committee last week that a proposal to create a new nuclear weapons agency would not disrupt unclassified scientific research performed at Energy Department laboratories. Former Sen. Warren Rudman (RN.H.), who now heads the President
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Commerce taps 29 for small-biz IT work
In an effort to funnel more government information technology work to small businesses, the Commerce Department last week awarded the first governmentwide IT services contract specifically for small businesses. The department awarded 29 contractors pieces of the estimated $1.5 billion Commerce Info
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Building consensus
Mary Mitchell, deputy associate administrator of the Office of Electronic Commerce at the General Services Administration, knows better than most people the challenges and the significance of consensus building. She learned this firsthand during her 17 years at the National Institute of Standar
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Commerce plans to go all-digital
Commerce Secretary Bill Daley yesterday announced that he plans to move the Commerce Department from a paperbased bureaucracy to an alldigital department in three years.
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Commerce awards mega-IT pact to support small, minority firms
The Commerce Department today announced the winners of a massive governmentwide information technology services contract that has a primary goal of funneling business to small and minority businesses.
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Gemplus tailors smart card for PKI
Smart card vendor Gemplus this week will unveil a smart cardbased security solution that authenticates users who access corporate networks and perform online transactions. The solution also provides tools to manage the cards. Extranets, intranets and virtual private networks are driving new ways o
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Storm tech praised for May showing
When more than 70 tornadoes raged across central Oklahoma May 3, the National Weather Service credited advances in technology for helping to warn people well in advance and for saving lives, according to agency officials testifying at a congressional hearing this month. The lead time of tornado war
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Senators aim to put DOE security measures into law
In the wake of the recent alleged spy case involving nuclear weapons information, a group of senators said today they would put into law the recommendations laid out by an advisory panel this month aimed at improving security problems at the Energy Department.
Digital Government
Smart ID card gains support
The Defense Department's Smart Card Office is expected to recommend this summer that all military identification cards be replaced with smart cards despite past reluctance to make that move. Speaking at DOD's Electronic Commerce Day conference in Washington, D.C., this month, Martha Neal, deputy di
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House takes USDA to task over e-filing system
A House panel this week dismissed claims made by the Agriculture Department that it does not have enough funding or resources to complete a computer system that would allow farmers to do more of their business with the agency via the Internet, and the panel urged that development move ahead.
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PTO gears up for small-biz acquisition
The Patent and Trademark Office earlier this month briefed vendors on a new followon acquisition specifically set aside for small businesses that will provide the agency with a variety of hardware including PCs and laptops. Through the $171 million Desktop Acquisition ReMap Team contract (DART), P
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Edge carves out niche in network management
Edge Technologies Inc., a 6yearold products and services company, is a niche player that prides itself in its ability to take on 'the big guys' in the industry, such as HewlettPackard Co. Based in Fairfax, Va., Edge devotes its time and energy to building tools and applications and providing ser
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DOD may use smart cards as ID
The Defense Department's Smart Card Office is expected to recommend later this summer that all military identification cards be replaced with smart cards.
Digital Government
House bill lets FAA use tax money for new IT
A House committee last month passed a reauthorization bill that would allow the Federal Aviation Administration to use money collected from taxes on passenger tickets and other sources to pay for modernization programs. The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee sent to the full House fo
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Cisco debuts stackable workgroup switches
Cisco Systems Inc. late last month unveiled its first family of stackable 10/100 Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet switches, which are designed to ease the management of complex workgroup networks. The new Catalyst 3500 Series XL switches support new Cisco software that allows network managers to manag
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GSA hopes smart card gains fans
The General Services Administration hopes an upcoming governmentwide program for buying smart card products and technologies will help jumpstart the use of the cards by federal agencies. The Smart Access Card program, run by GSA's Office of Electronic Commerce, will cover a wide range of smart car
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GAO wants USDA to finish Y2K contingency plans sooner
The General Accounting Office has pushed the Agriculture Department to cut its deadline for completing and testing its Year 2000 business continuity and contingency plans by three months.
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