People

BLM puts database online

The new Web site gives the public access to land and minerals records that previously required an inperson visit to a BLM access center

People

Online IRS directory on deck

The IRS soon will launch an online organizational directory that will enable anyone with a specific inquiry to find the IRS worker who can best answer the question

People

Net transactions: A style guide

It's not every day that industry heavyweights like IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp., Ariba Inc., Dell Computer Corp. and Sun Microsystems Inc. agree to work together on an Internetrelated initiative.

People

Key components of UDDI

Extensible Markup Language (XML), which tags information so that other systems know how to interpret it.

People

NIC, AOL building e-gov guide

NIC and America Online are building a national e-government guide for state government services and applications

People

Site speeds answers to farmers

The Farm Service Agency plans to announce today that it has added an intelligent search feature to its nationwide intranet portal, enabling employees to more quickly answer questions submitted by farmers.

Acquisition

Micron gets $10M VA desktop deal

The VA has selected Micron Government Computer Systems Inc. to supply more than 7,000 desktops in an agreement worth at least $10 million

Digital Government

Small biz invited into R&D pool

The Defense Department has announced a $556 million pool of grant capital for small technology companies' research and development proposals

Digital Government

New offering locates lost, stolen PCs

Lockheed Martin will resell Computrace, a computer tracking, monitoring and theft recovery solution from Absolute Software

Acquisition

DOD deal secures medical data

The Defense Department has awarded a contract to ensure the privacy and security of patient records in the Military Health System

People

USPTO: Good response on e-mail system

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's Email Response Messaging System provides automated answers and contact information

Digital Government

Congress gives out privacy advice

The Senate Judiciary Committee has compiled a guide to help Internet users protect their privacy online

Digital Government

GTSI brings two more into fold

GTSI announces a pair of alliances that will help government customers seeking to better monitor their ebusiness systems and those looking for faulttolerant servers

Digital Government

NASA to study its place in Digital Earth

NASA has commissioned studies to ascertain its own responsibilities in leading the multiagency Digital Earth program

People

Sun, NIC form e-government alliance

NIC will soon become the first egovernment company to join Sun Microsystems Inc.'s elite ServiceProvider.com Initiative

Digital Government

PITAC endorses open-source software

The federal government should use opensource software development for highend computing needs, a presidential advisory panel says

Digital Government

Tough times for 8(a)s

Procurement reform takes a bite out of minority firms federal IT sales

Digital Government

Gigabit Ethernet installation

Phase One (September 2000): Replace the existing Synoptics/Bay Networks Inc. Fiber Distributed Data Interface ring, which has been in place since 1993, with a Layer 3 backbone from Cisco Systems Inc.

Digital Government

New nets heat up Antarctica

Antarctica is a desert on ice. Although the continent holds more than 90 percent of the world's ice, it only averages a few inches of precipitation annually and is one of the least friendly places on Earth for human habitation.

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ProcureNet wins Hammer Award

ProcureNet was honored for developing an integrated supply program designed to streamline procurement and enhance service at a Defense supply center