Digital Government

Free Linux software blocks hackers

Certain electronic intruders will have to find a new way to wreak havoc thanks to free Linux software released Thursday by Lucent Technologies' Bell Labs.

Acquisition

Treasury speeds IT buys

Treasury Department workers can order computer products online via a firstofitskind electronic procurement World Wide Web site, according to the terms of a blanket purchase agreement announced last week.

Digital Government

IBM speeds up DB2 database

IBM Corp. recently introduced the latest version of its DB2 database, which now comes with builtin decisionsupport features and key enhancements designed to speed up its performance with World Wide Webbased applications.

People

Access takes center stage

Section 508, an amendment to the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, requires federal agencies' electronic and information technology be accessible to people with disabilities.

Acquisition

GSA awards Millennia Lite contracts

The General Services Administration last week announced the award of the first information technology support services contracts under the Millennia Lite program

Digital Government

An office in your pocket

Small computing made a big splash at the FOSE trade show in Washington, D.C., last week.

Digital Government

Free Linux software blocks hackers

Certain electronic intruders will have to find a new way to wreak havoc thanks to free Linux software released Thursday by Lucent Technologies' Bell Labs

Digital Government

JetForm unveils "Jaguar"

The product, in beta tests with several federal agencies and state governments, automatically detects the browser type being used and presents the Web forms in the best way possible

Acquisition

Treasury setting up e-procurement site

Authorized employees at the Treasury Department soon will be able to order computer products online via an electronic procurement World Wide Web site, according to terms of a blanket purchase agreement

People

Reno: Communication barrier to accessibility

Attorney General Janet Reno on Tuesday presented the Justice Department's first scheduled report on Section 508, an amendment to the 1998 Workforce Investment Act

Digital Government

Partnership broadens agency offerings

Force 3 Inc., a network solutions provider, last week announced a partnership with Peregrine Systems, which specializes in infrastructure management

Digital Government

PictureTel forms ASP subsidiary

PictureTel Corp. is forming 1414c, an application service provider that can supply IPbased communications to agencies

Digital Government

Out of Africa

Redwing Satellite Solutions near London provides the wireless connectivity portion of the Multilateral Initiative on Malaria. Among the components Redwing supplies are the ground-based satellite hardware, use of the company's ground station hub in the United Kingdom, backhaul to the Internet backbone and rental of the space segment.

People

Rx for the digital divide

The Health Resources and Services Administration recently announced the launch of a pilot program that will provide Internetbased medical records for physicians and patients nationwide in HRSAfunded community health centers.

Digital Government

Beyond.com adds license tracking

Beyond.com recently released the latest version of its Enterprise Download Manager with a new licensetracking feature.

Digital Government

Net access aids malaria study

New project speeds research results from remote parts of Africa

People

GovHost.com joins e-government craze

The company allows smaller governments to offer services including online bill payment, permit applications and e-mail notices

People

Gartner Group: Arizona Internet vote paved way

Analysts credit the jump in the state's primary turnout to ability to vote online

People

Vendors could help e-gov boom

Spending on electronic government initiatives will more than quadruple over the next five years, and specialized vendors could help deal with that boom, according to the Gartner Group

People

Government Issue

Congress and some agencies are considering a bold plan to bring the concept of a digital government one step closer to fruition: Give each federal worker a computer.