People

The cookie recipe

Under the new Office of Management and Budget policy, cookies should not be used on federal Web sites unless:

People

Congress: Stay out of the cookie jar

Just as agencies seem poised to begin offering more electronic services, digital government advocates are worried that recent efforts to control the collection of personal data on federal World Wide Web sites may slow the movement.

People

Clinton pushes access

Agencies have a renewed sense of urgency to provide technology that is accessible to everyone.

People

Rising expectations

Demand for hightech skills is moving women up the fed IT ladder

People

Stepping up

How women can get ahead in federal IT management

People

New IT czar bill introduced

Rep. Tom Davis introduced a bill that would create an office reporting to the president that would coordinate IT resources and information security decisions

Digital Government

Nations seek swift response to cyberattacks

Experts tell Congress that policies and procedures are needed to govern the sharing of cyberattack information internationally

People

President orders accessibility for disabled

President Clinton announced several new policies that will encourage agencies to make their technologies and practices accessible to people with disabilities

People

Clinton boosts agency accessibility

President Clinton is expected to release an executive order today that will help agencies make technologies and policies accessible to people with disabilities

People

FirstGov 'not worthy of being called a portal'

OMB Watch says the coming FirstGov federal Web site does not live up to President Clinton's vision of electronic access to government

People

Four thumbs up

The five agencies that have awarded task orders from the General Services Administration's Seat Management contract run the gamut in terms of size and environment.

Digital Government

Hill demands results from feds

House members last week said they intend to keep pressuring agencies and Congress to use program performance measurements to determine whether agencies are accomplishing their missions.

People

What's up with Seat?

When the General Services Administration awarded the first desktop outsourcing contract two years ago this month, many agencies met the deal with skepticism and even downright disdain.

People

Let me offer you a seat

The eight companies awarded a Seat Management contract in July 1998:

People

Seat Management: What it is and how it works

Seat management refers to outsourcing desktop computers and their related software, hardware, maintenance and help desk support.

People

Hill puts lid on cookie jar

Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-N.J.) last week added an amendment to the Treasury/ Postal appropriations bill calling for a moratorium on agency use of 'cookies,' small bits of software placed on a Web user's hard drive.

Digital Government

Making GPRA 'part of the culture'

Agencies have a long way to go before they will be able to truly link mission performance information to their budgets, officials tell a House subcommittee

Digital Government

GSA rethinks FIDNet solution

GSA will delay its acquisition of a governmentwide system to detect cyberattacks so the request for proposals can be aligned with commercial market solutions

People

White House: Hill slow to fund security

Calls for Congress to 'pick up the pace' on funding information security initiatives and to put forward legislation to help track and prosecute cybercriminals

Acquisition

Solving the procurement shell game

Goals for the Federal Acquisition Management Information System