People

Security runs through DOT budget

Some FAA funding shifts to Transportation Security Administration; Coast Guard's Deepwater a major winner

People

Interior accounts for trust reform

The department's budget proposal includes $671.6 million in overall IT spending -- about a $44 million increase

Digital Government

A familiar scenario

Two years ago, the EPA went off-line after a GAO audit found security weaknesses

Digital Government

The great divide

Interior's legal tangle reveals the cultural gap that often undermines good IT management

People

Interior inches ahead with online operations

The department has taken tentative steps to restore operations, but major systems remain off-line

Digital Government

Keeping snowplows on the road

Highway administration tests system for boosting satellite-positioning data

People

Travel Manager updates for e-gov

Gelco says new system is more robust in terms of its ability to run across public networks and the Internet

People

SBA advances loan sale technology

Use of Open E-Cry technology enabled bidders to post offers in real time over the Internet

People

Agency gives drivers online fast lane

Commercial bus and truck operators now can update their motor carrier information on the Web

Acquisition

Indus poised to begin Goddard work

NASA awards contract for Web solutions, IT architecture and systems engineering for Goddard's business information systems

People

Airline tech in the wings

Airlines are relying heavily on low-tech solutions for screening checked baggage for explosives, but they'll be rolling out higher tech as the year unfolds

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Plan maps out smart transportation

The Intelligent Transportation Society of America unveiled its vision for the future of transportation

People

A view from above

Remote sensing technology, which uses aircraft to gather data from the terrain below, landed a starring role in the recovery efforts following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks

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High-tech security in the wings

Airlines will rely heavily on low-tech solutions as they begin screening all checked baggage for explosives this week

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Plan maps out smart transportation

DOT to examine Intelligent Transportation Society of America's vision for the future of transportation

People

Transportation security chief appointed

John Magaw will head the newly chartered Transportation Security Administration

Digital Government

NOAA aircraft studies stormy weather

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration finished flying a series of hightech missions over the Pacific Ocean earlier this year to collect data that eventually will help scientists build more accurate and timely forecasts and increase their understanding of turbulence. NOAA's Gulfstream

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OPM to expand definition of IT positions

The Office of Personnel Management plans to consolidate occupational titles and further define information technology positions. Marilyn Gowing, director of personnel resources and the development center at OPM, briefed the Chief Information Officers Council in July on an initiative to create unive

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DNA decoding draws competition

The federal government's Human Genome Project (HGP), a 15year, $3 billion venture launched in 1990 to map out and catalog human DNA, has proceeded exceedingly well. And while the project which uses computers to identify DNA fragments has reached its halfway point ahead of schedule, it has met

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FEC wants electronic campaign data

With the 1998 election season about to gear up fully after Labor Day, the Federal Election Commission released a request for proposals this month to develop partnerships with software companies to encourage the electronic filing of campaign fundraising and spending reports. According to the RFP, t