Digital Government
VA site reacts to war movie
Steven Spielberg's latest epic, the World War II movie 'Saving Private Ryan,' seems to have stirred up more than sales at the box office. The Department of Veterans Affairs has set up a section on its World Wide Web site for those veterans who may suffer from flashbacks or posttraumatic stress dis
Digital Government
Task force to make IT accessible to disabled
The Clinton administration has convened a new public/private task force to help design products that would enable people with disabilities to use technology more easily. Responding to criticism that the government has not done enough to help disabled individuals gain access to information technolog
Digital Government
HUD to test handhelds in housing review
The Department of Housing and Urban Development this month launched a program that will rely on handheld computers to revolutionize the management of the nation's 14,000 public housing developments nationwide. Under the Public Housing Assessment System (PHAS), HUD plans to outfit contracted public
Digital Government
HHS plans to use PCs for tobacco survey
Looking for a way to improve privacy in a survey that has become part of the raging debate over tobacco, the Department of Health and Human Services is considering using computer technology to conduct a study of tobacco use among young people. For months, HHS has been preparing a survey of 20,000 i
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