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William Matthews
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Designing Web pages for accessibility
'Make it easier for people to do the right thing and you will increase the probability that they will'
- By William Matthews
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FBI struggles with data management
Sniper investigation underscored tech, workforce problems
- By William Matthews
Digital Government
Horn: Feds still fail security
Horn's third 'report card' finds little improvement
- By William Matthews
Digital Government
Customs Service preps ACE
New automated trade monitoring system will debut in February with 40 shipping companies
- By William Matthews
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Privacy czar plays homeland role
Homeland Security Department privacy officer will have a tough time offsetting risk to personal privacy, observers say
- By William Matthews
Digital Government
Security flunks Horn's final exam
Overall, agencies earned an 'F' on Rep. Horn's latest report card on government security
- By William Matthews
Digital Government
Bill's secrecy provisions stick
Efforts by Senate Democrats to strip objectionable secrecy provisions from the homeland security bill apparently failed
- By William Matthews
People
House passes compromise e-gov bill
Legislation would create a federal Office of Electronic Government and a fund to promote e-government projects
- By William Matthews
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E-Gov Act on its way to president
Senate swiftly follows House in passing the Electronic Government Act of 2002
- By William Matthews
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Homeland work on fast track
Transition team ready to deliver basic tech services
- By William Matthews, Diane Frank, Allan Holmes and Judi Hasson
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FBI data management a tough case
Converting data to electronic form is only a start toward solving the FBI's records problems
- By William Matthews
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Immigration status a click away
Case Status Online offers a more convenient way for applicants to check the status of their cases
- By William Matthews
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House OKs homeland bill
The homeland security bill relies heavily on technology to safeguard the nation
- By William Matthews
People
More sites targeted for shutdown
After eliminating PubScience, commercial publishers aim at other government-funded services
- By William Matthews
People
Northrop's homeland value on rise
INS contract adds to agencies Northrop serves that will be part of the Homeland Security Department
- By William Matthews
Digital Government
GAO: Agencies share data despite laws
Technology is making it easier for government agencies to share information, so they are ? including details about your bank accounts, medical complaints and family lives
- By William Matthews
People
'Sensitive' classification still a sensitive issue
Presidents from three government science academies have urged the Bush administration not to declare information 'sensitive but unclassified' to withhold it from the public
- By William Matthews
People
Touch and see
NIST device lets visually impaired users 'feel' computer pictures and graphics
- By William Matthews
Digital Government
Database lets police share crime info
Mix of federal, state, local crime data provides 'quantum leap in crime fighting'
- By William Matthews
Digital Government
FBI asks companies to fight cybercrime
FBI Director Robert Mueller called for more help from companies to battle cybercrime
- By William Matthews