People

Homeland defense puzzle laid out

INS technology chief sees little understanding of how IT parts must work as a whole to improve homeland defense

People

FBI stands by fingerprinting

Despite dazzling biometrics, official tells Congress that fingerprinting is still the best

People

Ashcroft announces INS split

One agency will process immigrants and visitors, and the other will protect the nation's borders

Digital Government

INS system loses track of aliens

The Automated I-94 System fails to detect about 2 million aliens a year who overstay their visas

Digital Government

State delivers better money management

The U.S. embassy in Peru is the first U.S. diplomatic post overseas to use a new Web-based financial management system developed for the State Department

Digital Government

Anthrax spurs e-mail surge

Delivery of paper documents delayed, agencies warn

Digital Government

Keep Web sites simple

When it comes to congressional Web sites, users are much more impressed by simplicity

Digital Government

Ashcroft: Justice needs IT upgrades

Attorney General John Ashcroft called on senior Justice Department managers to find a way to improve the agency's information technology

Digital Government

House proposal would reorganize INS

Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner Jr. has introduced legislation to split the Immigration and Naturalization Service in two

Modernization

Justice shift calls for better IT

Wartime mobilization requires modern information technology, attorney general says

Acquisition

Consolidation core of e-gov push

Experience with cameras, facial recognition shows limits to catching terrorists

People

Vendors look to soothe jittery feds

As long as the clause question remains unresolved, vendors worry that it could disrupt IT buying by the biggest customer in the marketplace -- the federal government

People

A legal tangle

Litigation worries over accessibility law spark agency/contractor disputes

People

Web accessibility: A welcome change

But even some of the accessible Web sites could stand some usability improvements

People

Military e-voting plan wins backers

Congress plans DOD demonstration project in midterm elections

Digital Government

The message is clear: Keep it simple

Web users seek more information, less glitz on Congressional Web sites

Digital Government

E-voting wins backers

Internet voting technology is available, supporters say, but preparing localities will be a challenge

Digital Government

Anti-terror law expands powers

President Bush signed anti- terrorism legislation Friday that vastly expands government investigators' authority to conduct electronic surveillance

Digital Government

E-mail keeps lawmakers in touch

Is an electronic Congress next?

Digital Government

Anti-terror law expands powers

Bush signs anti-terrorism law that vastly expands federal authority to conduct electronic surveillance.