Digital Government

Dems propose creating e-Congress

Members could hold hearings, debate and conduct votes online, the Democratic Leadership Council says

Digital Government

Recognizing facial ID possibilities

Are cameras and identification software simply creating a high-tech version of small-town society?

People

Web usability obstacles abound

Web pages can comply with Section 508 and still suffer from usability problems, a new report says

Digital Government

Bill aims at data-sharing gap

FBI would have to share information in criminal records databases with the State Department and INS

Digital Government

Tech Talent Bill introduced

Bill is aimed at increasing the number of citizens with degrees in science, math, engineering and technology

Digital Government

Mail-tracking tech touted

Greater use of bar codes was among a task force's high-tech suggestions to improve postal performance

People

Smart card program gets rolling

The Air Force has ordered three trailers to move from base to base issuing Common Access Cards

Digital Government

E-gov bill stalls in Senate

E-government legislation designed to bring greater coordination to the way agencies use IT is unlikely to pass the Senate this year

Digital Government

E-gov legislation stalls

National tragedy, Bush administration opposition stymie E-Government Act of 2001

Digital Government

Congress slows surveillance changes

Action is postponed on rules governing wiretaps, e-mail intercepts and other police powers

Digital Government

Security trumps privacy in new order

Federal agents continue to comb e-mail logs in their search for evidence in the Sept. 11 terrorist strikes

Digital Government

Banned by the bench

The Judicial Conference of the United States has adopted a ?model appropriate use policy? that imposes a strict prohibition on most personal uses of office computers

Digital Government

Mixed verdict for court records

Decision clears way for electronic access to civil cases, but not criminal

Digital Government

Civil liberty warnings raised

Surveillance technology may do more damage to civil liberties than to terrorists, civil libertarians say

People

Court workers curbed on net use

Policy ends federal court employees' personal use of a nationwide data network

Digital Government

Mixed verdict for courts records

Decision clears way for electronic access to civil cases, not criminal

Digital Government

Victims site a 'work in progress'

Justice launches site to provide information and assistance for victims of the Sept. 11 attacks

Digital Government

White House online: One-way only

Web site gives but doesn't receive, critics say

Digital Government

Web site eases moving chores

The U.S. Postal Service is ready to use the Internet to make it easier for postal customers to change their addresses

Digital Government

Senate OKs easier use of Carnivore

In the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the Senate passed legislation Sept. 13 to ease restrictions on the surveillance of e-mail traffic and other electronic communications