Digital Government

Internet voting gains new appeal

Florida fiasco spurs push for new ballot technology

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E-gov leads IT spending forecast

Federal spending on egovernment is likely to increase by 10 percent a year for the next five years, a Virginia market research firm says

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Workforce, e-gov top CIOs' worries

Hiring and retaining good workers is still the No. 1 concern of government IT managers; making egovernment work is No. 2

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Public getting impatient about e-gov, experts say

Rising public expectations regarding egovernment mean that the new president will need a plan to answer those expectations, a group of senior government officials has advised.

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Experts: E-gov examples shine abroad

If the new president needs some ideas about egovernment, he ought to look at Bulgaria, a group of government experts advises

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NARA endorses software testing

Tests designed by the military to evaluate recordkeeping software have earned NARA stamp of approval, with caution

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Senator seeks a 'send your gripe' box at FirstGov

Sen. Ron Wyden wants an electronic complaint system on the government's Web portal

Digital Government

FirstGov turns up '7 dirty words'

GSA searched for the seven words that George Carlin identified in 1973 as the 'words you couldn't say on the public airwaves'

Digital Government

Feds test PKI promise for privacy

Agencies are conducting dozens of experiments involving publickey infrastructure to assure the privacy of egovernment

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Major players steer clear of FirstGov

Because of steep fees, an advertising ban and privacy restrictions, no major Internet firms are among FirstGov's first 30 certified partners

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CIO Council debuts Webcast

The CIO Council's first taped meeting on the Web sheds little light on the council's operations

Digital Government

USPS fires back over e-commerce

The Postal Service intends to continue developing online services despite complaints that government has no business competing in ecommerce

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Web powerful in politics ? not governing

The Internet has proven its utility in politics, but it hasn't shown that it can be effectively used in governing

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NTIS hiring freeze eases up

A yearlong hiring freeze that threatened to cripple the National Technical Information Service has begun to thaw

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Access regs likely to be vague

Accessibility standards will be intentionally vague in explaining how manufacturers must make their products universally usable

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Regulation brewing over Net

After years of allowing the Internet to evolve with few restrictions, the government shows increasing eagerness to rein in the Internet

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Election Day winner: The Net

Vice President Al Gore and George W. Bush have had to wait to find out who has been elected president, but election returns Nov. 7 pointed to one clear winner ? Internet voting.

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Public/private standoff

Electronic business experts predict that the line between electronic services that should be provided by government and those that should be provided by business will continue to blur.

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Online court records under review

The most personal information lies carefully cataloged in the nation's courthouses

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A primer for what government should do online

Three economists offer 12 rules of the eservices road.