People

Energy agency says Web info poses threat

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is proposing new rules to limit the public's access to information

People

Start date uncertain for student tracking

The Student and Exchange Visitor Information System may be 'technically operational' by Jan. 30

People

It's a people problem

New voting technology used in primary elections had poll workers stumped

People

Student tracking system lagging

The Student and Exchange Visitor Information System may be just "technically operational" by deadline

People

OMB weighs info classification

Efforts to protect some public data from misuse are generating a mix of reactions

Digital Government

Florida woes cast vote for caution

Problems with new touch-screen voting machines present lesson for other states considering electronic voting

People

Federal action on licenses may stall

Bills to 'federalize' driver's licenses have stalled in Congress, but they're cruising in the passing lane in many state legislatures

People

Where we stand

How feds have put IT to work for homeland security, and the work that needs to be done

People

IRS deploys talking tax forms

The screen readers used by people with visual impairments can now read electronic versions of the 1040A and the 1040EZ forms

Digital Government

Federal action on licenses may stall

State say progress on securing driver's licenses make uniform standard unnecessary

Digital Government

TSA system would dig up passenger info

By late fall, airport security officers hope to begin installing systems that can instantly check the backgrounds of airline passengers

People

Survey: Fed Web sites still need work

A survey of federal Web sites concludes that most remain hard to navigate and offer little more than the most basic elements of e-government

People

User feedback counts

The federal government's best Web site was meticulously designed to meet the needs of its user

People

Feds doing elementary e-gov

Survey of federal sites found five doing well, but most still offer little more than the basic elements of e-government

People

AT&T braces FirstGov for e-gov

Contract calls for beefing up the federal portal's security as agencies prepare a new generation of online services

People

NARA seeks ideas for e-records archive

The National Archives is searching for some workable way to save electronic records for decades or even centuries

People

Justice sets deadline for fingerprint matching

Starting Sept. 11, hundreds of foreign visitors will be directed to immigration inspectors, who will fingerprint and photograph them

People

NARA rethinks e-records

Proposal defines records management, retention as the responsibility of agencies

People

FBI continues tech exec shift

The latest shuffle produced a new director for investigative technologies and a chief for the Cyber Crime Section

People

Justice puts limits on TIPS

Operation TIPS will go on, but without help from workers whose jobs give them access to people's homes