People
Online informants
Agencies winning favorable comments from the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press for posting useful, searchable data on their Web sites
People
House GOP takes message online
House Republicans have created a World Wide Web site to allow the public to sign up for specific kinds of news they want to receive and name the members of Congress they want to receive it from
People
Fed CIO part of Bush's picture for government
The presidential candidate says the position would not only coordinate the government's technology efforts but also lead the CIO Council
Digital Government
IT execs: Education is weak link
The information technology industry may be besieged by hackers and beset by software pirates, but the most serious threat it confronts comes from the U.S. education system, industry leaders told Congress last week.
Digital Government
R&D: The missing link
While the information technology sector of the U.S. economy has boomed over the past decade, federal spending on information technology research and development has declined. And the decrease is likely to hurt IT development 20 years from now, warns Andrew Grove, chairman of the giant computer chip maker Intel Corp.
People
E-government not clicking for feds
The federal government has more than 20,000 World Wide Web sites, but the plethora of pages doesn't mean the federal sector is speeding toward a functioning electronic government, according to Alan Balutis, cochairman of the federal CIO Council's EGovernment Committee.
People
Democrats go dot-com
In a bid to tap the appeal of the Internet, the Democratic National Committee is offering free Internet service to anyone with a computer and a telephone line.
People
Democrats' party line: Free Web access
In a bid to tap the appeal of the Internet, the Democratic National Committee is offering free Internet service to anyone with a computer and a telephone line
People
Federal e-gov forecast is gloomy
It will be years before egovernment at the federal level is comparable to today's ebusinesses, said the cochairman of the federal CIO Council's EGovernment Committee
Digital Government
Just wait 'til next year
Fed CIO proposal on deck, but unlikely to make it to the plate
People
Rethinking 'public' docs
Concern about easy access to information on the Internet is prompting the Clinton administration to question whether some public records should not be so freely available.
People
How PKI Works
For electronic government to work, agencies and individuals must be convinced that transactions can be carried out privately and that documents are authentic.
Digital Government
Privacy issues hit home on local level
In Durham, N.C., police find their needs for privacy clash with what local officials want to post on the Internet
Digital Government
Are online records too public?
The president's privacy counselor says it has become increasingly clear that not all information should be as widely available as the Internet makes it
People
IT czar not Congress' chief priority
The idea of naming a federal IT 'czar' appears to be gaining support in Congress, but 'nobody thinks it has any chance of being passed this year'
People
E-gov: Customers first
While designing electronic government, federal information technology managers should keep one thing foremost in mind their 'customers.'
Digital Government
Online reaction
A sample of some of the information that agencies have recently removed from the World Wide Web.
People
Feds face access reg deadline relief
An amendment passed by the Senate last week would help federal agencies dodge millions of dollars in lawsuits and postpone $1 billion worth of office equipment upgrades to comply with new requirements that federal offices be made accessible to workers with disabilities.
Digital Government
Access denied
When it emerged less than a decade ago, the World Wide Web was quickly embraced as a bright new medium that could help reinvent government and revitalize democracy.
Digital Government
Accessibility deadline may move
An amendment passed by the Senate would push back the date federal agencies can be sued for failing to have office equipment that can be used by disabled people
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