Digital Government
GPRA out of grasp
So far only a handful of federal agencies have succeeded in showing how spending relates to results, according to Rep. Stephen Horn (R-Calif.) and the General Accounting Office:
Digital Government
Access regs too pricey?
New 'accessibility' standards would require federal agencies to make their information technology from computers to photocopiers to World Wide Web sites usable by people with disabilities. But some agency technology experts fear the cost of compliance may be exorbitant.
Digital Government
Measuring agency performance: Out of reach
It is clear to Dean Mesterharm, the Social Security Administration's deputy commissioner for systems, that investing in information technology is essential for SSA.
People
House OKs emergency millions for IT
Bill sent to Senate includes $45 million for 'urgent cybersecurity needs' at three Energy Department nuclear weapons laboratories
People
'Accessibility' standards released
They're here: The longawaited proposed 'accessibility' standards for information technology bought by federal agencies
Digital Government
GAO: IT may save or sour U.S. economy
GAO paints a grim portrait of the future, but says information technology could provide solutions ? or compound the problem
People
Archivist puts price on e-records
It will cost about $130 million and take about five years to build, but a national electronic records archive that won't become obsolete is technically feasible
Digital Government
Locking up agency information
If the CIA had owned PageVault software, the John Deutch scandal never would have happened, contends PageVault developer Authentica Inc. And if its WebVault product were available for the Energy Department to use, Wen Ho Lee might be just another scientist.
People
Archives gives in to e-records
Paper is crushed. The National Archives has declared the dominance of electronic documents.
People
Archives reconsidering records policies, formats
NARA officials say it is time to reexamine records management policies that were developed to handle paper records
People
Paperless 'paperwork'
In less than four years, federal agencies are supposed to stop using paper. Government records from personnel evaluations to benefits applications to contracts and regulations are supposed to be created, used and preserved electronically.
Digital Government
'Accessibility' deadline looms
In about four months, federal agencies must comply with a law that requires electronic equipment and World Wide Web sites to be usable by the blind, deaf and people with other disabilities. And unlike past laws, this one has teeth. Failure to comply will make agencies vulnerable to lawsuits.
People
First Y2K, now 'Titanic'
An information technology crisis is coming that will dwarf the Year 2000 problem in cost and disruption, according to technology expert Rich Lysakowski. Look out for electronic document migration.
Digital Government
A sinking feeling over document migration
'Titanic 2020' will be an IT crisis many times larger than the Year 2000 problem, a technology expert predicts
Digital Government
Customs lacks millions to modernize
The Customs Service is falling far short of the funding necessary to upgrade computer systems
People
'It's a technology problem'
Rep. Anne Northrup blames USPS and Customs for not collecting more than $1 billion per year in import fees on packages mailed from overseas
People
Minding her business
Six months of experience as a chief knowledge officer makes Shereen Remez the federal government's most senior official in that position. And she seems to relish her role as knowledge management's elder spokeswoman.
Digital Government
Reno: Arm cybercops
The Internet has complicated the lives of law enforcement officials, permitting anonymous criminals to infiltrate international borders to attack and then vanish into cyberspace.
People
System automates archivists' decisions
Archivists and publicservice lawyers have spent years in federal courts trying to determine which documents are 'records' and how they should be preserved. Now there is a software system designed to decide that instantly.
People
Fate of e-records back in feds' court
Thanks to the Supreme Court, the legal skirmish over the government's handling of electronic records is finished. But the more difficult struggle to create a national electronic archive has only begun.
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