Digital Government
Clinton argues China trade pact will benefit IT companies
Clinton administration pushes to improve trade relations with China
Digital Government
The State of the Union in Web time
Consider this example of "Internet time": President Clinton's State of the Union Address will be on television Thursday night, but reactions from his political friends and foes will be online even before the speech is given.
People
China trade and foreign workers top agenda for high-tech firms
U.S. hightech companies confront two critical problems securing new markets where they can sell their products and finding enough workers to keep producing them. Solutions to both appear to lie overseas, and the companies have charted a course for Congress to help them reach their goals.
Digital Government
Free speech ? or campaign contribution?
Does a hyperlink have a dollar value? Is a 'fan site' the electronic equivalent of a campaign donation? Should the Federal Election Commission attempt to regulate political campaigning on the Internet?
Digital Government
House GOP technology agenda: Stay out of the way
House Republican leaders have embraced technology as one of their top three issues for 2000. But House Majority Leader Dick Armey (RTexas) said it is an issue that cries out for congressional inaction.
Acquisition
Privacy advocates challenge FBI cell phone tracking
Decrying the ease with which law enforcement agencies may soon be able to track cellular phones and retrieve the contents of cellular and landline phone calls, three Internet privacy organizations are asking a federal appeals court to suspend rules that would make it unnecessary to obtain search warrants to intercept phone calls.
People
Exec exodus
Less than two weeks into the new year, more senior government technology chiefs joined the ranks of those quitting government for work in the private sector. And circumstances virtually assure that this trickle of departures will swell into a steady stream.
Digital Government
New national e-architecture in the works
When Steven Cochran surveys the fast-growing digital landscape from his office a few blocks from the White House, he sees an expanding forest of stovepipes. It's not a view he likes.
Digital Government
New e-lobby tracking system coming online
As early as next month, lobbyists will begin reporting online their efforts to influence federal agencies and Congress. Besides dramatically reducing the amount of paperwork required to track lobbyists, electronic registration eventually will make information about their activities instantly available to anyone with a computer and an Internet connection.
People
McConnell joins growing list of feds fleeing government
One of the government's top Year 2000 troubleshooters and an information policy expert for three presidents has decided to look for work in the private sector.
Digital Government
DLA's chief info officer heads for industry
The chief information officer of the Defense Logistics Agency is resigning to take an executive position at Electronic Data Systems Corp.
People
Agencies Struggle to Evaluate Technology Expenses
With new performance measuring software, the Coast Guard now can quickly compare the hours its planes fly and its cutters steam with the times and locations of distress calls and the number of people it rescues or with the amount of cocaine it seizes.
Digital Government
FEC zeroes in on e-politics
From bumper stickers to campaign buttons to fundraising banquets, the Federal Election Commission regulates political campaigns, so FEC interest in the fastgrowing phenomenon of politics on the Internet was inevitable.
Digital Government
Y2K could still cause problems Monday
Year 2000 computer compliance problems fell far short of calamity as t
Digital Government
Was Y2K doom-and-gloom hype? No, says U.S.
Despite the extraordinarily smooth computer date rollover from 1999 to 20
Digital Government
VA, NASA, NARA beat millennium bug
Nurses and technicians began floorbyfloor sweeps through five vetera
Digital Government
Library of Congress to digitize recordings
Soon, campaign speeches of President Warren Harding from 1920, Marines' abstracts of battles of World War II and TV shows from the 1960s may be available in digital form from the Library of Congress.
Digital Government
Small-business advocates release bundling rules
Revised federal purchasing rules took effect Monday to limit contract bundling, a practice that smallbusiness operators claim keeps them from winning more contracts from the nation's largest buyer the federal government.
Digital Government
FDA wants money to fight illegal Internet drug sales
The Food and Drug Administration plans to ask Congress for $10 million to strengthen its computer capabilities and beef up its investigative force to crack down on illegal prescription drug sales via the Internet.
Digital Government
Commission seeks answers to IT worker shortage
Providing technology training that prepares workers for new jobs in information technology may be one way to ease the growing shortage of IT workers, said the director of a federal commission created to help find solutions to the worker shortage.
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