People

Bush seeks 'big picture'

Homeland Security Department would serve as central data clearinghouse

People

Justice to expand fingerprint scanning

Declaring that 'fingerprints do not lie'

Digital Government

Privacy law experts for hire

An abundance of privacy legislation is spawning contract privacy practitioners

Digital Government

Software sorts out suspect phone data

PatternTracer aids investigators seeking clues

People

INS broadens fingerprint scanning

Plans call for electronic fingerprint scanners at airports this summer to check thousands of foreign visitors

People

Guidelines open data, Web to FBI

New guidelines let FBI tap commercial databases and search the Internet for evidence of terrorist activity

People

Carnivore bites off too much

The Internet spyware intercepted so much unrelated e-mail that the FBI stopped using it and might have destroyed information it collected related to the terrorists

People

FirstGov revs search engine

The new FirstGov search engine will be formally unveiled June 3 by the GSA administrator

People

FBI to build data warehouse

The FBI has selected 'investigative data warehousing' as a key technology to use in the war against terrorism

People

Fast ready to rev up FirstGov

New search engine will be formally unveiled June 3 on the government Web portal

People

FBI needs tech for new mission

In announcing overhaul of bureau, director says IT and training are critical

People

Carnivore bites off too much

FBI aimed spyware at terrorists' e-mail, but intercepted nontargeted transmissions

People

Identity crisis

Proposed legislation renews debate about value of a national ID card

People

Mixed messages

Polls by Gartner Inc. and AAMVA came up with different findings in surveys of attitudes about a national ID system

People

A critical difference

More secure driver's licenses are not national ID cards, say exasperated officials at the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators

People

Users to FirstGov: We'll be back

Visitors to the redesigned government portal are giving it much higher marks than its predecessor

People

Forman: E-gov good for privacy

E-government chief continues push to eliminate duplicate services and data collection

Digital Government

USPS to simplify intranet, save millions

USPS says it will save $200 million during the next five years by substantially simplifying its internal computer network

People

Law beefs up security at borders

Border security bill requires foreign visitors to carry high-tech visas and passports, mandates computer tracking of visiting students and improves access to electronic databases

People

FBI counting on IT vs. terrorism

In reorganization, the bureau is beefing up on computer specialists and centralized information analysis