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• Small growth in IT budget
• Alabama introduces court e-filing system
• FirstGov adds RSS, e-mail alerts
• DHS evaluates global cybersecurity exercise
• Senate approves USPS overhaul
• USPTO budgets $70.2 million for IT
• EU focuses on health education
• Bush skewers e-records research program, again
• OMB Web site lists federal program ratings
• OPM budgets for retirement systems
• Nevada on track for Unified Tax System
• E-gov scores improve
• Texas town creates wireless potpourri
• Indiana awards job matching system contract to Monster
• Michigan to unveil alerting technology
• NIST completes biometric specs
• SEC holds pre-proposal conference for EDGAR contract
• SI to continue running National Visa Center
• Pennsylvania adopts e-notarization
• New York's XML Web site gets good grades
• More taxpayers file online returns
• Hackers steal credit card info from R.I. Web site

Small growth in IT budget - 2/13/2006
Federal Computer Week; Michael Protos and Matthew Weigelt

Bush increases tech spending 3 percent.

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Alabama introduces court e-filing system - 2/13/2006
Federal Computer Week; Dibya Sarkar and Matthew Weigelt

Alabama will make e-filing available to state lawyers who file complaints and other documents.

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FirstGov adds RSS, e-mail alerts - 2/10/2006
Federal Computer Week; Matthew Weigelt

The new features build on the recently renovated Web site.

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DHS evaluates global cybersecurity exercise - 2/10/2006
Federal Computer Week; Dibya Sarkar

Cyber Storm aims to determine how well public and private organizations worked together in a simulated attack.

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Senate approves USPS overhaul - 2/9/2006
Federal Computer Week; Florence Olsen

The Senate passed a bill today after more than a decade of debate and compromise on changes to overhaul the U.S. Postal Service.

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USPTO budgets $70.2 million for IT - 2/7/2006
Federal Computer Week; Florence Olsen

The Patent and Trademark Office's IT spending plan contains $12.1 million for business continuity during a disaster.

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EU focuses on health education - 2/7/2006
Government Health IT; Brian Robinson

A new initiative in Europe would improve the quality of information its citizens receive about health issues.

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Bush skewers e-records research program, again - 2/6/2006
Federal Computer Week; Aliya Sternstein

His fiscal 2007 budget proposal seeks to end the National Archives and Records Administration's grants program for state and local electronic records research.

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OMB Web site lists federal program ratings - 2/6/2006
Federal Computer Week; Matthew Weigelt

ExpectMore.gov provides clear evaluations of programs.

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OPM budgets for retirement systems - 2/6/2006
Federal Computer Week; Florence Olsen

President Bush's budget asks Congress to spend $43.2 million on modernizing the government's retirement systems.

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Nevada on track for Unified Tax System - 2/6/2006
Federal Computer Week; Dibya Sarkar

Thousands of businesses have registered to use its online capabilities.

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E-gov scores improve - 2/3/2006
Federal Computer Week; Matthew Weigelt

Eight agencies improved their management of e-government initiatives, according to the latest score card from the Office of Management and Budget.

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Texas town creates wireless potpourri - 2/3/2006
Federal Computer Week; Dibya Sarkar

Roaming technology enables police and fire officials to seamlessly communicate using three wireless networks.

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Indiana awards job matching system contract to Monster - 2/2/2006
Federal Computer Week; Dibya Sarkar

Under the $2.8 million contract, Monster Government Solutions will modernize the state's job Web site.

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Michigan to unveil alerting technology - 2/2/2006
Federal Computer Week; Dibya Sarkar

State police will deploy software platform that provides alerts and communications interoperability.

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NIST completes biometric specs - 2/2/2006
Federal Computer Week; Florence Olsen

The new document describes the procedures and formats for storing fingerprints and facial images required for compliance with the FIPS 201 standard.

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SEC holds pre-proposal conference for EDGAR contract - 2/1/2006
Federal Computer Week; Dibya Sarkar

The agency wants to upgrade the online system it uses to provide access to financial documents and other filings related to publicly traded companies.

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SI to continue running National Visa Center - 2/1/2006
Federal Computer Week; Michael Hardy

A contract with State also includes the Kentucky Consular Center.

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Pennsylvania adopts e-notarization - 1/31/2006
Federal Computer Week; Dibya Sarkar

Pennsylvania’s Electronic Notary Seal program could serve as a model for offering real-time authentication of notaries.

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New York's XML Web site gets good grades - 1/30/2006
Federal Computer Week; Dibya Sarkar

Officials from five New York state agencies presented encouraging benefits from a test bed project.

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More taxpayers file online returns - 1/30/2006
Federal Computer Week; Matthew Weigelt

More than half of all taxpayers filed their returns electronically in 2005, according to a new report.

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Hackers steal credit card info from R.I. Web site - 1/27/2006
Federal Computer Week; Dibya Sarkar

They accessed data for as many as 53,000 transactions.

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