IT excellence reigns at GCN Gala
Teamwork and preparing the way for the next generation were the twin themes of last night's GCN Awards Gala.
Missouri to upgrade DMV
Missouri's Department of Revenue awarded a $50 million contract to BearingPoint to design, implement and maintain a new motor vehicle system.
Chicago to do clean sweep of parking violators
Chicago officials issued a RFQ for digital cameras for the city's street sweepers to enable them to take photos of illegally parked vehicles and their license plates.
Attack puts agencies out of site
GSA takes California off the Web map, while one agency proves the value of a backup plan.
DOE reveals cybersecurity partners
Energy Department announces companies it has selected for negotiation of awards to develop and integrate cybersecurity devices into the U.S. electricity grid and energy infrastructure.
Mo. library earns GPO kudos
The Middendorf-Kredell Branch of Missouri's St. Charles City-County Library is named the 2007 Federal Depository Library of the Year by the Government Printing Office.
New York to test bridge monitoring system
New York is taking new steps to monitor the safety of its bridges.
Michigan school district washes the Web
Michigan's Howell Public School District has adopted a product that can scrub the Web of its unsavory parts.
St. Louis deploys surveillance cameras
The city plans to have the first cameras running by the end of the month, according to the director of public affairs at the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department.
Agency Award'Oakland County, Mich. | Law & video
2007 GCN Award: Michigan county gets a lot of mileage from its video arraignment system.
Fla. law enforcement to use Coplink tools
Coplink allows large amounts of data in many disparate forms to be organized, consolidated and analyzed over a secure browser-based platform.
Technique | NASA gets a grip on FISMA reporting
A team at Marshall Space Flight Center builds an application to automate some FISMA reporting processes, and other NASA centers join in.
Libraries strained by Internet use
Public libraries are straining to keep up with the demand for Internet access from students and job seekers who don't have it at home.
Energy debuts searchable patent Web site
The Energy Department has launched a new Web site that lets users search its collection of more than 20,000 patent records.
Fish gotta swim, wikis gotta fly
GCN Insider | Fishery agencies in Alaska rely on a wiki to manage technical information.
Colorado tax site eases e-mail burden
Technique | Colorado Department of Revenue seizes control of an avalanche of customer e-mails.
White House makes case for continuity of Landsat
The White House makes a new commitment to space-based land imaging program.
USPTO builds a better e-filing mousetrap
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's simplified online system is, at last, attracting e-filers.
Ky. opts for automated tax system
The commonwealth has awarded a three-year contract to Electronic Data Systems Corp. to develop an automated tax system.
EarthLink to curtail Wi-Fi investments
Internet service provider EarthLink has announced that it will reduce its investments in municipal Wi-Fi.
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