Massachusetts Treasury tangles its checkbook
The Massachusetts State Treasury failed to reconcile its bank statements, establish proper controls over its systems and efficiently oversee its computer contractor, leaving abandoned stocks, bonds and dividends vulnerable to loss, theft and misuse, state auditors recently concluded.
Use of government sites booms
Sixty-eight million Americans have used government Web sites, according to a survey released yesterday by the Pew Internet and American Life Project in Washington. That's up from 40 million users two years ago.
Faulty Florida system sent benefits to inmates, the deceased
Florida's Agency for Workforce Innovation, which operates the state's Unemployment Compensation System, sent benefit checks to prison inmates and dead people because of poor system controls, state auditors said.
INS speeds makeover of visa systems
After the Immigration and Naturalization Service last month sent M-1 student visa forms for terrorists Mohamed Atta and Marwan Al-Shehhi to the Florida flight school where they prepared for the Sept. 11 attacks, howls for investigation and reform echoed anew from the Oval Office and Congress.
Justice IG, FBI execs like FBI IT reform bill
Law enforcement officials, testifying last month before the Senate Judiciary Committee about FBI records management foul-ups in the prosecution of Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh, endorsed reform legislation proposed by Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Charles Grassley (R-Iowa).
Officials consider private ownership, help for recreation portal
Federal officials framing plans for Recreation One-Stop, an ambitious upgrade of the government's portal for public users of recreation sites, are considering shifting ownership of the site to the private sector.
Can the goverment make Web ads work?
Government webmasters are beginning to look again at online advertising'a revenue source that had dried up when the dot-com bubble burst.
NIST CIO Mehuron will retire
William O. Mehuron, CIO of the National Institute of Standards and Technology and director of its IT Laboratory, will retire April 3. ITL deputy director Susan Zevin will serve as acting director of the Commerce Department laboratory until a successor is appointed, a NIST official said.
Hitch is new CIO at Justice
Attorney General John Ashcroft has named Vance Hitch as Justice Department CIO. Hitch formerly was a senior partner with Accenture LLP of Chicago, where he worked on development of the state of Maryland's IT strategic plan. He also managed projects for the Defense, Justice and State departments as well as the CIA and the National Security Agency.
Justice officials endorse FBI reforms
Law enforcement officials, testifying yesterday about FBI records management foul-ups in the prosecution of Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh, endorsed legislation proposed by Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Charles Grassley (R-Iowa).
Labor will expand use of online expert advisers
The Labor Department plans to expand to about 100 the array of systems that offer expert advice to the public via the Web.
FTC eyes national do-not-call database
The Federal Trade Commission today issued a request for information for the creation of an electronic do-not-call registry for consumers.
State, local CIOs favor different routes to e-commerce
State and local governments have steadily increased their adoption of e-commerce.
E-commerce: elusive ideal
Agencies are advancing toward the promised land of electronic commerce'but not without hitting cultural, technological, economic and even national security potholes.
IT security calls for collaboration
Federal IT security issues haven't changed since Sept. 11, but they have taken on new significance, federal managers said recently.
Iowa eyes an identity clearinghouse
Iowa's IT Department is creating an identity security clearinghouse to foil criminals who try to conceal their identity or steal someone else's.
State awards knowledge management pact to Accenture
The State Department has chosen Accenture LLP of Chicago to implement the pilot phase of its Overseas Presence Interagency Collaboration project. Accenture bested Science Applications International Corp. and SRA International Inc. of Fairfax, Va., both of which also created prototypes of the OPIC knowledge management system for testing by the department.
State Department will access FBI criminal records
The State Department has adopted an interim regulation that will let it access FBI criminal history records when processing visa applications.
Michigan agency migrates sans migraines
Stan Rusiecki of Michigan's Family Independence Agency saw a big task ahead of him in late 2000.
Illinois, Kansas share designation of top digital state
Illinois and Kansas tied for first place in the Digital State 2001 survey conducted by the Progress and Freedom Foundation and the Center for Digital Government.
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