People

Circuit

And the contestants are…; Public Printer honored for being a good boss; Effort to translate governmentese into English doesn’t make the grade; Data mining, Capitol Hill style.

People

GAO: More specifics needed on e-archive project

NARA's fiscal 2006 appropriations act requires the agency to submit an expenditure plan before allotting funds to the ERA program.

People

NASA’s next mission: Find the missing moonwalk video

High-quality Apollo 11 recordings vanish.

Modernization

FlipSide

Another new and improved government search portal; FCW Time Machine.

Cybersecurity

Miami DOT reports another stolen laptop

It is unclear if the computer contained sensitive personal information or if its contents were encrypted.

Digital Government

NASA helps woo tech companies

Goddard Space Flight Center and host state seek to boost area technology.

People

GPO dots the i’s on a new performance-based contract

Safeguards and incentives could make it a model for other agencies, observers say.

People

Convera debuts search portal for government professionals

The tool is for policy and business decision-makers rather than citizens searching for government information.

People

FlipSide

A few minutes with...Edward Adams

People

Study finds low e-records IQ

Many employees don’t know their agencies’ policies for storing and disposing of e-records.

People

Circuit

Bush’s summer reading list; DHS: Patch it!; Telecommuters, secure your computers; Emeril spices up NASA’s space food; Adobe unveils Da Vinci Codesque public artwork.

Cybersecurity

UPDATED: Stolen DOT laptop PC contains personal info on 133,000 Floridians

The computer was stolen July 27 from a government-owned vehicle in the Miami area.

Digital Government

Cause of arrivals delays at LAX still up in air

Signal trouble with the Instrument Landing System at Los Angeles International Airport caused 46 planes to land late.

Modernization

DOE raises the bar on supercomputing

Computationally intensive research creates insatiable demand for faster supercomputers.

Modernization

Harris rapped for FTI failures

Harris accused of trying to duck responsibility for problems.

People

Lawmakers downplay IT’s role in FOIA

Some agencies put innovative tech into their FOIA plans.

Digital Government

FlipSide

A few minutes with...Adam Tuss.

People

State and local agencies struggle with e-records

Paper is a lot easier to manage, according to a study conducted by the Association for Information and Image Management.

People

Circuit

Ivy League study finds the United States trails Asia in e-government; Senate Appropriations bill disses DARPA Cognitive Computing program — again; Visitors to Moussaoui trial site may find U.S. e-government too accessible.

Modernization

Tsunami forecasting: A new use for GPS?

Researchers hope GPS data can shorten the time between tsunami detection and safety warnings.