People

Privacy group picks at Carnivore claims

The Electronic Privacy Information Center says an FBI memo reveals that Carnivore can intercept far more information than FBI officials said it could

Digital Government

3G wireless users may have to share

To accommodate commercial uses of 3G wireless technology, some government users will have to move and some frequencies will remain dedicated to DOD

People

SSA tests personal touch on Web

SSA tries out online interactive services including email response, automatic callback, instant messaging exchange and even voice

Digital Government

Ultra-wideband results delayed

Tests results of ultrawideband products and their effects on the Global Positioning System signal are expected next year

Digital Government

SSA to quicken disclosures to states

To cut the time it takes the Social Security Administration to stop paying benefits once someone has died from months to days, SSA is changing the rules on when the agency can reveal a Social Security number to states.

Digital Government

NASA splits security duties

NASA has created an office to oversee security, but the new Office of Security Management and Safeguards will assume responsibility for only a portion of the agency's computer operations

Digital Government

NASA tests Internet command

A demonstration this month may open the way for the command and control of space operations from the ground via the Internet

Digital Government

NASA divides security duties

NASA's new security office will assume responsibility for only part of the space agency's computer operations

People

EDGAR spiffed up during holiday

The SEC's Electronic Data Gathering Analysis and Retrieval system will be upgraded for full transition to the Web over Thanksgiving

Digital Government

Feds collecting signals on 3G wireless

Federal officials will be taking comments from the telecom industry over the next two weeks as they begin laying the groundwork for deploying 3G wireless

Digital Government

Interior seeks trust fund proposals

Interior Department officials are looking for a technological and business framework that will bring order to the chaos of operating the Indian land trust fund

Digital Government

Wireless falls short of hype

The convergence of highquality voice telephony and Internet capabilities has been championed, but 'its hype has never met up with its expectations'

People

Man on a mission

Bob Dies' mission and he has chosen to accept it is to use his privatesector experience to bring the FBI into the modern age of technology

People

DOD pressed on giving up bandwidth

President Clinton's recent call to agencies to develop plans for selecting radio frequencies to be used for thirdgeneration wireless systems is being greeted with a mixture of optimism and concern by the Defense Department

People

The Bob Dies file

Education: Bachelor's degree in mathematics from the University of Oklahoma.

Digital Government

Net diplomacy

It has become a cliche, but it's true: With the explosive growth of the Internet in the past decade, no one does business the same way anymore.

Digital Government

The limits of Net diplomacy

The Internet may be able to deliver previously banned or unedited information into the heart of repressive regimes, but the effects that information may have are limited.

Digital Government

NASA to make Mars rover smarter

Artificial intelligence plays a large part in NASA's plans over the next two decades, meaning that future Mars rovers may have a mind of their own

People

Agency help sought to ID child porn sites

A federally appointed panel wants law enforcement agencies to compile a master list of newsgroups, Web sites and IP addresses found to contain child pornography

Acquisition

State climbs into seat management

In a first for the State Department, the agency's Office of Foreign Buildings Operations is outsourcing the management of its PC networks