On May 25, a House select committee headed by Rep. Christopher Cox, R-Calif., released its report, "U.S. National Security and Military/Commercial Concerns with the People's Republic of China," on Chinese spying.
The Federal Communications Commission has voted to increase funding for Internet access for schools, libraries and rural health care providers to $2.25 billion from the previous level of $2.02 billion.
While only three task orders have been awarded under two big-ticket seat management efforts launched about this time last year, a slew of new business is just around the corner, government and industry officials said.
Flat screens, laptops, smart cards and a wireless phone system are among the technologies the General Services Administration will showcase in the offices of its Federal Technology Service branch.
The press, financial analysts and legal pundits predict a tidal wave of litigation relating to year 2000 disputes. More than 50 year 2000-related lawsuits already have been filed. But the tidal wave only will amount to a trickle if advocates of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) get their way.
What does Slobodan Milosevic, the war in Kosovo, the bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade, nuclear spies, software piracy, encryption and an appeals court ruling in California have to do with sales of your software, your economic future and the sanctity of what is on your computer?
The government market is likely to see double-digit growth as demand for new concepts, such as electronic government solutions, outsourcing and information assurance, explodes in the coming years, according to a study by the market research firm Federal Sources Inc.
A $6.1 million contract from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has given Beyond.com its first federal customer outside the defense arena and a foot in the door at the Commerce Department, a company official said.
Like it or not, Congress and some states are starting to legislate the Internet, or seem to be going in that direction. At the same time, state and federal government agencies scoff at overly regulating the information superhighway.
After lengthy wrangling over the membership of the Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce, Sen. Trent Lott, R-Miss., the Senate majority leader, announced April 27 that Jim Barksdale, CEO of Netscape, had agreed to give up his seat. His place will be taken by Delna Jones, county commissioner of Washington County, Ore.
After lengthy wrangling over the membership of the Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce, Sen. Trent Lott, R-Miss., the Senate majority leader, announced April 27 that Jim Barksdale, CEO of Netscape, had agreed to give up his seat. His place will be taken by Delna Jones, county commissioner of Washington County, Ore.
The Internet industry may still conjure up an image of pimply geeks fooling around in their garages, but the reality is it has become a multibillion-dollar juggernaut Ñ and increasingly, itÕs a political juggernaut as well.
Integrators Form E-Commerce Alliances: Federal Data Corp. of Bethesda, Md., and IPNet Solutions Inc. of Newport Beach, Calif., will work together in pursuing federal electronic commerce projects. IPNet develops e-commerce software for Fortune 500. The alliance will allow the company to increase market share by winning government business.
Integrators Form E-Commerce Alliances: Federal Data Corp. of Bethesda, Md., and IPNet Solutions Inc. of Newport Beach, Calif., will work together in pursuing federal electronic commerce projects. IPNet develops e-commerce software for Fortune 500. The alliance will allow the company to increase market share by winning government business.
Identifying barriers that are preventing agencies from taking the next step in electronic government is the top goal of Katie Hirning, deputy director for technology for Vice President Al GoreÕs National Partnership for Reinventing Government.
Most people would assume that if they walk into a store and buy a copy of a widely available software application and a book about that application, they would have the same right to give or sell the software and the book to another without obtaining the permission of either publisher.
Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., has declared he will introduce legislation requiring the Federal Communications Commission and the Commerce DepartmentÕs National Telecommunications and Information Administration to analyze the factors and issues surrounding broadband access to the Internet with a special emphasis on rural and low income areas.
Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., has declared he will introduce legislation requiring the Federal Communications Commission and the Commerce DepartmentÕs National Telecommunications and Information Administration to analyze the factors and issues surrounding broadband access to the Internet with a special emphasis on rural and low income areas.
