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State Department Chooses Microsoft Software to Make Better Use of In-House Expertise
White Papers The Tennessee Department of Human Services (DHS) adopted Microsoft software to deliver high-impact, mission-critical applications at a lower cost, while continuing to improve citizen services through technology.
[March 24, 2008, 0:02]
State Department technology under the spotlight
News Tuesday's attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon could put a spotlight on a long-standing State Department mandate to upgrade its computer systems to better prevent terrorism. In the early 1990s, the State Department announced a sweeping...
[September 12, 2001, 10:00]
State of Delaware's Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control Makes Public Access to Millions of Documents Easy With Workflow and EDM
White Papers In 1996, the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) for the State of Delaware's Site Remediation Program had an overriding motivation to transition away from paper: they were overrun with files.
[March 8, 2009, 23:00]
Iowa State University & US Department of Agriculture Case Study: Atalasoft DotTwain Facilitates Implementation of Remote Sensing Survey Application
White Papers Iowa State University's Center for Survey Statistics and Methodology (CSSM) collaborates with the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) on an agricultural survey called the National Resources Inventory (NRI).
[June 23, 2007, 1:00]
The Department of Health of the State of Veracruz Unifies Information in a Robust and Flexible Platform
White Papers Department of Health of the State of Veracruz wanted to unify information systems in a robust, high availability platform that helps improve health services and establish an easily accessed, standardized, and homogeneous database to process large...
[March 25, 2008, 0:01]
US casts doubt on EU's Microsoft decision
News The US State Department has quietly expressed its concerns to European regulators about last week's decision to levy harsh penalties and a $613m (£751m) fine on Microsoft. The State Department has been involved in an off-the-record attempt to focus...
[March 31, 2004, 8:45]
US Report: Microsoft expects suit today
News Justice department and state officials were unavailable for comment at press time. Department of Justice broke down on Saturday, according to DoJ officials, with no future discussions planned going forward.
[May 18, 1998, 10:35]
A Year Ago: US to spur third-world e-commerce
News An initiative to spur e-commerce in developing nations, spearheaded by the US State Department, will grow out of an existing program to help African nations get online, according to a State Department official.
[December 1, 1999, 6:06]
US joins European cybercrime convention
Talkback McCormack of the US State Department is offering up assistance to places like France when we in the US can’t get our e-passport issues resolved http://www.iwantmyess.com/? Sure we all want to be protected from cybercrime, but the State Department...
[October 2, 2006, 20:16]
DOJ, Microsoft close to antitrust deal
News The Department of Justice and 19 state attorneys general sued Microsoft in 1998, charging it with abusing its monopoly in the OS market to crush rival Netscape Communications in the emerging browser market.
[November 1, 2001, 8:57]
Oklahoma Department of Education: Closing the Achievement Gap With Wireless Generation Professional Services
White Papers The Oklahoma State Department of Education is committed to improving teaching and learning in its schools and closing the reading achievement gap across the state. The Department identified a subset of fifteen schools needing additional support and...
[April 30, 2009, 1:19]
US quarantines visa system after virus attack
News A computer virus has hit the US Department of State, affecting the performance of the government's information technology system that manages visa approvals, according to reports. The virus shut down the State Department's Consular Lookout and...
[September 25, 2003, 8:50]
Redmond preps Longhorn for examination
News The Justice Department and the state attorneys general have submitted a list of issues on which they want more information, and Microsoft has agreed to regular briefings, with the first of those taking place in February.
[January 27, 2005, 11:55]
Virginia DMV Enhances Decisions, Boosts Safety, Through Integration With Other Agencies
White Papers The Commonwealth of Virginia's Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) wanted to see its data better used to help reduce the number and severity of traffic accidents in the state. But that idea required integrating its computer system with databases at...
[May 30, 2009, 1:19]
Appeals court reaffirms Microsoft settlement
News A US Appeals Court on Wednesday upheld Microsoft's landmark antitrust settlement with the Department of Justice and several state attorneys general, rejecting Massachusetts' appeal for stiffer penalties.
[July 1, 2004, 9:30]
Homeland Security lacks 'open-source' intelligence
News The US Department of Homeland Security has not met requirements to provide 'open source' intelligence — that is, publicly available information — for state and local law enforcement, a new report claims.
[September 15, 2008, 12:48]
Failed on Earth? Try orbit
Blog Comment Specifically, the inaccuracies stated in this sentence: “Iridium, that splendid folly of a public satellite phone system, has only survived because the US State Department picked it up for a song and made it the backbone of their mid-level global...
[February 3, 2009, 8:35]
US Congress wades into Internet control row
News In a letter to Commerce and State Department officials, the lawmakers said the Bush administration should retain strong oversight over the Internet domain name system, specifically the root servers that guide traffic to huge databases containing...
[October 10, 2005, 16:40]
Timms handed IT role
News John Hutton, secretary of state at the newly formed Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR), announced the appointment as part of the ministerial line-up on Wednesday. Recognised for his knowledge on IT matters, Timms was...
[July 12, 2007, 12:20]
Microsoft not off the hook yet
News As expected, a federal appeals court has said it will consider whether a settlement inked between Microsoft, the US Department of Justice and some state attorneys general was consistent with the public interest.
[March 27, 2003, 16:52]
