Technology Guides

E-Mail for the Enterprise

The world's largest e-mail system is being deployed in the Defense Department. In DoD and civilian agencies, a lot of business gets done via e-mail. But e-mail communications across agency boundaries remain far from frustration-free.

An exclusive Government Executive survey reveals that federal managers have learned to love information systems. Surprisingly, they aren't cynical about the promises of technology. In fact, they think their agencies can't get along without it.

Sponsored by Government Executive magazine, the Government Technology Leadership Awards salute government information technology projects that have directly aided in the missions of their agency or department through boosting efficiency and effectiveness, lowering costs, and/or improving service to the citizens, through original uses of information technology.

Agencies are buying their information systems in smaller pieces, even as some get ready to turn more responsibility over to the private sector. Our special section looks into two of the biggest programs to contract out information technology work: IRS and NASA.

In this era of a wired government for a wired nation, agencies face constant change as telecom mergers, network technologies, and wireless systems mold the federal communications landscape. The key for non-technical managers who are responsible for making sound technology investments is to ask the right questions.

Web site construction is not for the faint-hearted, but federal agencies can avoid potholes along the information superhighway. Government Executive's annual supplement provides an overview of intranets, search tools, browsers, authoring programs and security products.

Electronic imaging provides an efficient way for agencies to store and manipulate millions of documents. Our guide examines various components of imaging systems, including document management and workflow software, compression/decompression boards, optical/magnetic storage media and more.

Our supplement reports on how agencies can use technology to help them survive the budget crunch.