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Skills for the job

Federal agencies are facing a shortage of people who can lead their enterprise architecture efforts, in part because those positions require a mix of information technology and business skills.

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Congress heeds state issues

Federal lawmakers have become more aware of state and local IT concerns, state officials say.

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Cooperation, wireless, top NASCIO agenda

Wireless interoperability and intergovernmental cooperation are among the top issues that state CIOs plan to discuss with members of Congress this week.

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Education systems unite on privacy

At least 17 separate systems are covered under the Education Department's new umbrella privacy statement.

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Charging problems

A recent report by the General Accounting Office found that there are continuing problems with how government purchase cards are managed.

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Circuit

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Lessons learned

Irish officials learned a few lessons during the pilot test of the Interagency Messaging Service.

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Is your data sensitive?

The Federal Geographic Data Committee's draft guidance asks agency officials to assess whether geospatial data has homeland security implications.

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Shifting the burden

General Accounting Office auditors found that for reasons such as limited budgets federal agencies don't always make use of the growing number of tools and services that automate the process of managing security patches.

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Citizen value

Office of Management and Budget officials are looking at the Accenture Public Sector Value Model as one of several ways to measure how well e-government is serving citizens' needs.

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Editorial: The wrong fix

In targeting the General Services Administration's Federal Technology Service, the authors of the Senate Defense Authorization bill have gotten their priorities backward.

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Intercepts

CACI's calamity; Zakheim to Booz Allen; Air Force reorg; New experimentation chief; Value-added individuals

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Building bridges

The Homeland Security Department has created the Office of Interoperability and Compatibility within the Science and Technology Directorate.

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Letters to the editor

Letters to the editor

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Kelman: Perfecting performance

When I came to work for the government about a decade ago, the Air Force was experiencing a big problem with a large information technology hardware contract called Desktop II.

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Selecting an e-sign option

To expedite its goal of having a fully electronic system for processing benefits claims, Social Security Administration officials plan to offer citizens three signature proxy options.

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Former CSC spokesman Gulick dies

John Gulick, who worked as a public relations official with Computer Sciences Corp. for a decade, died suddenly May 16 following a heart attack at his home.

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E-signatures navigate troubled waters

Technology hampered by lack of standards

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GAO finds widespread fed data mining

A General Accounting Office report reveals 52 federal agencies that use or plan to use data mining,

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Former CSC official dies

John Gulick, well known in the IT community for his public relations work with CSC, had a heart attack.