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Managing with courage

I am writing this column fresh from a fascinating experience teaching a group of Senior Executive Service (SES) managers in an executive education class at Harvard University

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GPO info gets saved

Two of the government's most popular sources for federal records reaffirmed their commitment to the preservation of electronic government information

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U.S. making supercomputing push

Task force to propose initiatives to boost high-end computing

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Webwire

Collins to question TSP; IG says DISA made improper payment to MCI; Telework Web site updated; NWS awards $48 million contract

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The Pipeline

The phrase 'planar lightwave circuit' sounds like something the crew aboard the starship USS Enterprise discusses before deciding to reverse its polarity and reconfigure its isolinear nanoreceptacles in a last-ditch attempt to vanquish the Klingons

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Homeless system raises privacy concerns

HUD collecting data about homeless population

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Smart cards: The next generation

Organizations seeking the efficiency of one smart card for both physical and logical access can obtain hybrid cards that have two chips or can wait for cards sporting dual-interface chips

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Solutions architects: The picture gets clearer

What exactly is a solutions architect? That is the question officials discussed during a forum this month

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Changing with the times

GSA's smart card contract zeros in on post-Sept. 11 priorities

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Hewitt joins Input

Fed Sources founder Tom Hewitt is joining competitor Input

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Access in a flash

Contactless smart cards gain ground in federal market

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EDS launches "pay per use" component

EDS lunches a Web portal for delivering applications

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Parking tickets go wireless

Handheld ticket-writing devices rely on Wi-Fi

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Fla. firefighters test geolocation

A central Florida county fire department is testing new technology that could help incident commanders track firefighters battling a blaze inside a building.

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Cybersecurity agency to improve patching

National Cyber Security Division officials want to improve the governmentwide computer patching service so more agencies use it, a senior official said this week

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Collins to question TSP

The Thrift Savings Plan's Web site problems will be the subject of a Senate hearing.

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N.Y. to train more on data warehouse

The New York State Comptroller's Office plans to expand training and usage of a data warehouse created last fall to integrate information from payroll and accounting

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Firefighters to use simulators

Just as pilots learn to fly using flight simulators, firefighters will soon be able to train for emergency situations using similar software.

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NASA seeks Mars requests

NASA is giving the public an unprecedented opportunity to suggest places on the Red Planet that should be photographed from an orbiting spacecraft.

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Tampa drops face software

Tampa has abandoned its controversial face-matching system