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Planning for scheduled downtime
When it comes to downtime, customers traditionally have made disaster protection the top priority
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311 service goes rural route
Martha's Vineyard starts a 311 service that automatically directs nonemergency calls to local police
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IRS looks at outsourcing
Internal Revenue Service officials plan to try outsourcing the management of the agency's desktop and computer networks
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Webwire
House pushes spectrum sale; Johnson confirmed at OMB; DHS seeks alert system; Air Force taps General Dynamics
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Don't let downtime get you down
Planned network outages add up, but strategies exist for alleviating the pain
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Technology briefs
DOD uses multimedia search software; Microsoft, VeriSign join forces
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The Circuit
Callahan Bows Out of AFFIRM; Project Managers Defined; Lighten Up, Ridge; Lighten Up, Ridge; Lessons learned: Smart contracting
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HIPAA gives health industry a queasy feeling
The first deadline for protecting health data posed few problems, but greater challenges loom just ahead
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Letters to the editor
A Matter of Degree; The C4ISR Wedge; Get All Services to the Table; Models for Managers
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Homeland budget clears House panel
Bill includes more money for first responders, high-threat areas and airline passenger screening
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Buyouts, COLAs and retirement
FCW.com's Ask Milt column responds to questions about buyouts and cost of living adjustments as they relate to retirement
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Funds for states, ports announced
DHS announces funding for first responder preparedness and cargo security
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Showing the way to new voter ID
Texas county is one of the first to qualify voters through a database using information on driver's licenses
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A-76 appeal for feds considered
GAO seeks comments on allowing workers to appeal competitions they lose under new A-76 rules
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Senators' bill to ensure E911 funds
Legislation is aimed at keeping state governments from raiding funds dedicated for 911 systems
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PeopleSoft board rejects Oracle bid
Board of directors recommends that stockholders reject Oracle's unsolicited offer
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Grants modernize city services
Urban Challenge winners each will get $100,000 in 3Com hardware, software and/or in-kind services
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