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Voting researchers eye optical scans
High technology does not offer the best answer to the problem of inaccurate voting machines
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Denied a promotion
The Environmental Protection Agency recently tried ? and failed ? to sidestep merit procedures
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How to write a good agreement
Agencies today face the difficult task of translating their users' desires into formal servicelevel agreements. Here are a few areas agencies should focus on when writing their agreements, according to experts in the field.
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Focus shifts to performance
Agency IT departments begin to rely on service-level agreements
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Andersen picked for FBI review
Justice has selected Andersen to conduct a comprehensive review of the FBI, including its antiquated computer systems
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Another step taken toward 'one HHS'
The centralization of the agency's human resources system at the Department of Health and Human Services is the latest step in Secretary Tommy Thompson's quest to create 'one HHS'
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OMB sets up audit option
OMB may allow agency components with a proven track record for financial management to skip the mandated annual audit
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Informatica brings order to data
With last week's introduction of a distributed data integration tool and this week's launch of its federal business unit, Informatica Corp. is poised to help government agencies make better use of vast stores of information.
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Thrift board dumps, sues AMS
The acrimonious relationship between American Management Systems Inc. and the board that oversees the Thrift Savings Plan turned to cinders last week when the board fired AMS and filed a $350 million suit alleging fraud.
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Missing laptops steam lawmakers
It wasn't until last year that the FBI began using a system to keep track of its 13,000 laptop computers
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EDS, Sun form alliance
A pair of technology heavyweights announced a formal partnership agreement July 16 that they are banking on ? literally
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DEA picks vendor for Firebird intranet work
The Drug Enforcement Administration has selected PEC Solutions Inc. to spearhead improvements to its Firebird intranet.
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Justice creating cybercrime units
Computer Hacking and Intellectual Property units will focus on hightech crimes
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Agencies test PeopleSoft's CRM
State, IRS are evaluating the company's Webenabled customer relationship management solution
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