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Letter to the Editor

Choosing government service, pay

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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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Letters to the editor

Outsourcing's Benefits?

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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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Vetting, minus the pain

What's up with vetting political appointees?

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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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FirstGov worth the wait

Think back nine years to Windows 3.1.

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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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Letter to the editor

Civilians give their lives in line of duty

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Understand COBRA in case layoff strikes

FCW's Friday Financials column helps workers understand the options surrounding health care coverage between jobs