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BlackBerry pushes a sweet solution

If you're a professional on the go, you probably have a wish list of improvements for remote e-mail access. Items on the list likely include real-time receipt of messages, no need for a separate account and improved overall convenience.

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San Diego teams with Verizon

In a marketing arrangement, the company will put its logo on the city's stationery, co-host city events and more

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The Circuit

In an effort to keep it clean, the General Services Administration is on a mission to ferret out dirty words on federal Web sites

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SBA takes next step in modernization

The Small Business Administration has selected SRA International Inc. to head the second phase of the agency's modernization program

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Cyber ethics: A big deal

Mike McConnell, a vice president at Booz-Allen & Hamilton Inc., recently said, "A new security culture needs to emerge across the entire Internet user community, a culture that emphasizes personal responsibility and accountability on the part of every user, from schoolchild to CEO.

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Red Hat Linux 7: The rich get richer

Red Hat Inc., the dominant vendor in the burgeoning Linux market, is like a bulldog that does not want to cede any of its territory.

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Mainframes make Web connection

Interior Department uses Java to give old technology a new lease on life

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Rhetoric and reality

There's a lot of rhetoric about partnering. Vendors, when they submit proposals to agencies, often talk about their desire to 'partner' with the agency. In many cases, this is just rhetoric: The vendor is proposing a rosy relationship, but the real desire is to get as many dollars from the government for doing as little work as possible.

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Agency adds smart cards

The Bureau of Labor Statistics is bolstering systems security by adding publickey infrastructure and providing smart cards to 1,500 employees.

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Recyclopedia aims to lighten landfill

To spare items that normally might make their way into the local landfill, a California city is playing waste matchmaker.

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Web-enabling: Back to the future

A few years ago, the mainframe was supposedly on its way out, to be replaced by the smaller and less expensive client/ server platform

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GIS earns spot on the government map

State and county agencies are increasingly turning to geographic information systems (GIS) to help people interact with government and get the most out of public services.

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Panasonic looks for fed bounce

Panasonic demonstrated its recently released Toughbook 48 at Comdex

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Memphis outsources city's IT

A $42 million deal turns over the city's technology workload -- and IT staff -- to a vendor

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Oklahoma child care payments go electronic

The state expects its new $5 million child-care payment system to save money and assure more accurate subsidies

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Training turns out video specialists, military PR

The Defense Information School trains students to produce broadcast and video projects that are viewed by troops and the public worldwide

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Spawar commander to retire by summer

Rear Adm. John Gauss, who has helped lead the Navy through its shipboard systems modernization program, plans to retire by summer

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Avoiding the holiday debt blues

FCW's Friday Financials column offers some hints for keeping your holiday shopping season debtfree

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Lincoln has progress in hand

A creative use for handheld computers is just one of the Nebraska city's new technology initiatives