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Lisagor: Kick it off right

10 steps for launching a successful project

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Circuit

Follow the footsteps of the Confederate Army online; E-mail pet-peeves; The comptroller needs a records specialist; and more.

People

EPA finalizes e-documents rule

The rule defines when the agency will accept electronic documents from state, tribal and local governments, but stops short of making it a requirement.

Digital Government

Contractors assess mixed results

War, storms and policy shifts made fiscal 2005 market tough to predict

People

Avoid costly clearance delays

Field investigator cautions that a security clearance is not a resume

People

Input: Katrina relief may cut into DHS IT spending

Funds channeled to FEMA for hurricane recovery efforts could add to agency's coffers, but Congress may compensate with cuts to technology programs.

Modernization

Army doubles Savi RFID contracts

Army increases contract for active radio frequency identification tags and readers used to track supplies delivered to Iraq.

Modernization

Broadband interference

Internet over power lines may jam airwaves, but remedies exist

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Intercepts

JNN fielding costs. Where, oh where, has Raduege gone? Pentagon declares war -- on industry?

Modernization

The search for 1,000 points of light

NASA's Ames Research Center hopes Google will help IT explore the final frontier

Digital Government

Fear and feathers

Health experts hope technology can help them detect and contain outbreaks of avian flu.

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Editorial: Search as a model

The NASA/Google arrangement could stand as a true example of a public/private partnership.

Modernization

HandsOn: Computing in the dark

Standard batteries for laptop computers are still limited, but a few improvements are on the horizon.

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Army gets its IT act together

500-day plan to serve as a road map for creating a net-centric enterprise

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Vendors press Army to release JNN RFP

Clamor grows for next phase of Joint Network Nodes

Digital Government

Weighing 4 options to client/server

Blade technology, terminal servers and thin clients are viable choices

People

Cost of fed pay reform could become an issue

In recent hearings on Capitol Hill, officials have raised questions about the cost of changing the way agencies pay federal employees.

People

DOD prepares for acquisition training upgrades

The Defense Acquisition University is interested in whether vendors can offer fixed prices for developing online courses.

People

FBI hires tech-savvy HR guru

Former oil company exec could put human resources on right track