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Another View: Is the administration’s e-gov game all talk?
Nearly everyone in the Office of Governmentwide Policy is walking on eggshells lately.
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NARA, Dell open up the Public Vaults
The National Archives and Records Administration unveiled a 9,000-square-foot interactive exhibit today to President Bush and other inaugural attendees.
People
Internaut: Don’t get complacent on e-government
Finally, e-government initiatives are producing measurable results.
People
IT security problems cause two agencies to slip in PMA scorecard
The Veterans Affairs Department’s and the Small Business Administration’s e-government initiatives each dropped a grade in the President’s Management Agenda.
People
Tech economy site opens
The Tech-Based Economic Development Resource Center has links to more than 1,300 items.
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Score card: Four more greens
But a few agencies did decrease in OMB's quarterly management rankings.
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ManTech gives licenses to Search
ManTech International has donated 40 perpetual licenses of its network forensics analysis software to a crime statistics and data group.
People
Florida eyes tech reorg
Florida Gov. Jeb Bush wants to transfer IT operations and services out of the State Technology Office.
Modernization
Groups pitch health info plan
Thirteen groups banded together to propose a Common Framework for a National Health Information Network.
People
Carnivore no more
The controversial FBI email and chat room surveillance program, has been superseded by new technology.
Digital Government
Census to spend $300M on handhelds
The U.S. Census Bureau plans to issue a request for proposals in the coming months for a contract that could be worth at least $300 million to equip between 500,000 and 600,000 census counters with handheld computers for the 2010 head count.
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NOAA opens coastal portal
Officials say nowCOAST collects weather and water-related conditions in their communities.
Digital Government
Judge backs EDS protest
An administrative law judge recommended that North Carolina officials cancel the award of a Medicaid system contract.
Modernization
Satellites help plant control
A Kansas county uses commercial satellite imagery to help control invasive plants that threaten water supplies.
People
US-VISIT to test radio tech
US-VISIT wants to use radio frequency technology similar to those used for toll booth passes to allow vehicles to cross borders quickly.
People
Armored vehicles to get rugged systems
DRS Technologies will receive almost $36 million for 3,600 FBCB2 systems for Army and Marine vehicles.
Modernization
Isle of Man plans IP network
The self-governed crown protectorate will spend about $8 million to build an IP-based telecom network to connect government employees.
People
Military eyes new technology
Nine of 61 trials during last year's Joint Warrior Interoperability Demonstration yielded promising results, officials say.
Digital Government