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DOD doles out CIO awards
An Air Force directorate and an Army employee won top honors in the military's CIO awards this year.
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Cops get info-sharing portal for debate
Microsoft's SharePoint software powers the customized portal for agencies guarding the presidential debate.
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Coast Guard gets satellite help
Officials plan to use an automatic identification system receiver on a satellite to track ships.
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E-government marches on
It won't be halted, no matter who wins the election, Mark Forman says.
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GEIA: IT to grow 3.6 percent
GEIA officials believe that the fiscal 2005 federal IT budget will be $60.8 billion
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CRM crosses over
One of the few emerging software categories to survive the dot-com crash of the early 2000s was customer relationship management software.
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Md. elections CIO says e-voting flaws ‘mitigated’
Maryland voters can rest assured their votes will be safely and accurately counted next month, says the Maryland Elections Board CIO.<@SM>
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Md. elections CIO offers e-voting assurances
She defended the state board against allegations that officials have not taken prudent measures.
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Cheyenne follow-on awarded
Lockheed Martin will get $54.2 million to keep updating Cheyenne Mountain's systems.
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Geospatial One-Stop takes first county
Westchester County, N.Y., became the first county to contribute maps to the geospatial portal.
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NASA software finds satellite problems
Scientists corrupted a spacecraft's system and caught the glitches with artificial intelligence software in a test.
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Agriculture launches personal Web pages
The department is giving visitors to its Web site the ability to customize the homepage to fit their needs.
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Aviation group explores ID verification standards
ICAO seeks industry help in developing standards for verification, authentication and machine-readable documents.
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App lets Air Force, Navy gain control of workflow
The first year the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard in Hawaii began using Concerto software to accelerate the flow of projects, officials cut overtime by $9 million.
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Border Patrol expands fingerprint searches
Two fingerprint databases can be searched at the same time to see if illegal aliens are wanted by authorities.
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Hiring bill races toward passage
The House passed legislation that gives federal managers the ability to award recruitment and retention bonuses and provides other flexibilities to attract and keep workers.
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Ky. revamps elections site
The new State Board of Elections site allows registered voters to access all information on their precinct and legislative district.
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SEC to accept XBRL
The Securities and Exchange Commission will start taking filings tagged with Extensible Business Reporting Language.
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