Digital Government
Congressional letter gets sponsor
A lobbying group has signed on to sponsor Congress Online, a nonprofit newsletter for members of Congress.
Acquisition
Researcher sees more GIS sales
Increased government spending will help the market for geographic information system (GIS) products grow by 8 percent this year, says research firm Daratech.
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Army gets integration help
An unnamed vendor received a support contract to help define IT systems across the Army.
People
GPO taps Young for prepress
The Government Printing Office appointed Dannie Young as Superintendent of GPO's Electronic Photocomposition Division.
People
Child tax credit info now online
The Internal Revenue Service is offering an electronic service for taxpayers to find out the amount of their advance child tax credit and to see when the check was mailed
Acquisition
Peregrine no longer bankrupt
The software vendor has emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy and plans a renewed push into the federal market
Digital Government
CIOs explain justice data sharing
State CIOs this month released a report to illustrate how law enforcement agencies should share information.
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Lieberman: Merge terror lists soon
Sen. Joseph Lieberman this week asked Homeland Secretary Tom Ridge for timetable for when the Bush administration would consolidate the government's terrorist watch lists.
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CSC wins $36 million Navy deal
Computer Sciences Corp. will provide business and program management support for the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center.
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More problems, delays for DMS
The military's new Defense Message System probably won't completely replace the current message network until early next year
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Fed jobs site a big hit
The Office of Personnel Management drew 309,000 visitors to its revamped USAJobs Web on its opening day this week
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Forman’s legacy is one of better IT management
As the news spread that Mark Forman will leave the Office of Management and Budget for the private sector, reaction in the federal IT community was not of surprise, but of understanding and consideration.<br>
Digital Government
IBM earns Linux certification
IBM, SuSE achieve Common Criteria security certification
Digital Government
FDA automates event database
Food and Drug Administration officials are increasing their ability to discover bad trends from vaccines or medications
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OMB clears up SmartBuy
Federal agencies confused about the government's SmartBuy enterprise licensing program can go online to find out more about it
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Defense document site gets upgrade
An overhauled Web site will let Defense Department employees track documents throughout the printing and duplicating process.
Digital Government
Health group boosts mail security
A Michigan health institute is expanding its use of software that encrypts e-mail.
Digital Government
Court halts Ga. license plans
A Superior Court ruling last week temporarily blocked a plan to install a new driver's license system in Georgia
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Defense group to get ID middleware
A California company has been hired to provide software so a defense group can use the high-tech features of its identification cards.
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