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Homeland bill veto threatened
White House threatens to veto Senate homeland security bill unless management flexibilities are restored
Digital Government
Taking cyber predators to task
Governments turn to task forces, technology to try to keep pace with the rise in crimes against children
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U.S. Marshals and VA finish testing automated travel systems
The Marshals Service and the Veterans Affairs Department are moving ahead with their own automated travel systems despite little word from the Office of Management and Budget or the General Services Administration about which e-travel system will be used for the governmentwide e-Travel initiative.
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DOD joint concepts in question
GAO says lack of key management tools at Joint Forces Command makes its impact on transformation unclear
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IRS: Tax forms will talk
A new design tool for fillable forms will make the IRS’ 50 top online tax schedules usable by visually impaired persons in the next tax season. Adobe Systems Inc. today announced that the IRS has been testing Adobe PDF Forms Access Agent, a $99 developer tool, to provide audible instructions for filling out each field of a form. The IRS keeps several hundred forms and publications online in Adobe’s Portable Document Format.
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Olson stirs IRMCO attendees
Solicitor General Ted Olson, whose wife perished Sept. 11, addresses fellow public servants
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Roster Change
Robert Frye, executive director of the Standard Systems Group (SSG), is retiring effective Sept. 3
Digital Government
Gadgets on the go
A review of lightweight, affordable products ideal for the mobile professional
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Air Force chief derides 'tribes'
Chief of staff says the Air Force must break down its 'tribal' platforms and procedures and integrate them using IT
Digital Government
USB Universal Card Reader: Card consolidation
As smaller, mobile computing devices have proliferated, so has the need for extra, portable memory.
Digital Government
TSA system would dig up passenger info
By late fall, airport security officers hope to begin installing systems that can instantly check the backgrounds of airline passengers
People
Changing with the times
Unisys' Ira Kirsch contemplates the ups and downs of a 30-year career
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Proposed office on shaky ground
Congress may be thinking about cutting a key information- sharing technology initiative out of the fiscal 2003 budget
Digital Government
Waging a war on Internet crime
Special report: Law enforcement cracks down on crimes against kids
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