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Integration office may not happen
Congress continues to resist the proposed Information Integration Office, part of the president's homeland security effort
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Florida outsourcing HR services
Company will take over benefits and payroll administration, recruiting and training for the state government
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Army picks firm for IT support
The Army Test and Evaluation Command has selected STG Inc. to provide IT support services at three locations
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Feds doing elementary e-gov
Survey of federal sites found five doing well, but most still offer little more than the basic elements of e-government
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Project to test digital watermarks
AFRL, Digimarc project will research digital watermarking as a security feature for identifying fraudulent IDs
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OPM will seek proposals to enhance USAJobs
The Office of Personnel Management in early September will release a request for proposals for a commercial system to enhance its USAJobs.opm.gov portal.
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Regional emergency system prepped
IBM will build interoperable wireless data communications system for DC, Maryland and Virginia
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AT&T braces FirstGov for e-gov
Contract calls for beefing up the federal portal's security as agencies prepare a new generation of online services
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Library encourages patrons to chat
Montgomery County, Md., branch has been piloting a live ask-a-librarian service online
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DOD gives biometrics a workout
The Biometrics Management Office is testing iris scan technology to gain access to the Pentagon Athletic Club
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TSP recordkeeping system delayed
The new recordkeeping system for the Thrift Savings Plan won't be ready until November
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Rumsfeld outlines risks, rewards
Defense secretary's annual report describes the advantages of network-centric operations and need for protecting systems
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Card smarts
Over the past decade, about 60 federal agencies started making plans to issue smart cards to their employees. Most are still at the drawing board.
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Carriers add registered e-mail
Months after the Postal Service pulled the plug on its certified e-mail service, telecommunications companies are offering government users something similar.
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OHS to test emergency links
The Office of Homeland Security will lead an exercise to test linking command centers with the White House
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BlackBerry to carry DOD security
Research In Motion is working with NSA to support the S/MIME secure e-mail standard on handhelds
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