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OMB freezes management systems
Freeze affects investments on financial, HR and procurement systems at agencies moving to the Homeland Security Department
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Feds look to secure wireless nets
Wireless networks are not as secure as they need to be, but officials have several ideas for making the best of a bad situation
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IG calls for halt of Defense Travel System
The Defense Department should halt funding of its Defense Travel System until a study can determine whether it is the most cost-effective approach to streamlining the travel process, the Pentagon inspector general recommends.<@SM>
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Calif. halts contract with Oracle
California has terminated six-year, $95 million enterprise license agreement with Oracle Corp.
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Tax system upgrade kept in-house
Pennsylvania is integrating its own tax systems as a way to save millions of dollars and keep a customer focus
Digital Government
Housing agency eases filing
Massachusetts' Web-FACTS enables hundreds of management firms to file financial statements online
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Army system measures readiness
The Army is moving forward with its Strategic Readiness System, which measures the readiness of all areas of the service
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IRS tests new central tax file database
The IRS has begun testing the Customer Account Data Engine, the database management system that will replace the nearly 40-year-old Master File and Integrated Data Retrieval System.
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Industry still leery about FOIA rules
The debate over whether information on system vulnerabilities that industry shares with the government should be exempted from FOIA may be coming to a head
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System serves as bioterror sentry
New York City health department system analyzes ER data for trends that may indicate disease outbreaks
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The tenets of the University of Information Technology
The tenets of the University of Information Technology
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Feds still on the sideline
Bureaucratus column: Isn't there any way to protect workers from repetitive stress injuries in a cost-effective way?
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Labor accepts digital signatures from union filers
The Labor Department has set up a voluntary program that lets unions file annual reports online using digital signatures.
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