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NMCI may be homeland model

Expert says agencies will turn toward enterprise infrastructures that improve security and interoperability

Digital Government

El Paso rolling toward e-gov

City's IT construction process moves toward delivering 24-hour e-government by the end of July

People

Education continues its paperless chase with plans for a digital-signature system

The Education Department is making the final strides away from paper with the next phase of its electronic grants process.

Digital Government

Cities granted digital divide help

Grants from 3Com's Urban Challenge program aim at increasing community access to services

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Secure smart card can handle many e-gov apps

SchlumbergerSema, a division of the multinational Schlumberger Ltd., launched the ICitizen smart card for data and access security at the CardTech/SecurTech trade show in New Orleans in April.

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Another View: Free e-filing is not a simple matter for IRS

All the brouhaha over homeland security overshadowed the fact that IRS recently got through another tax season, one in which 46 million taxpayers filed returns online. They got their refunds in half the time of paper filers. Indeed, IRS’ premier e-government offering, called E-file, earns ratings on the University of Michigan’s customer satisfaction index.

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Momentum building behind homeland

Davis, Moran say lawmakers must continue to provide money for agency-by-agency security systems

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Bush delivers Homeland blueprint

Homeland Security Department would combine agencies and rely heavily on technology to fight terrorism

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E-Authentication RFI due this month

GSA soon will release its formal call to industry for ideas on a single authentication infrastructure for all e-gov services

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NARA overwhelmed, report says

The National Archives has continued is policy of printing electronic records on paper to preserve them

Digital Government

Letter to the editor

Problems with Homeland Dept.

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Air Force lab opening info exchange

The Air Force Research Laboratory soon will be using a system that enables its technology directorates to exchange data

Digital Government

Roster change

A pair of the Army's technology leaders will retire this summer

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Grants awarded for port security

The $92.3 million in grants are aimed at enhancing security through initiatives that could include electronic seals

Digital Government

Missouri adds tool vs. fraud

State to use Medstat solution to identify and investigate fraud and abuse in the Medicaid program

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Air traffic controller crisis looms

Under its current hiring process, the FAA risks facing a skills gap in the future, a GAO report says

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Two Army tech leaders retiring

Miriam Browning and Robert Coxe helped establish the Army's knowledge management vision

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Army cleaning up Web sites

The Army is working to remove potentially damaging data from its Web sites and recently found a glitch that it is fixing

Digital Government

Letter to the editor

Homeland department not the answer

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PTO awards electronic-filing contracts

The Patent and Trademark Office today negotiated zero-dollar contracts with five companies to sell electronic-filing services for patent applications.