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Bush seeks boost in security budget
Supplemental request for fiscal 2002 includes funds for new and existing tech projects
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Three key life insurance questions
FCW.com's Friday Financials column offers some guidance if you are considering buying life insurance beyond what you may already have
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GAO: Agencies struggle with IT architectures
Most agencies have no enterprise architecture plan or are just starting to develop one.
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Bill proposes 'high-tech guard'
Legislation would mobilize teams of tech and science experts in times of national crisis
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Army tests base security app
Military police at Fort McPherson will use radio frequency identification technology to screen vehicles and people
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Debating e-gov: curtail or proceed?
A Pennsylvania congressman and OMB's Lorentz have different views on the impact of homeland security on e-government
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NASA speeds up financial system
Decision acknowledges past problems with deploying an integrated financial management system
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Quad Council salutes cutting-edge initiatives
The government has a reputation for lagging behind the private sector when it comes to technology use, but at least five e-government projects are on IT’s cutting edge, a senior administration official said.
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E-gov projects likely to end up in a bell curve
Progress on the Office of Management and Budget’s 24 e-government projects likely will end up in a bell curve, according to Norman Lorentz, OMB's chief technology officer. A few projects will lead the way, most will come to fruition in the middle of OMB’s 18- to 24-month time frame, and a few will have to be adjusted or scrapped altogether.
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Justice appoints new CIO
Attorney General John Ashcroft appointed Hitch to solve the Justice Department's computer woes
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Firms undergo NSA infosec rating
Companies sign on for NSA's information security assessment training and rating program
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Marines name NMCI manager
The Marine Corps officially has named Richard Glover as its program manager for the NMCI initiative
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FBI record handling blamed
Computer systems are antiquated, but Justice inspector general pins blame for McVeigh case failures on personnel
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ActiveBatch breezes through chores
Advanced Systems Concepts' ActiveBatch enables batch jobs and scheduled tasks to run on several platforms with ease
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INS details broken process
INS commissioner tells House panel that agency is ?big on information and small on technology
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FAA opens contract for bids
Air traffic modernization project, potentially worth $1 billion, was the subject of protest
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DOD to probe credit card abuse
Rumsfeld asks for investigation about abuse of government-issued purchase cards
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