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DOD preps personnel system
Draft RFP posted for a streamlined human resources system that will replace 88 legacy systems
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State meets demand for map data
Responding to public demand, New Hampshire has taken GIS data to the Web to provide spatial and map-based information
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Get along, little tax form
Texas today opened its online filing program for sales taxes to businesses statewide. The voluntary Web filing program, launched in 1998, has expanded gradually to include more and more businesses.
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Cancer institute consolidates Web postings
The National Cancer Institute today launched a redesigned Web site at <a href="http://cancer.gov">cancer.gov</a>, proclaiming it a one-stop resource for information about cancer.
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DMV chiefs push for improved drivers license systems
A task force of the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators is calling for improvements in driver’s license issuance standards to close security loopholes in the nation’s leading identity document.
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Company simplifies e-signature
Comfidex president says FormFiler offers people a simple, cheap way to sign electronic documents online
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States meeting food stamp deadline
Most states will make the Oct. 1 deadline for having a system for delivering food stamp benefits electronically
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Roster change
T. Kevin Carroll was tapped this month to head the new Army Enterprise Information Systems office
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DOD shown model for acquisition
GAO analysis shows DOD could save millions of dollars by taking a strategic approach to the purchase of services
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GSA puts contracting tool online
The new virtual performance-based contracting guide offers a teaching tool for this method of acquisition
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Utah plans wireless data network
Network would help state, local and federal agencies swap data via wireless devices
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Teleporters hold a long-distance reunion
Lance Cpl. Jose Jasso stood at a Teleportec monitor in San Diego and talked with his mom, dad, wife, sisters and cousins in Dallas—family he hasn’t seen since he signed up a year ago and was sent to Camp Pendleton, Calif.
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Missile-detection system strikes gold
Approval of ground control station marks first phase of advanced Air Force program
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Paper records in an IT world
Commentary: The business case for electronic records management has become overwhelming
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A textbook midsize candidate
Here's an example of a typical prospective buyer that vendors have to sell to at midsize federal organizations
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Rethinking Web-based management
One debate that still needs to be settled with midsize network management tools is what interface to use with them
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Lawsuit questions agency info buying
Privacy advocates filed a lawsuit to force six federal agencies to disclose details about their practice of buying information about individuals from commercial databases
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Army begins work on IT 'transformation'
The Army set up a new organization to spearhead an effort to update and integrate its various information systems into a comprehensive infrastructure
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