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Embrace failure
Editorial: The success of a Defense Department plan to use existing acquisitions to test new strategies for speeding the procurement process could hinge on one question: Are DOD officials prepared to accept failure?
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Airline tech in the wings
Airlines are relying heavily on low-tech solutions for screening checked baggage for explosives, but they'll be rolling out higher tech as the year unfolds
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Intell info-sharing net gains support
Sept. 11 may be the impetus needed to link the 14 intelligence agencies into an information-sharing system proposed more than a year ago
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Driver's licenses get another look
The lack of license uniformity among the states permits widespread identification fraud
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Partners program offers perspective
The Industry Advisory Council will convene two classes of its government/industry executive development program for the first time next month
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Entitlement
Bureaucratus column: How much back pay is an employee entitled to receive?
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Not-so-middling management needs
Help is on the way for small agencies to better manage networks
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IT slate for 2002
Information technology will be near the head of the line when the 107th Congress reconvenes. Here's a look at what lawmakers will consider.
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Thrift lawsuit brews
The board that oversees the Thrift Savings Plan has asked Congress to change federal law so the board can refile a $350 million lawsuit against AMS
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Officials: DOD acquisition system weak
Transformation of the armed services will be virtually impossible without a wholesale reform of the DOD acquisition process, according to the commander-in-chief of the Navy's U.S. Pacific Command
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The Privacy Act explained
Data gathering on celebrities and Vietnam War protesters, civil rights activists and presidents' political enemies was the reason Congress passed the Privacy Act of 1974
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CIO Council to push tech standards
CIO Council soon will recommend that all agencies use certain technical standards as they build new systems and applications
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Air Force checking climate
Survey goes online this week to ?tap the pulse' of the service on management and work-related topics
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Army National Guard upgrades e-learning
The Army National Guard plans to upgrade its defense readiness programs with a new e-learning platform from Click2learn Inc.
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Plan maps out smart transportation
The Intelligent Transportation Society of America unveiled its vision for the future of transportation
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Technology vs. Terrorism
IT companies and organizations eager to enlist in the war against terrorism are plugging a variety of information-based weapons
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Getting a handle on security
Symantec explores options for securing handheld computers
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