Digital Government
DOD eases collaboration tool rules
But all products still must prove capable of sharing data with the Defense Collaboration Tool Suite
Digital Government
Court systems getting help
Associations are drafting standards for state trial courts' casemanagement systems
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CIO Council will fund eight e-gov portal projects
The Chief Information Officers Council this month announced that its electronic-government committee has approved $1.2 million to fund eight cross-agency Web portals.<@SM>
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Who’s owner of FirstGov database? Not Uncle Sam
Millionaire philanthropist Eric Brewer owns the FirstGov database of federal Web sites—and in 2003, he’ll take it back.
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New tax law reduces education costs
FCW's Friday Financials column teaches readers about how changes in tax law affect educationrelated provisions
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Architecture expert heads to Air Force
Rob Thomas is leaving Customs to become the Air Force's director of architecture and interoperability
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American Indian firm wins $100M pact
Wyandotte NetTel will offer telecom, IT solutions in what may be the largestever tribal contract
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Pay.gov rings up its first $1b
In less than a year of operating its Pay.gov portal, the Treasury Department’s Financial Management Service has collected $1 billion in fees, fines, leases, taxes and other electronic payments from citizens and businesses thorough the portal.<@SM>
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USDA puts research on menu
The Agriculture Department last month launched a new Web site to provide information about food safety research.<@SM>
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U.S. courts may put more case records online
A committee of federal judges this week recommended posting most federal court case files online, with some restrictions.
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Protests halt DOD contract
DOD cancels Global Crossing's $400 million Defense Research and Engineering Network contract
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DOE unveils fastest supercomputer
Livermore National Laboratory plans to simulate nuclear detonations using the mammoth machine
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GAO: Spawar skips testing
Report says Spawar buys large quantities of a system before completing operational testing
Digital Government
System eases counselor workload
Job counselors in New York find their work faster to get through with a new case-management system
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Few feds delinquent with SmartPay cards, report says
Despite recent charges of misuse of Defense Department credit cards, almost all employees who hold them have been paying their bills on time.
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House to sweep floor with XML
The House of Representatives this week released drafts of 110 Extensible Markup Language document type definitions for all its legislative activities. The DTDs are in the public domain and cover categories ranging from bills and resolutions to deletions and anomalous document structures.
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Learning on the Web's front lines
FCW's DotGov Thursday column guides federal Web managers in creating a learning environment and dealing with mistakes
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