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Study raps agencies' Web proficiency
While many federal Web sites are struggling to find a niche, a new study by Brown University found that many of these online sites are not fully taking advantage of the benefits of the Internet
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Finding its net voice
When the command at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard transferred responsibility for the yard's phone system from the facilities staff to the information technology department as part of a centralization project, the department did what many computer shops in the same situation would love to do: It hatched a plan to run those phones over its own IPbased computer data network.
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Congress, Katzen in CIO showdown
Members of a House subcommittee made it clear Tuesday they want an IT czar; they're fed up with the IT queen.
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DMS officially replaces Autodin
The Defense Message System came online Sept. 15, fully replacing the Automatic Digital Network System
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Hot, hot, hot
A looming federal workforce shortage and pressure from the White House and Congress to move government business online are creating the market that will give rise to the next hot federal contractors.
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Dates of Progress
The Transportation Department's Strategic Plan for 20002005 describes how the agency will protect its critical information systems.
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Good, fast and cheap?
There's an old saying that I'm told comes from the printing industry: 'You can have it good, fast or cheap ? pick any two!'
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Sovereignty in cyberspace
In the words of Jose Maria Figueres, former president of Costa Rica, 'There are only two nationalities: those that are connected to the Internet and those that are not.'
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Emergency treatment
Navy and Marine Corps medical personnel for the first time are using computerbased training to prepare themselves to treat victims of nuclear, chemical and biological attacks that could occur on the battlefield or in the streets of U.S. cities.
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The Circuit
The FBI dubbed its sophisticated email bugging system 'Carnivore' because it would 'get to the meat' of suspect emails, officials said.
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NSF pumps millions into info tech
The National Science Foundation awarded the first grants last week to promote advancements in computer science, and its information technology program cleared a hurdle toward a $215 million budget for fiscal 2001.
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The big Squeeze
Between 1995 and 1999, the total number of operations at U.S. airports rose more than 8 percent.
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Schools compete to become digital
Pennsylvania districts are vying for the chance of getting a multimillion-dollar technology transformation
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County offering Webcast I-dos
For a price, couples can have their wedding ceremonies broadcast online at a Virginia circuit court
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Put focus on fringe benefits
FCW's Friday Financials column warns workers to review benefits carefully, whether they're old or young, staying in public sector or going to the private sector
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Study raps agencies' Web proficiency
Egovernment officials need to work to improve citizen access to online information and services, a Brown University study has found
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