Digital Government
Shop cyberbookstore for DEP information
New feature on Pennsylvania Web site expected to shave money from printing and mailing costs
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Faster, better, cheaper OK
But two NASA reports recommend strengthening people, processes and technology used to carry out the philosophy
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'Smart ship' a smart idea?
How many sailors does it take to save a sinking ship? If you ask the Navy, they would tell you about 95. That is, of course, as long as the ship in question comes equipped with the latest information technologies and global communications gear.
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The key to ERP success
Federal Prison Industries Inc. will lock up its aging distributed financial management system May 30 and fire up a new enterprise resource planning system. No matter what. No contingency plan.
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Minding her business
Six months of experience as a chief knowledge officer makes Shereen Remez the federal government's most senior official in that position. And she seems to relish her role as knowledge management's elder spokeswoman.
Digital Government
Easing financial reporting
The failure of many agencies to receive a clean audit statement this month has not necessarily been the lack of improvement to their financial information systems.
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Tech tools help fight work force shortage
Faced with an aging work force, a tight labor market and a rising demand for workers with hightech skills, the Office of Personnel Management is acutely aware that federal agencies need help working through the federal hightech work force crisis.
Digital Government
FAA plan clears air
Technology that will bring better information to pilots, air traffic controllers and airline passengers is a top priority in a plan announced March 10 by President Clinton and Transportation Secretary Rodney Slater.
Digital Government
Reno: Arm cybercops
The Internet has complicated the lives of law enforcement officials, permitting anonymous criminals to infiltrate international borders to attack and then vanish into cyberspace.
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Too clever by half
In promoting to Congress its plan to launch a fleet of the most computerized warships ever built, the Navy has run full steam into a classic problem: How much automation is too much? Or, in the case of the military, at what point does adding computers to its warfighting systems put one more soldier, sailor or pilot in harm's way?
Digital Government
OMB's double-edged security sword
CIOs welcome the clout OMB's ultimatum gives them. ... complying is another matter
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GSA Advantage gets personal
GSA's online shop will deliver customized product and service information
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FAA's spring plan clears the air
Technology that will bring better information to pilots, air traffic controllers and airline passengers is a top priority in a plan announced Friday by President Clinton and Transportation Secretary Rodney Slater
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Fischer leaving FTS
Dennis Fischer, who headed up the government's latest telecommunications pact, last week said he would leave April 2 to take a position in the private sector.
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John Paul Jones
Quality-of-life issues played a central role in John Paul Jones' decision to move his family from the San Francisco Bay area to Pocatello, Idaho.
Digital Government
Smokin! 800 MHz Athlon leaves Pentium III behind
While vendors are starting to ship systems using Intel Corp.'s 800 MHz Pentium III processor, Advanced Micro Devices Inc. has announced shipment of its new pacesetter, the 850 GHz Athlon and the imminent release of a 1 GHz processor.
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