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Derrick Rogers
Derrick Rogers, Internet and intranet team leader at the General Services Administration, dispels the myth that telecommuters work less than workers in the office. He finds himself working an extra half hour on a project when he works from home ? something he does three times a pay period.
Digital Government
Fedwire
The National Institute of Justice has entered the education arena, selecting Materials, Communications and Computers Inc. to create an interactive simulation training tool to help prevent school violence.
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IT worker relief in sight
Congress is debating whether to raise the number of H-1B visas awarded to highly skilled foreign workers each year, a move that supporters say will help fill essential information technology positions.
Digital Government
Oracle launches e-government initiative
Part of the company's strategy involves releasing a public sector version of e-Valuator
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Agency managers, employees find work/life balance
Agencies have different reasons for allowing employees to telework. Sometimes it's a benefit, other times it's a condition of work. For one Energy Department lab, it meant holding on to its workers when it relocated to another city.
Digital Government
Industry pressures Hill to fund Customs system
A coalition of business and retail groups including automakers, Kmart Corp. and even McDonald's are banding together to pressure Congress to fund $1.2 billion to modernize the Customs Service's antiquated computer system. In an unusual alliance, the group of more than 400 trade organizations and companies say aging computers at every U.S. port are slowing the importation of goods, costing time and money.
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Task force pushes tech, training
An interagency task force is preparing to submit recommendations to the White House on how the government can use technology to improve training opportunities for federal employees.
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Give part-timers their due
Some parttime federal employees most of whom are women are getting cheated out of retirement benefits they rightly deserve.
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System automates archivists' decisions
Archivists and publicservice lawyers have spent years in federal courts trying to determine which documents are 'records' and how they should be preserved. Now there is a software system designed to decide that instantly.
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Remote services
Sally Perry, center director for localarea networking at the General Services Administration's Office of the Chief Information Officer, finds that the employees who telecommute are happier and more motivated. It's a benefit we can give them at no cost, she said.
Digital Government
AOL: Quiet neighbor
The world ? or at least, the World Wide Web ? is AOL's oyster. With the Internet service provider poised to merge with Time Warner Inc. to form the largest media company in history, it appears America Online Inc. has everything going for it: money, markets and growth.
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Fate of e-records back in feds' court
Thanks to the Supreme Court, the legal skirmish over the government's handling of electronic records is finished. But the more difficult struggle to create a national electronic archive has only begun.
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Telecommuting hits a road block
Federal telecommuting struggles for acceptance despite efforts to kick-start the program
Digital Government
Civilian GPS: Long on promise, short on funds
Despite the growth of GPS in the civilian market, there is still no national GPS infrastructure or budget in place to support it.
Digital Government
Y2K connects U.S. Virgin Islands
Wireless network will eventually link the islands with certain United States agencies
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Deals boost e-commerce
As agencies turn to the Internet to purchase items ranging from information technology to office supplies, companies are switching to electronic commerce services to remain competitive.
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Online but off-target
Last December, President Clinton wrote in his Memorandum on Electronic Government that 'as public awareness and Internet usage increase, the demand for online government interaction and simplified, standardized ways to access government information and services becomes increasingly important.'
Digital Government
Taking the line out of 'online'
If your department has remote users who need to connect to the Internet or your localarea network but aren't always in a location where a telephone jack is available, you'll want to take a look at the AirCard 300 by Sierra Wireless Inc.
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