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GSA begins STAR program for IT professionals
Leading federal education and training groups today outlined their plans for a new program to help federal information technology professionals and managers deal with the changing way the government conducts business.
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Internet Tax Fight Settled, Local Gov Reps Drop Suit
The National Association of Counties and the U.S. Conference of Mayors announced yesterday that they will drop litigation pending against a new congressional advisor
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Jesse Ventura and the Politics of IT
There's a technology lesson behind the success of Jesse Ventura, Utah state Senate Minority Leader Scott Howell (D) said at the Intergovernmental Technology Conference here.
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Ohio residents try electronic returns
More than 1 million Ohio residents filed tax returns this year by phone or computer, according to the state's Department of Taxatio
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Army to outsource two major software centers; 500 jobs at risk
The Army has signed a waiver clearing the way for the privatization of two government software development centers without having to conduct a public/private competition for the work, putting up to 500 government jobs at risk, a spokesperson for the Army Materiel Command confirmed today.
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Michigan Saves More By Offering Less
Electronic Data Systems Corp. announced recently that it saved Michigan almost $4 million by narrowing state employees' choice of PCs to a single desktop and a single laptop.
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HCFA, GAO square off over Y2K
A top administrator at the Health Care Financing Administration today told two House subcommittees that she is relatively optimistic that the Medicare provider payment systems will be free of Year 2000 computer failures, but she cannot be so sure about medical devices.
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Cities, Counties Prep for Satellite Broadcast
The National League of Cities on April 29 will host a satellite broadcast to educate city and county officials about how they can use the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) to attract new business and develop a more skilled work force. The broadcast, held in conjunction with the National Association of Counties, will be held from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. (EDT). For more information about the broadcast, visit www.nlc.org.
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NASIRE Retains Mid-Year Conference Model
The National Association of State Information Resource Executives will continue its conference format of gathering state chief information officers in the spring as well as in the fall for association meetings.
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IT on the high seas
In the newly connected world, information access and information exchange become essential tools in the missions of the warfighters
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In-transit visibility
SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. In 1899, Winston Churchill referred to victory as a 'beautiful, brightcolored flower' and transport as 'the stem without which it could never have blossomed.' One hundred years later, no other military maxim rings as true. As the principal agency responsible for transp
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HHS plans adoption Web site
The Department of Health and Human Services expects to launch within two years a World Wide Web site devoted to recruiting parents for children awaiting adoption through public agencies across the nation. HHS' children's bureau plans to debut the site in 2001. It will feature pictures and descripti
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South Carolina Awards DMV Contract
South Carolina's Department of Public Safety on April 22 awarded to CACI International Inc. a $25 million contract to overhaul the state's Division of Motor Vehicles operations and establish a World Wide Web presence for the state.
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Washington Speeds Move to Integrated Justice
The state of Washington has embarked on a major overhaul of several key systems as it continues its allout effort to integrate state and local criminal justice information sources.
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San Bruno, Calif., Launches Web Site
Bearing the dubious distinction as the last city government in the San Francisco Bay area to go online, San Bruno, Calif., this week launched its World Wide Web site at (www.ci.sanbruno.ca.us). What the city lacks in timing it hopes to make up for in collaboration because all city departments will feed content to the site.
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IntelliSys, GTSI start PC-3 battle
The two companies that hold Army PC3 contracts have kicked off an oldfashioned sales war, racing to open their doors for business and battling on prices. The competition between IntelliSys Technology Corp. and Government Technology Services Inc. should result in 'an excellent deal for the Army; t
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Open season: healthy deals
The Federal Employees Group Life Insurance program's open season began April 24 and will last through June 30. This is a unique opportunity for federal employees to change their government life insurance coverage. The open season is the result of a recently enacted law that changed the program in w
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Roster Change
The Industry Advisory Council this month honored three guests at its first annual charity event for the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation. The honorees were Norm Augustine, chairman emeritus of Lockheed Martin Corp.; David Barram, administrator of the General Services Administration; and Anthony William
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Hill backs earthquake systems
The House of Representatives last week passed a bill that allocates more than $200 million in fiscal 2000 for new computer projects to monitor and analyze earthquake activity, including systems that would provide early warnings to help save lives. The Earthquake Hazards Reduction Authorization Act,
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