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Negotiations renew hope for e-gov
OMB makes headway in convincing appropriations staff of programs’ benefits.
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Doan’s back-to-basics plan for GSA
Cutting GWAC proliferation, cleaning up agency’s bottom line are among the top priorities.
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Living life on the list
Agencies see OMB watch lists as another tool to improve IT projects.
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DOD’s BEA doesn’t rock the boat
Officials try to temper the complexities of implementation.
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Army logistics system is getting results
The Army’s Logistics Modernization Program has taken a lot of heat of late, but Col. David Coker, program manager for Army Logistics Information Systems, is taking a proactive approach to remedy that situation.
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Google's Cerf to advise NSF on Internet designs
The Internet pioneer is part of a panel that will look at possible architectures for a new and improved World Wide Web.
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Are small-biz PC makers a thing of the past?
It does not make sense to set aside contracts for small-business computer manufacturers, because none seem to exist in the federal market, SBA says.
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Input: Fed telecom market could hit $22B by 2011
The market research firm projects a compound annual growth rate of 5 percent in federal telecom spending, starting this year.
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How Pa. secures data on the Web
Pennylsvania's Home and Community Services Information System has performed so well for Pennsylvania that other states are borrowing it.<@SM><@SM><@SM>
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Wyatt Kash | Editor's Desk: Blog power
President Bush’s signing of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act illustrates the importance of the Internet within, and upon, the workings of government.
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Robert Gellman | @Info.Policy : Government should use DRM sparingly
Application of digital rights management to information in government hands could prevent public access to documents, or prevent agencies from sharing data.
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Florida taps CDW-G For storage
The 9th Judicial Circuit Court of Florida has migrated from direct-attached to network-based storage in an effort to boost data protection.
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EIV keeps data secure but accessible
When HUD project manager David Sandler and Nicole Faison, director of HUD’s Office of Public Housing, led the team that developed the Enterprise Income Verification System, they made sure that it would use Web-based technology that could be easily accessed across multiple platforms.
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Case files travel lighter, faster
The Social Security Administration’s Electronic Disability System hastens benefits to the disabled while reducing a tremendous case backlog.<@SM>
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Air traffic control on the fire line
The U.S. Forest Service’s Web-based tracking system and Google’s 3-D imagery help make fighting wildfires safer and more efficient.
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GovPay adopts shared-services provider model
As OMB continues finalizing rules for how agencies analyze whether they should turn over control of their financial-management systems to a public or private shared-services provider, GovWorks, because of its automated GovPay system, would seem to be an option.
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Take it to the bank
Federal regulators put massive new financial reporting system to work.
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True to form
HUD system verifies tenants’ reported income, frees up space for low-income families.
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Inside the federal teller’s cage
Planning and implementing the Call Report Modernization Project required bank regulatory agencies and their contractor to go far ahead in technology and deep into changing their business processes.
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