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Working Across Agencies: Cross-agency work gets virtual
Among OMB’s 25 e-government initiatives, those that have fared well to date have developed the proper management structure to promote collaboration, the General Accounting Office has said. But cross-agency work hinges on building the right management structure to make collaboration happen, a task overseen by <b>OMB's portfolio team</b>. GCN Management looks under the hood of agency collaboration.<@SM><@SM><@SM>
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Safecom's critical point
One of the Office of Management and Budget’s 25 high-profile e-government projects, Project Safecom has had four different management teams under three different agencies since it was launched in 2002.
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Science.gov’s party project
How do you get 17 organizations to collaborate on a single search engine? Run the project like a potluck party, according to Eleanor Frierson.
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OMB’s advice: Communicate and innovate
For President Bush, effective implementation of e-government is critical to making government more responsive and cost-effective. And the Office of Management and Budget’s e-government initiatives are the most visible manifestation of the government’s cross-agency efforts.
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Interoperability: good locally, bad on a bigger scale
A survey indicates that interoperable communications have improved within cities, but remain problematic with state and federal agencies.
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Coast Guard portal expands sailors' view
CG Central projected to support 12,000 users this summer
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HHS agencies contract for enterprise software
SiteScape Inc. to deploy workflow and collaborative software.
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Deciding if and when to buy
Before buying XML acceleration, see if users notice a slower network.
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Taking cover
Under the Support Anti-terrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies Act of 2002, products, equipment, services, devices and information technologies can qualify for liability protection.
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Airport security's fast lane
TSA tries biometric data to speed fliers through airport checkpoints
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Committee to suggest ways to easier records management
The two biggest challenges agencies face are the inability of legacy systems to manage records and designing processes on the front end for new systems.
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Giving XML more muscle
New XML appliances offer to take a load off overworked agency servers
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Reservists, DARPA, vendors fill technology gaps in a pinch
Military reservists in Iraq face new challenges every day, and IT workers among them are no exception.
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DOD wants standardized platform for weapons use
The Defense Department’s transformation initiative has “built up a bow wave of change,” Air Force Maj. Gen. Marc “Buck” Rogers said at last week’s Joint Warfare 2004 conference in Arlington, Va.
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AT&T wins IRS work
The tax agency will pay $54 million over five years for a network that will replace a mixture of older platforms.
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Xerox hopes Common Criteria boosts sales
The company recently became one of only two makers of copiers, printers and office machines to get the certification.
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Satellites, from the ground up
After a recent move to new quarters in Ashburn, Va., Veloris A. “Sonny” Marshall III and his 25 employees are back at work packing satellite receiving equipment into hardened “flyaway” cases for shipment from Dulles International Airport to federal sites around the world.
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Qwest unveils VoIP
Qwest's new voice-over-IP service will become available to federal agencies later this year.
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Cisco targets city wireless
The Cisco Metropolitan Mobile Network provides one network for multiple wireless technologies.
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