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IRS launches online payment for individuals

The IRS on Thursday went live with a Web payment system for 1040 and quarterly taxpayers. <@SM>

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Army enlists civilian views

Civilian employees can sound off online about Army vision, working conditions and business practices

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Managers slow to accept teleworking

Management reluctance and employee fears cited as major barriers to telework

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NMCI testing agreement reached

Pentagon, Navy agreement gives conditional approval for intranet to move forward

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Purchase card stand down set

Navy, Marine Corps personnel to undergo training to improve purchase card management

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Letter to the editor

Suggestions for better training

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Report: Link IT pay, skills

Recommendations would abolish across-the-board pay increases and link pay to performance

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GAO chastises DOD buying system

A report finds that investment in the $326 million Standard Procurement System has not been justified

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IRS will offer online payment for individuals

The IRS plans to go live tomorrow with a Web payment system for taxpayers who use Form 1040 or file quarterly. The service has offered online filing for several years but not online payment.

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Horn retiring

The representative is packing up his report cards on government technology and heading home to California

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White House puts new face on its Web site

Responding to widespread criticism that it had a mediocre Web site, the White House relaunched <i>www.whitehouse.gov</i> just before the Labor Day weekend.

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Training's resource

Fed portal lets your mouse do the walking

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DOD's 18-month ambition

Military eyes quicker deployment of IT gear

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DOD defends Web site shutdown

DOD officials also say they have learned from the Code Red experience and may do things differently in the future.

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NMCI helps pare legacy systems

Electronic pinball games and versions of WordStar are some of the biggest hurdles facing the Navy as it implements NMCI

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Global grid gets DOD nod

The Pentagon has approved its first enterprise architecture.

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Navy, DOD agree on NMCI testing

The Navy and DOD have all but signed a compromise agreement to move forward with NMCI

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Marines: We're in NMCI

The commandant of the Marine Corps has officially requested that the Marines not be removed from NMCI

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Bush management agenda wins nods

The Bush administration's newly released management agenda is drawing praise from across the federal community

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GSA deal will track acquisition worker skills

The General Services Administration plans to award a $1.3 million contract Sept. 17 for a new system that will track the education and training levels of the civilian acquisition workforce