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White House hires a CIO
New CIO coordinates tech and e-government work in the Executive Office of the President
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Telework bill in the works
Rep. Tom Davis plans legislation to make it easier for more federal contractors to telework
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NIST scraps 220 of its paper forms
The National Institute of Standards and Technology this month did away with shuttling paper forms and folders from office to office.
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White House changes its site for the better
Responding to widespread criticism that it had a mediocre Web site, the White House relaunched <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov">www.whitehouse.gov</a> just before the Labor Day weekend.<@SM>
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PKI solves access headaches for FEMA
The Federal Emergency Management Agency puts a lot of information on its Web site, at <a href="http://www.fema.gov">www.fema.gov</a>.
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VA hospitals test single sign-ons
Veterans Affairs hospitals in Oakland, Calif., Seattle and Silver Spring, Md., are testing the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s new Enterprise Single Sign-on Facility software and plan to deploy it to all 170 VA hospitals by month’s end.
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SSA to offer its pamphlets online
The Social Security Administration plans to start an online service for ordering free pamphlets and forms from its three warehouses.
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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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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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