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Brown University study finds city Web sites lacking
The Web sites of the 70 largest American cities need major improvements and offer little more than basic information, researchers at Brown University’s Taubman Center for Public Policy said.<@SM>
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DOD strategy embraces uncertainty
QDR report says technology and information assurance are a cornerstone of new approach
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Roster change
Stan Ratcliffe will become the project director of transition management for the IRS' division overseeing modernization
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Bush forming panel of science, technology advisers
President Bush yesterday signed an executive order creating the latest incarnation of the President’s Council of Advisers on Science and Technology, a group made up almost entirely of private industry and academic advisers.
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IRS hires transition manager
Stan Ratcliffe will become the project director of transition management for IRS modernization
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Web sites that worked
The Sept. 11 terrorist attacks showed what federal Web sites can be ? and what is lacking
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House gives DOD IT boost
DOD would spend more money on IT as it steps up the war against terrorism, according to the fiscal 2002 Defense authorization bill
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Grouped for success
Software by Quiver, Semio aims to simplify content categorizing for better control
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Navy awards NMCI order
The Navy awarded a $9 million task order under its NMCI contract so that sailors and Marines can access an array of information via the Internet
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Keep the public posted
Editorial: Americans' thirst for timely and in-depth information will only increase
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Cybersecurity called key to homeland defense
As the Office of Homeland Security takes shape, federal and private-sector technology experts are urging the Bush administration to ensure that cybersecurity is included
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Va. governor goes to conference via IP
When a scheduling conflict prevented Virginia Gov. James Gilmore from attending the Commonwealth of Virginia Information Technology Symposium in Lexington last week, the state IT Department made sure he was there.
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Smart card program gets rolling
The Air Force has ordered three trailers to move from base to base issuing Common Access Cards
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Pentagon OKs new info grid
As network-centric operations take pre-eminence within the Defense Department, Pentagon officials have approved its first enterprise architecture, the Global Information Grid,
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OPM plugs learning accounts
OPM is urging all agencies to consider using an innovative training and education program piloted by 12 agencies last year
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Lasers tested against missiles
Air Force awards contract to Textron Systems to assess laser systems as a way for aircraft to
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HHS to integrate Medicare accounting
The Health and Human Services Department yesterday launched a long-term project, worth up to $328.4 million, to unify Medicare’s multiple accounting systems. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services contracted with PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc. of New York to act as systems integrator for the new Healthcare Integrated General Ledger Accounting System.
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