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USPS preps more e-commerce

Electronic money orders, Pay@Delivery service are ready, but so is competitors' stamp of disapproval

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DOD explores improved 'partners' info-sharing

DOD seeks system to improve the ability of 27 democratic countries to share information

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PIMS objectives

Strengthen bilateral relations between the United States and partner countries

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HHS links to global health

HHS launched a Web site that addresses the link between U.S. and international health issues

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EPA shortens the paper trail

Inspectors will use PDAs to reduce report backlog

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N.C. selling surplus through the Web

North Carolina’s Surplus Property Agency has turned to online auction Web sites run by eBay Inc. of San Jose, Calif., and Yahoo Inc. of Sunnyvale, Calif., to sell state surplus as well as items seized in criminal cases. The state is piloting Web auctions to see which service works best.

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OMB hears from the feds

Task force sifts through best ideas for e-governing

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H-1B visa demand high

Faltering tech firms are laying off thousands of workers, but the demand for visas for foreign tech workers has not slackened significantly

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Ideas in 'segments'

The Office of Management and Budget's e-government task force is seeking ideas that can advance federal initiatives in four defined 'segments'

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Protests halt Pentagon contract

In reaction to four protests, the Defense Department has canceled the $400 million Defense Research and Engineering Network contract awarded earlier this year to Global Crossing Government Markets

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Site links to long-term care

A new Internet site has made finding long-term services and information a little easier in California

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Handheld VPNs in the works

It should come as no surprise that security is a major concern for EPA officials as they plan to give inspectors wireless access to data stored behind the agency's firewall

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DOD sees danger in cuts

Acquisition workforce labeled small enough

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GAO: Spawar skips testing

Report says Spawar buys large quantities of a system before completing operational testing

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Protests halt DOD contract

DOD cancels Global Crossing's $400 million Defense Research and Engineering Network contract

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Letter to the editor

Good managers are few

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U.S. courts may put more case records online

A committee of federal judges this week recommended posting most federal court case files online, with some restrictions.

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USDA puts research on menu

The Agriculture Department last month launched a new Web site to provide information about food safety research.<@SM>

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Pay.gov rings up its first $1b

In less than a year of operating its Pay.gov portal, the Treasury Department’s Financial Management Service has collected $1 billion in fees, fines, leases, taxes and other electronic payments from citizens and businesses thorough the portal.<@SM>

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Architecture expert heads to Air Force

Rob Thomas is leaving Customs to become the Air Force's director of architecture and interoperability