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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

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Who’s owner of FirstGov database? Not Uncle Sam

Millionaire philanthropist Eric Brewer owns the FirstGov database of federal Web sites—and in 2003, he’ll take it back.

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CIO Council will fund eight e-gov portal projects

The Chief Information Officers Council this month announced that its electronic-government committee has approved $1.2 million to fund eight cross-agency Web portals.<@SM>

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Online case file limits proposed

Judges make first step in creating policy for electronic federal court case file information

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High-tech court pays off in Florida

When the glare of publicity fell on the state's Supreme Court, it was ready with satellite and Internet feeds

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Letter to the editor

No door to IT area in government

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Learning on the Web's front lines

FCW's DotGov Thursday column guides federal Web managers in creating a learning environment and dealing with mistakes

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House to sweep floor with XML

The House of Representatives this week released drafts of 110 Extensible Markup Language document type definitions for all its legislative activities. The DTDs are in the public domain and cover categories ranging from bills and resolutions to deletions and anomalous document structures.

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Few feds delinquent with SmartPay cards, report says

Despite recent charges of misuse of Defense Department credit cards, almost all employees who hold them have been paying their bills on time.

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CIO Council puts $1.2m toward portals

The Chief Information Officers Council's electronic-government committee has approved $1.2 million to fund eight cross-agency Web portals.

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Museum stocks Web with history

National Museum of American History has partnered with an investment site to share more of its collection

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Treasury’s FMS cashes in on Pay.gov portal

In less than a year since launching 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 through the site.

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Study: City e-gov evolving

Some cities are making progress with electronic government, but others aren't even doing the basics

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City continues Internet freebie

LaGrange, Ga., extends its popular offer to give residents free Internet access through cable modems

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Navy chief confident on NMCI

Navy Secretary Gordon England says NMCI must overcome the leveloftesting hurdle

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Portals put help under one roof

Virtual Home Center is among the portals OK'd by the CIO Council's egovernment committee