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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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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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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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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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