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Grants boost library technology

Massachusetts libraries will use the money to digitize records and improve access

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Copyright Office sets sights on paper-free registrations

The Library of Congress’ Copyright Office now handles about 5 percent of its workflow entirely online. No paper is involved except for the final copyright certificate mailed for legal reasons, and even that soon will become optional.

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DOD 'backdoor spending' blasted

Financial management woes may have resulted in $615 million in inappropriate or illegal spending

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IBM taps Logicon for Unix help

Logicon will bring IBM's Unix operating system into compliance with the Defense Department IT architecture

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Site has financial aid covered

Michigan portal is designed to be a one-stop shop for information about financial aid for higher education

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IT workforce hurting e-gov

OMB director says government IT professionals 'are probably not the best the nation has to offer'

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DOE juices up fuel economy site

Site includes information about gas prices and offers comparison of cars' air pollution and safety ratings

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Washington takes assistance online

The state hopes that its new site will lighten the load at social services offices while making it easier for people to get information

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GSA's Janice Mendenhall dies

Longtime FTS employee was advocate for government/industry partnerships

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Roster Change

Karen Meloy will be detailed as the assistant deputy commander for the Navy Department's eBusiness Operations Office

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Gauss picked to be CIO at VA

Former Spawar commander awaits confirmation as the CIO at the Department of Veterans Affairs

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DOD blocks worm, Web access

Military sites shut down while systems are secured against the Code Red computer worm

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Anteon acquires Sigcom division

Purchase should boost the company's training and simulation products for DOD, other agencies

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Mississippi on verge of statewide EBT

Next year the state could become one of just a handful of states using debit-style cards for benefits

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Permit-tracking system in demand

Pennsylvania has given Compaq rights to sell its awardwinning environmental permit-tracking system

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Defense Travel System revived

Pentagon entices military organizations to deploy DTS early, with promises they can retain savings

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FirstGov on the front lines

Staff members at the Office of Human Services in Palo Alto, Calif., generally do not have a lot of time to surf the Web

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Labor market tightens, but shortage continues

In a recent study of 500 large American corporations, the META Group Inc. found that businesses nationwide are struggling to fill 600,000 information technology jobs

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Plans across the waters

U.S. learns from U.K. e-gov experience

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For DISA, StarOffice is a bargain

When Defense Information Systems Agency officials went looking for a new desktop productivity suite, they settled on StarOffice 5.2