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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

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CIO Council plans mentor program

The CIO Council intends to launch a governmentwide mentoring program

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The market for executives

In the current soft market for IT executives, agencies have an opportunity to attract outstanding candidates

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Task force to map e-gov path

Agency leaders will identify egovernment opportunities to push agencies toward citizencentered service

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A hands-on approach to developing talent

Like most large agencies, the Social Security Administration has a demand for application developer skills in a broad range of information technology sectors

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The Circuit

The Lowdown on Espending

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A walk in the park

For Mary Margaret Sloan, president of the American Hiking Society, FirstGov worked pretty much as advertised