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Kentucky to size up e-gov

Consultants will evaluate state's egovernment program and recommend ways to improve it

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State sending updates on blackouts

California is sending updates about the energy crisis to handhelds and cell phones

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Memo details Bush reform agenda

President's government reform includes creating a chief operating officer at every agency

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DOD financial track suggested

Report says it will take more than a decade before DOD is able to produce clean books

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Lockheed misled on contract

GAO agrees that Lockheed was unfairly denied a chance to compete for an avionics software contract

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Rhode Island plans portal

NIC will build the state's portal, with payment to come from fees for online services

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DOD awards fiber network contract

Global Crossing will provide network services to support defense laboratories and other research centers

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Ohio pushes for e-filing standards

New rules should set the stage so court documents eventually could be filed via the Internet

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Roster Change

President Bush said last week he intends to nominate Phillip Bond to be undersecretary of Commerce for technology

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UK readies privacy charter

Charter will tell citizens how their information is used when they interact with the government online

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Warner on NMCI: Not so fast

Senator says commercial test and evaluation techniques will not suffice on Navy network

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Canada securing e-gov

Canada, which already has the most advanced electronic government in the world, has hired a consortium of companies to help develop the privacy and security features needed to expand its online government services

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Intercepts

Summertime Blues

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Tell me a story

It is only natural, in James Skurka's view, that the military should turn to the entertainment industry for help because simulation is really about the art of storytelling and making that story real and emotionally compelling.

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Wildfire system rolling out

Two of three main components of an application to manage firefighting resources are being deployed

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E-gov at the borderline

'Government without borders' is the next big challenge for information technology managers in the Digital Age, according to state and federal officials.

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Bringing IT to battle

The Institute for Creative Technologies (ICT) is a collaborative effort among the Army, the University of Southern California and the entertainment industry to develop realistic simulation and virtual reality tools

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Experience is the best teacher

Agencies are responsible for posting on the Procurement Executives Council's Web site any positions they might have available as part of the Acquisition Rotational Program.

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Air Force readies service BPAs

The Air Force plans to award seven BPAs for IT services worth up to $650 million over five years

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Learning on the job

Rotational program gives acquisition managers shot at shortterm projects