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Information, please
Reference librarians can use the Collaborative Digital Reference Service to research patrons' questions after they've exhausted their own library's resources.
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OMB raises goal for fed outsourcing in 2003
The Office of Management and Budget for fiscal 2003 is raising by 10 percent the number of federal jobs to be put out for bid by the private sector, adding 85,000 positions to the 5 percent already required in 2002.
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Top N.J. teachers to share their tech savvy
New Jersey has developed the first statewide program that uses working teachers to mentor peers in instructional technology
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'Placeholder' requests
Pentagon officials refer to the fiscal 2002 budget as a placeholder until they finish the Quadrennial Defense Review
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Technology on the ballot
Low funding, legislative recesses and complex electoral reform issues have slowed the road to chad-free voting machines
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DOD to use GSA digital certificates
The Defense Department intends by the end of this year to use the General Services Administration's governmentwide digital certificates to authenticate electronic transactions with many of its contractors and outside partners.
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OMB defends stance on competition
The Bush administration last week defended its commitment to public/private competition, an initiative that critics maintain is rife with problems.
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South Carolina hopes site matters to teens
South Carolina has set up a Web site to deliver 'matters that matter to teens'
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Storing answers for the future
Soon, before reference librarians submit a question to the Collaborative Digital Reference Service, they will have a potential timesaver at their fingertips: a tool that will tell them whether the question has already been asked and answered.
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NASA readies e-gov launch
NASA is set to launch a broad effort to streamline its information technology operations in hopes of improving electronic services throughout the agency.
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Dell lobbies for voting business
Soon after last year's presidential election turmoil, the world's largest PC manufacturer began assessing the voting technologies market
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SSA Web site offers multilingual access to information
JULY 2—The Social Security Administration recently introduced its Multi-Language Gateway Web page to provide information on its services to users who don’t speak English.
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Bush pushes Energy Star
President says federal computers should automatically shut down when they are not being used
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FirstGov adds states to its index
FirstGov has officially expanded its search engine to include 16 million Web pages from all 50 states and Washington, D.C.
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FirstGov adds access to 50 states, D.C.
NEW ORLEANS—The General Services Administration last week relaunched its FirstGov portal with the added capability for searching and linking to 16 million pages from the 50 states and the District of Columbia.<@SM>
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Oklahoma chooses NIC portal
The state will pay upfront, rather than have NIC make its money from transaction fees
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IRS upgrading phone service
The Internal Revenue Service will launch a new system July 27 to make it easier for taxpayers to call the agency and get accurate information quickly
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