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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

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Developing e-gov

Agencies need application developers who can see the big picture

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A search for order

The latest version of FirstGov's search engine permits searches of all state and federal Web sites

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DOD to shut e-biz centers

Supporters anticipate void in market after expected autumn closings

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Briefs

NSA has new CIO

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NMCI nerve center may go at Quantico

The Navy Department and Electronic Data Systems Corp. are close to an agreement on the construction of the nerve center for the Navy Marine Corps Intranet

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A work in progress

Change is status quo for FirstGov portal