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New DARPA chief selected

Sequoia Group CEO Anthony Tether will head the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

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IRS database off the pace

Modernized taxpayer database behind schedule and over budget, GAO report says

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W.Va. teachers to get Web training

WorldCom grant, MarcoPolo program to show teachers what they can do with the Internet in class

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Foster parents log on for training

Washington offers online classes that foster parents can take at home or at 23 sites across the state

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Thumbs down again on cybersecurity czar

White House instead eyes 'coordination across agencies'

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A networked environment

EPA, states team on data-sharing system

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Fed IT pick has deep resume

Forman to lead e-government efforts based on industry, Capitol Hill experience

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War plans go virtual

DOD Online may transform joint command and control

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DOD cautious, but optimistic

There is great potential for biometric technologies in the military, where the security of physical areas and computer networks must be maintained under diverse and often rapidly changing conditions, said Phil Loranger, director of the Defense Department's Biometrics Management Office.

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NSA acquisition reforms

Other acquisition reform measures established at the National Security Agency since August 2000 include:

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Biometrics on hold at Treasury

Officials at the Treasury Department's Financial Management Service (FMS) had good reason to be optimistic about their joint pilot program with the Army at Fort Sill, Okla. Begun in March 1998, the oneyear pilot program was meant to show how smart cards combined with biometric technology could provide easier and more secure access to funds for 20,000 recruits while streamlining the accounting process.

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Intercepts

Captain Electron Army Maj. Gen. Dean Cash, director of the joint experimentation directorate at Joint Forces Command, foresees an intelligent use for the electronic smart guys known as intelligent software agents ? reading newspapers and magazines to gather and analyze open-source intelligence.

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Power to the people

E-government must move beyond information and services.

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E-gov's 'electronic shadow'

The growing ability federal agencies have to collect, store, retrieve, compare and analyze electronic records offers both benefit and risk, the General Accounting Office reports.

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Agencies prep for accessibility deadline

With the 508 compliance deadline at hand, agencies are being offered new guidance

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Military tool keeps track of global flight rules

New global air traffic regulations may pose problems for the U.S. military

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Tackling workforce woes

Senate committee report calls agency personnel problems 'recipe for disaster'

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Air Force works around glitch

Trainees' pay information entered manually into MilMod as workers race to repair new system

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Commerce overhauls IT structure

Plan gives more clout to CIOs over information technology budgets, expenses and employees

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A site for sore eyes

IRS tries to make finding information online easier