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Roster change

Mae De Vincentis last week was officially named the chief information officer at the Defense Logistics Agency. De Vincentis had served in an acting capacity since April. As CIO, she also serves as DLA's information operations director.

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Pentagon inks paperless deals

Agreements move DOD agencies toward paper-free contracting, improved electronic workflow

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Air Force fires up MilMod

Service launches new personnel data system, transferring millions of records into a central database

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Minneapolis doing tech makeover

The city is developing an integrated IT infrastructure and e-gov applications

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Navy BPA delivers Section 508 tool

Deal gives deep discount on Crunchy Technologies' PageScreamer, which can find noncompliant material

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Kentucky expands medical outreach

The state wants to bring a telehealth network from its eastern region into all rural areas

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Air Force soups up command center

Air Force is establishing a new high-tech command center to monitor the no-fly zone over Iraq

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Answering the call of duty

NMCI exec takes change in stride

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Maryland county tries XML

Montgomery County uses XML program to integrate databases used across agencies

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DOD amends donations policy

The Pentagon will reverse a policy that calls for destroying hard drives on nonclassified computers

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'Long way to go' on smart cards

Navy will be hard-pressed to distribute 800,000 Common Access Cards by Sept. 30, 2002

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Change urged in law guiding military buys

A top Defense adviser says the federal law that entitles the military services to equip their own forces should be revised

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DOD still misuses 'cookies'

Many military Web sites still collect personal information from visitors

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Briefs

Patent office taps CIO

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Confidentiality code

medical records about a disability must be kept separate.

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Senator eyes 'shock therapy' for agencies

Thompson: Agencies' inability to fix their IT and workforce problems undercuts government performance improvements

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Panel releases plan to ease grants process

Technology can improve the way the government delivers the more than $325 billion in grants it awards each year

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Coast Guard charts a high-tech course

But without reliable funding, Deepwater program may run aground

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Exec tapped as DOD CIO

President Bush has nominated a former TRW Inc. executive to become the Defense Department's new chief information officer.

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ERP: It's not dead yet

E-gov push spurs steady growth in federal market