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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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Navy to join DMS centers under NMCI
Navy officials plan to consolidate 16 centers that provide regional coverage for the Defense Message System and locate them near six Navy Marine Corps Intranet network operations centers
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Grants fund crime-reporting systems
Justice awarding $13 million to help implement the National IncidentBased Reporting System
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State taps student talent
Middle school students in Washington created aWeb site that shows off the historic state capitol
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New Louisiana CIO out already
James DuBos resigned under a cloud just months after becoming the state's first CIO
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New standard set for security
FIPS 1402 is the new standard for the minimum level of cryptography in federal security products
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SBA launches HUBZone Gateway
Webbased search tool will help contracting officers find information on HUBZone businesses
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Officials seek borderless e-gov
Citizens do not care who is in charge or how they get information, as long as they get it, IT experts say
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New IT strategy taking shape
Bush administration emphasis is on outcomes and saving money, deputy CIOs say
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FirstGov expands to states
FirstGov has officially expanded its search engine to include sites from the states
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