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Will the Internet deliver?

As the Postal Service expands e-services, private competitors cry foul

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Homesforsale.gov

A new General Services Administration Web site has become a magnet for bargain hunters, and buyers are finding great deals on everything from land in Las Vegas to mountain vistas in California.

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Online DMV services growing

State motor vehicle agencies are offering even more online services from a year ago

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Make dot-gov retailing work

Amid all the hoopla surrounding the rapid expansion and eventual implosion of the dot-com market, most people have not realized that the federal government is succeeding where many commercial ventures failed.

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Dot-gov goes retail

Move over, Amazon.com! Make way for your newest competitor in e-retailing: the federal government.

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Intercepts

Kick 'em to the Curb; Giving Credit; Cheese Whiz; What's the Threat?

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EPA, Nebraska sign data-sharing pact

Nebraska and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency have signed the first agreement under an effort to build a nationwide network for sharing environmental information.

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OFPP pick: Update skills

Updating the acquisition workforce's knowledge and skills and reviewing procurement practices across government top the priorities for the Office of Federal Procurement Policy

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Building the dot-gov retail directory

Measuring the size of the federal government's online business was not an easy task for the Federal Computer Week research team. Simply surfing government Web pages was out of the question; agencies operate thousands of Web sites with an estimated 37 million pages, according to the FirstGov office at the General Services Administration.

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Special Report

The federal government has become one of the biggest online retailers in America, according to a comprehensive study by Federal Computer Week and the Pew Internet & American Life Project.

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Enlisting cyberdefenders

NSF funds information security scholarships

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How to build an effective e-retail site

Focus on security, payment processing, database and application integration, usability and customer service

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Florida putting records online

State signs five-year development deal with NIC to develop online access to official records

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Nebraska, EPA sign data-sharing pact

Agreement is first step toward enabling the sharing of state and EPA data through a nationwide network

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DOD preps security scholarships

Details coming soon on program to recruit and retain information security professionals

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Spawar changes command

Kenneth Slaght officially takes over Spawar command from John Gauss on May 25

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TRW to work on Army logistics

TRW has won a contract to develop a Web-based electronic logistics system for the Army

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Virginia, AOL honor educators

Teachers and librarians get awards for integrating technology into instruction

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FreeBalance secures P2P deal

FreeBalance is integrating Texar's peer-to-peer network security features into its e-gov applications

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Site unites search for benefits

Older Americans can use BenefitsCheckUp to find federal and state assistance programs