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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

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Intercepts

Intercepts

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OPM revamps IT job family

New management series designed to target 'what people actually do'

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Unlocking history at State

The State Department's archives include more than 25 million records of telegram e-mail messages dating to 1973.

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Cisco launches GovNet

Program helps solve networking challenges, launch e-government initiatives

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Microsoft to fix NMCI security hole

Navy Department officials are finding that the $6.9 billion Navy Marine Corps Intranet project gives them some clout

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Don't give up on the Net

The reduction in Internet excitement is likely to reduce pressures for a transition to e-government.

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DOD catches up with payroll glitch

Software error caused too little tax to be deducted from the salaries of 15,000 service members

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E-gov resources on the way

The Center for Technology in Government to search for egovernment best practices