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IRS: E-file goal is a stretch

The Internal Revenue Service has made great strides in increasing the number of taxpayers filing returns electronically, but the tax service must show significant increases if it is going to meet the 2007 deadline of having 80 percent of all returns filed electronically, the IRS commissioner said.

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508 defined

The following is an excerpt from the Electronic and Information Technology Accessibility Standards Web site

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Navy turns toward Sun

Spawar eyes replacing HP Unix servers with fewer, larger Solaris systems

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Taming technology

New air traffic control system highlights need to consider human factors

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Seeking a good VA CIO

The Department of Veterans Affairs' chief information officer will play a central role at the agency

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Briefs

DOT hired PricewaterhouseCoopers to operate a Webbased system that would process feds' trip planning and expense documents.

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Looking at STARS

The Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System will replace computers and radar displays at 173 terminal air traffic control facilities

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Treasury mulls creation of a CXO council

Amid the leadership alphabet soup that now includes CIOs, CFOs and procurement executives, the Treasury Department is looking to add one more ? a CXO council

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Corps cites software failure in Osprey crash

After the hydraulic line on their V22 Osprey aircraft ruptured, the four Marines on board had 30 seconds to fix the problem or perish.

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Failure forecast for USPS e-commerce

GAO says the Postal Service's electronic commerce strategy is unlikely to work

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Marines C4 staff leaves shared office

The Marine Corps recently pulled its C4 personnel out of a shared office with their Navy counterparts

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Bush won't have privacy czar

Position of chief counselor for privacy expired with the Clinton administration

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Davis: Coordination key to e-gov

Congressman continues call for federal CIO, coordination among governments at all levels

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Teachers like the Internet -- if they use it

Teachers have access to the Internet, but not many have incorporated it into their classes

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NARA's new view on Web snapshots

FCW's DotGov Thursday column relays a timesaver for agency Web personnel fulfilling the call for site snapshots

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Digitized force prevails in desert

Despite dust storm, IT is proving to be a winner during massive army training exercise

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New Hampshire preps for e-gov

With a new portal and a report to guide the way, the state plans new services

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VA chief prioritizes technology

'I intend to reform the way VA uses information technology,' VA secretary tells a House subcommittee

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Site keeps tabs on Army exercise

The Army has established a Web site offering updates of the Division Capstone Exercise

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Letter to the Editor

Low pay, poor leaders show lack of respect