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Driving hard on hard drives

Investigators learn ropes of computer crime under Redfern

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IT job front remains critical

It won't be much easier for agencies to find skilled information technology workers this year, despite the slower economy and the recent string of dotcom layoffs

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Vendors tout 508 tools

Dozens of companies are touting products and services to find and fix inaccessibility problems.

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IT withstands mock cyberwar

Information technology was holding its ground as the Army began its massive Division Capstone Exercise last week.

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New IT job family may debut in May

Next month, the Office of Personnel Management expects to have its new information technology job family ready for official use.

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Colorado system simplifies budgeting

Colorado agencies save time with a system developed by the public safety department

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NMCI in Norfolk: So far so good

Atlantic Fleet commander boosts benefits of the massive outsourcing initiative

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Road to compliance

The next test for Section 508 may be the courts

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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