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CIOs feel they have more clout

Survey of federal IT executives addresses rising stature, the federal CIO and workforce problems

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Cyberdefense students using PKI

Users get digital certificates to access Defense Computer Investigations Training Program site

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Army intell commander steps in

Brig. Gen. Keith Alexander is leading the U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command

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Drive-by meter readings on tap

Plano introduces water meters that meter readers can check without leaving their cars

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Customs fails at system upgrade

Agency could not upgrade the aging computer system that deals with more than 100 million records

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Air Force site designed for hits

Direct access to news, easy navigation draw record number of hits to Air Force Link

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Roster Change

Ed O'Hare, chief information officer at the General Services Administration's Federal Supply Service, joined the private sector after 28 years at GSA.

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Archives to scale volumes of snapshots

NARA must determine how to store and search through 21 terabytes of agency Web site data

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FEMA map service inches forward

The agency's flood maps are available for purchase online, but they're still on paper

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Labor awards Job Corps services

An 8(a) firm, RS Information Systems, will provide services for the Job Corps Data Center

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SSA balances privacy and security

In the beginning, all Social Security Administration officials in Seattle wanted were fire marshal-approved exits and entrances at their new offices

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Help desks get support group

Federal help-desk professionals have a new resource to share ideas, network and find support

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FAA techies want pay raise

Computer specialists at the FAA who failed to receive this year's information technology special salary rates are demanding equal pay for equal work

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Army seeks new modernization vendor

The fielding of one of the Army's two marquee programs for modernizing logistics systems has been delayed by up to 10 months

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Prescription blues

Bureaucratus column: If you are enrolled in the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Service Benefit Plan, trouble lies ahead for you if you take certain prescription drugs that Blue Cross thinks aren't being properly used

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Delivering the goods

Editorial: Just as millions of people are gearing up for tax season, it seems that electronic filing isn't quite ready for prime time

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Marines eye a few good IT recruits

The Marine Corps' global network operations center at Quantico, Va., is casting its recruiting net wider these days

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Mapping a game plan

Feds join states, locals to share spatial data

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Web hasn't roped in one congressman

Rep. Joel Hefley is the only member of Congress without a Web site

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Cooperation key in e-gov

Technology officials agree that cohesion among agencies will save time and money