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E-gov changes the courting rituals

Demand for online services pushes tech firms to forge new partnerships

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Feds clarify rule on bonuses

Federal officials propose to explicitly let government contractors give bonuses to technical and other employees to attract and retain them.

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Training anytime, anywhere

Pennsylvania teachers can now log on for their mandatory continuing education courses

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New and improved

Other FirstGov initiatives already online or in the works:

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DOT CIO gains responsibility, clout

Congressional appropriators recently gave the Transportation Department's chief information officer more formal authority over information technology expenditures

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Future electronic records archives bet on XML

The survivability of digital information over time is the biggest challenge the National Archives and Records Administration faces

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DOJ distills e-gov tips

The Justice Department drafted a report that guides federal agencies through the legal issues they face in delivering services electronically

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Intercepts

Intercepts

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Cosgrave to depart IRS

Paul Cosgrave, chief information officer at the Internal Revenue Service since 1998, is returning to private industry

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FDIC simplifies publishing with XML

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has made XML the centerpiece of a Web publishing project planned for next year

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IT 101 in Oregon

Training sessions prepare state executives to deal with technology

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XML explained

In a nutshell, Extensible Markup Language is a markup specification language that allows programmers to design ways of describing information

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Virtual vendor opens DOD shop

Major contractors create online marketplace

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A supporting role

The Transportation Department's new CIO Council will play a critical role in helping the chief information officer review and approve major information technology projects

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Taking nothing for e-granted

Design of new portal eyes single point of entry for federal grant process

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One stop, but myriad problems

The question of how to integrate agency databases is entangled with how to integrate agency cultures

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Pay raise spells trouble

Giving IT workers a pay raise opened a can of worms

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Facts about the U.S. Army Reserve Personnel Command

Facts about the U.S. Army Reserve Personnel Command

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School boards to create online dialogue

Under a pilot program, education officials and staff members in five school districts will go online to communicate with parents, gauge opinion on school priorities and communicate plans of action

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Internet voting gains new appeal

The paper ballot bedlam afflicting Florida is prompting election and elected officials to look anew at electronic voting