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Bids flow to GSA auction Web site

The General Services Administration's online auction site opened its first auctions for bidding last month

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Cheney associate to take key OMB job

President Bush is expected to nominate Sean O'Keefe, who has close ties to Vice President Dick Cheney, as deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget where he would have a major role in shaping the federal budget.

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Introduction

The Information Technology Association of America predicted in April 2000 that roughly half of the 1.6 million IT jobs expected to be generated during the year would go unfilled.

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USPS chief plans his exit

Postmaster General William Henderson says that before he leaves the U.S. Postal Service's top job in May, he intends to put in place ways to 'leverage' the agency's electronic infrastructure for commercial purposes as part of its overall technology strategy.

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Soldiers take e-university by storm

More than 600 soldiers enrolled in the Army's multimillion-dollar online educational program during the first week

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And forgive us our trespasses

Agencies monitor employee Internet use to stem unauthorized surfing

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Bill opens access to Senate data

A new bill is designed to make public documents more readily available via the Internet

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People management starts at top

Money, influence needed to address high-risk area of human capital management

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Funding opens carrier to Windows

A $3.8-billion contract modification clears the way for developing Windows to run C2 on the Navy's next-generation aircraft carrier

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Navy enters buying exchange

The Naval Sea Systems Command has staked its claim to electronic procurement

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Postal deals deliver computers, ISPs

Compaq, IBM will provide postal workers with computers and Internet service

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O'Keefe to be OMB deputy director

Sean O'Keefe would have a lot to say about information technology spending

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Help for federal help desks

Group forms to enable federal help-desk workers to learn from each other

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Panel proposes public info overhaul

NCLIS recommends an overhaul of the way government manages and disseminates information

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Site offers online ethics training

NIH Web site teaches researchers how to protect patients from abuses during clinical trials

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Students connected, but usage in question

More students have access to computers, but how they are using them remains a problem

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Election Reform Act raises stakes

Lawmakers want to spend more than half a billion dollars on new voting machines and create a federal commission

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DMS picks OpenView to watch network

The Defense Message System will use HP's OpenView Network Node Manager to increase its ability to pinpoint problems

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King County names first CIO

The Washington county's former information services director will take the new top technology slot

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Planning takes pain out of compliance

Education officials offer advice on buying accessible IT products and resources