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DOD pushes performance
The Defense Department is ordering contracting officers to make performance-based payments the primary form of financing on at least 25 percent of deals of at least $2 million come Oct. 1, furthering Pentagon efforts to use commercial buying practices.
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California city tracks complaints
Bakersfield city officials take citizen complaints so seriously that they're installing an automated Web-based system
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DOD purchase card scrutiny grows
Two lawmakers are broadening their investigation into questions of fraud and abuse in the purchase card program
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Workforce Investment Act: Hard labor
States discover shortfalls of technology as they struggle to comply with a federal workforce mandate
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NIC gets room to operate in Montana
Montana technology officials propose to reduce the cost of new e-government services by sharing resources with a contractor
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NetClerk streamlines online permits
A company that provides building contractors with customized online permit applications in more than 1,200 cities has streamlined its system even further.
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Army office transforms customer service
The U.S. Army Reserve Personnel Command is moving full steam ahead with its 5-year-long information technology makeover
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Army boosts e-learning
Beginning this month, soldiers can access an online education no matter where they are
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Air Force rivals to join on e-buying
ACCWay and CIT-PAD hope to integrate their unique capabilities and add an equipment-tracking system to the Air Force portal.
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Refining the FirstGov map
Visitors to the federal government's Web portal literally do not know what they're missing: a trove of information
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How to choose the best format
As with any technology, magnetic tape should be chosen based on an organization's functional requirements, not because it's the latest and greatest or the most popular.
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Industry lauds Ashcroft on IT policy
John Ashcroft, appointed by president-elect Bush as attorney general, is praised for his leadership on technology issues
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Tax agency CIO leaving
Paul Cosgrave, the chief information officer at the Internal Revenue Service, is returning to the private sector
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Central Command looks to mobile system
The U.S. Central Command needs a more deployable system to fulfill its mission most effectively, its commander says
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Michigan teachers can tap tech
With vendors chosen, teachers could soon begin benefiting from a program to provide personal computers and services
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Spotila takes IT leadership to industry
John Spotila, who oversaw many of the Clinton administration's IT management initiatives, has gone to GTSI
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Bush team: OMB deputy, not IT czar
President-elect Bush's transition team said federal IT will be managed by a high-level deputy at OMB -- not an 'IT czar'
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