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Database streamlines site searches

North Carolina's Department of Commerce is planning an enhanced version of its searchable Internet database of industrial properties

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Taxpayers can pick own PIN

The IRS will make it easier to file returns electronically this year by letting taxpayers select their own personal identification number for digital signatures

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Usability, accessibility closely related

FCW's Dot-Gov Thursday column offers tips on making government Web sites easy to navigate for all

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Students empowered with computers

A foundation in Dallas is equipping youngsters in a lowincome school district with computers and access to technology

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Defense CIO honors effective IT

First-ever awards honor systems that are saving millions of dollars

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Roster Change

Roster Change

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Who's a Grinch? Not FCC

FCC commissioner: I 'quibble with Whos down in Whoville that think we're the Grinch'

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Privacy cloud hangs over Digital Storm

Already under fire about the FBI's email surveillance system Carnivore, the Justice Department can expect Digital Storm to churn up its own tempest

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Software central to accessibility standards, cost

Software is expected to consume most of the $1 billion it may take each year for federal agencies to comply with the new accessibility standards

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Web sites will put accessibility on display

When June 21 arrives, government Web sites are the first places the new accessibility standards are likely to be an issue

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Access Board spells out standards

The federal Access Board has published standards designed to force agencies to become leaders in adopting IT that can be used by people with disabilities

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Federal CIO in Bush's plans

The presidentelect still intends to appoint a federal chief information officer, but apparently has no plans to name a cabinetlevel technology secretary

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Justice guides agencies through e-gov

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

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SSA's Dyer headed to private sector

Former SSA chief information officer taking highranking position at SAIC

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Report: Leaders ignore IT at their peril

A Harvard report spells out ways elected officials can get in step with technology

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DOD defines information superiority

The Pentagon will soon release an overview of the military's vision for achieving information superiority on the battlefield

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PricewaterhouseCoopers snares Army e-learn contract

An industry team led by PricewaterhouseCoopers captured a $453 million Army contract for a huge distancelearning portal

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DOE Web site to help heat homes

DOE will use the Internet to help speed any emergency release of U.S. oil reserves to the Northeast should a supply shortage develop this winter

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Uncle Sam wants you

OPM has issued interim regulations that describe hiring and management procedures associated with the new Federal Career Intern Program

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SSA to take wage reports online

SSA has upgraded its Web site to begin accepting wage reports from employers via the Internet on Jan. 2