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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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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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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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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
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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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