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Online court records under review

The most personal information lies carefully cataloged in the nation's courthouses

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Pentagon revamps systems tests

The Pentagon is accelerating a sweeping initiative to improve joint operations among the services by ensuring that their key systems can exchange information seamlessly.

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Public/private standoff

Electronic business experts predict that the line between electronic services that should be provided by government and those that should be provided by business will continue to blur.

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Election Day winner: The Net

Vice President Al Gore and George W. Bush have had to wait to find out who has been elected president, but election returns Nov. 7 pointed to one clear winner ? Internet voting.

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Navy, Marines miss latest DMS deadline

The Marine Corps and Navy missed the Sept. 30 deadline to shut off access to Autodin, an aging communications network for sensitive and classified messages

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Election Day winner: Online voting

Voters in six states cast ballots over the Internet, and the procedure won overwhelming endorsements from voters and election officials

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DOD moves on mobile code

The Pentagon CIO approves a policy governing the military's use of mobile code, which can be used for cyberattacks

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Measurement kit: First aid for CIOs

FCW's Dot-Gov Thursday column provides basic, yet essential, information to help CIOs better manage an agency's IT assets and services

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DOD expanding biometrics rules

The Pentagon is considering a new policy that would require all biometrics products to be evaluated using the Common Criteria Scheme

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Safety agency expands Web services

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has expanded the services available on its doityourself Web site

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EDGAR spiffed up during holiday

The SEC's Electronic Data Gathering Analysis and Retrieval system will be upgraded for full transition to the Web over Thanksgiving

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Pentagon commands commercial solutions

DOD has rewritten an acquisition regulation to speed up procurements of weapons and information systems

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Every patent ever issued goes online

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has expanded its Web database to include every American patent ever issued more than 6.5 million

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Roster Change

Retired Brig. Gen. Regner Rider joined Veridian on Nov. 1 as vice president for command, control, communications, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C3ISR) programs. He will help the company expand its presence in the C3ISR domain.

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Poll: Public hopes e-gov leads to accountability

State and local government officials see the Internet as a way to improve efficiency and save money, but a nationwide poll shows that the public sees it as a medium with the potential to make govern

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More access, yet divide persists

In five years, 75 percent of U.S. households will be linked to the Internet, but a digital divide between lower- and upper-income classes will persist because of the cost of high-speed access and people's lack of Internet experience, according to a massive, recently released study.

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Florida ports seeing STARS

Three Florida cities are buying low-cost imaging systems from Science Applications International Corp. for their seaports to help stem illegal exports of stolen automobiles to Central and South America.

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Public goods, personal use

The Office of Personnel Management recently made public its policy of permitting limited personal use of government office equipment by OPM employees. This policy governs equipment such as personal computers and related hardware, software, Internet services, email and office supplies.

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Cold feet on e-commerce

State and local IT shops have come a long way with electronic commerce.

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IRS presses its paperless project

The Internal Revenue Service, flush with money and new ideas for digitizing customer service, is turning up the heat on its huge modernization project called IRS Prime