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Farmers reap electronic receipts
A new law gives farmers the goahead to use electronic warehouse receipts for all major commodities in federally licensed warehouses
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IT fuels Army's budget needs
Army Secretary Louis Caldera says the Army needs a larger slice of the DOD budget, in part because of its growing reliance on IT
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Medicare site unites services
The federal government's Medicare Web site has unveiled a series of new initiatives to help unify its health care services online
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Procurement portal expanding service
Vendors will be able to repond to agency solicitiations online following a major advance planned for the government's electronic procurement system
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Web powerful in politics ? not governing
The Internet has proven its utility in politics, but it hasn't shown that it can be effectively used in governing
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Navy tardy in Web-enabling apps
The Navy has been slow in transferring its applications to the World Wide Web, according to a former Pacific Fleet commander, who said the service also trails industry in remaking its business practices to save money and boost performance.
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Access regs likely to be vague
Accessibility standards will be intentionally vague in explaining how manufacturers must make their products universally usable
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Navy sensor net ready for more tests
Raytheon is prepared for another round of tests on its Cooperative Engagement Capability
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NTIS hiring freeze eases up
A yearlong hiring freeze that threatened to cripple the National Technical Information Service has begun to thaw
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Tech opens tribe's access to medical data
The National Library of Medicine is installing eight computers and Internet access to the American Indian Cultural Center in Waldorf, Md.
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SSA tests personal touch on Web
SSA tries out online interactive services including email response, automatic callback, instant messaging exchange and even voice
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Rule would reduce feds' aches and pains
Final ergonomics rule from OSHA is designed to reduce workrelated physical disorders that are caused from poorly designed work spaces
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Military police try on digital system
Officials test Digital MP, a wearable communications system designed to help carry out reconnaissance, checkpoint security and antiterrorism operations
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Regulation brewing over Net
After years of allowing the Internet to evolve with few restrictions, the government shows increasing eagerness to rein in the Internet
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Letter to the editor
I read your article in Federal Computer Week regarding the National Research Council report on relieving information technology worker shortages, and I would like to share my views as a federal employee about how the government recruits personnel for IT positions.
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Blurring the lines
The very idea sent shudders through the fastgrowing field of electronic tax preparation earlier this year. A giant in the tax business was thinking of entering the industry the Internal Revenue Service.
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The case for access
The Judicial Conference of the United States spells out alternatives for regulating access to legal records, both at court-houses and online. For example, the alternatives for civil case files
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Where e-government and e-business compete
Employment services: The Labor Department runs America's Job Bank, which posts 1.5 million jobs for free. Private employment firms offer similar services.
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