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Outsourcing: Read between the lines
The ongoing Defense Department effort to determine the feasibility of outsourcing its $400 million printing organization appears, on the surface, to be nothing more than a divestiture of 'old information technology' whose time and value have been superceded by the Internet, email and other stateoftheart information dissemination technologies.
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Poll reveals Americans' e-government agenda
In overwhelming numbers, Americans are pleased to be able to obtain much government information and some government services via the Internet, a nationwide survey shows
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Navy open for e-business
With little fanfare but high expectations, the Navy will officially open the doors to its new eBusiness Operations Office this month.
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Military mines for golden technology
The Defense Department will cash in two 'golden nuggets' that emerged from the intense competition at the Joint Warrior Interoperability Demonstration (JWID) July 10 to 28
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SSA gives customers some TLC
When a senior citizen's monthly Social Security check doesn't arrive on time, there's a posse of troubleshooters ready to go find it.
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Key components of UDDI
Extensible Markup Language (XML), which tags information so that other systems know how to interpret it.
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Intercepts
DMS Online? Statements from on high that say that the Defense Message System officially came online Sept. 15 don't necessarily make it so.
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Security: Who should be in charge?
Should the Defense Department assume responsibility for safeguarding the country's communications infrastructure?
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Preparing for inevitable threats to security
The CIO Council is stepping up its efforts to help federal managers understand and address the challenges of protecting systems and data.
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Energy wires Web portal to fuel easy user access
The Energy Department unveils a new portal today that will make it easier for people to find information with a click of their mouse from tips on cutting energy costs to saving the environment
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Net transactions: A style guide
It's not every day that industry heavyweights like IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp., Ariba Inc., Dell Computer Corp. and Sun Microsystems Inc. agree to work together on an Internetrelated initiative.
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DFAS mulls outsourcing pay system
The Defense Finance and Accounting Service is testing the outsourcing waters again to determine whether the private sector can more efficiently and more frugally manage the system it uses to processes billions of dollars of payments for military retirees and their family members.
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Retirement system on the mend
The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board announced this week that Thrift Savings Plan participants can begin investing in two new investment funds starting in May
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E-gov pleases, worries Americans
A survey shows the public is receptive to electronic government but worried about the security and privacy of their personal information
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NASIRE brimming with ideas
With more than 400 government and industry reps circulating at the NASIRE conference, news and ideas were swirling too
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Research group to check out Carnivore
The Justice Department has found a research group to study its controversial email bugging system called Carnivore
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Poll gives peek at IT execs' views
Spot polls conducted this week during the NASIRE annual conference captured IT executives' opinions on the progress of digital government
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Energy recharges Web site
The Energy Department will unveil a portal next week that that's designed to be as useful to consumers as it is to scientists
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