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What protection?
The odds of winning an appeal against your agency are not in your favor, according to the most recent figures from the Merit Systems Protection Board. Only about 18 percent of the cases considered by the MSPB were decided in favor of the employee.
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Virtual diagnosis
Navy and Marine Corps medical personnel are using an interactive training tool that simulates the conditions of victims caught in a nuclear, chemical or biological attack.
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N/MCI award nears the homestretch
The Navy is likely to announce a contract winner for N/MCI around Sept. 20
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The end of government as we know it
If all it does is make possible instantaneous searches of the 40 million pages the federal government has posted on the Internet, FirstGov would be a useful tool and a rather remarkable achievement.
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County gets the e-deed done
Virginia's Wise County believes it's the first in the state to transfer and record an electronic deed
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FAA infosec workers get lift
The Federal Aviation Administration is offering its information security workers a wellrounded education.
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Exposing 'human trade'
The State Department is going online to help fight the international trafficking of human beings.
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O Canada's e-prowess
While U.S. federal online efforts remain in the formative stage, about half the transactions between Canadians and their government now can be performed online.
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Lawmakers press for fed CIO czar
It's time to put an IT expert in charge of the government's information technology, according to members of a House government reform subcommittee technology leadership by a lawyer has yielded woeful results.
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Intercepts
Dan Verton, Interceptor extraordinaire and diehard former Marine, has decided to storm the beaches of another reporting beat. Dan inherited the Interceptor column from its creator and quickly made it his own. Following in Dan's wake, I encourage you to keep the intercepts coming fast and furious at antenna@fcw.com.
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Navy smart ship enters new phase
The Navy has released a request for proposals for its technologically advanced DD21 Land Attack Destroyer
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Bringing back the minutemen
The Air Force is experimenting with several information technologies designed, among other things, to reduce from hours to 'singledigit minutes' the time needed to locate, target and attack enemy positions.
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ProcureNet wins Hammer Award
ProcureNet was honored for developing an integrated supply program designed to streamline procurement and enhance service at a Defense supply center
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Army online education marches forward
The Army has released the RFP for Army University Access Online and announces sites to implement the online education initiative in 2001
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States not tapping Internet's potential
Some larger states are having success with e-government initiatives, but many more have a long way to go, a Brown University study has found
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Study raps agencies' Web proficiency
Egovernment officials need to work to improve citizen access to online information and services, a Brown University study has found
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Fraud casts pall over Internet voting
The convenience of Internet voting seems to hold great promise, but the potential for fraud is likely to delay voting via home computers for years to come
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Sketching out leadership for Webmasters
In FCW's DotGov Thursday column, Rich Kellett explains four principles in the art of leadership for federal Webmasters
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