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CIOs detail vision for e-gov

CIO Council members detailed their draft strategic plan, highlighting egovernment initiatives, interoperability, security, privacy and workforce issues

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Virginia rolls on with tech agenda

The state recently unveiled task forces aimed at fostering economic development and increasing the state's Internet presence

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Energy CIO returning to Air Force

John Gilligan, CIO for the Energy Department, is returning to his Air Force roots to fill the service's new principal deputy CIO position

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OPM guide helps with training plans

The Office of Personnel Management has posted a stepbystep guide to help agencies incorporate training plans into their fiscal 2002 budgets and beyond

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Army tests digital forces

The Army will kick off a major new warfighting experiment Friday to test the effectiveness of infantry units armed with digitized information systems

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FAA to watch workers' e-mail

Starting in October, the FAA will begin monitoring its employees' Internet use one day a week

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GAO gives Navy go-ahead on intranet

A General Accounting Office report gives a green light to the Navy's planned $16 billion Navy/Marine Corps Intranet contract

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Plans energize women in IT workforce

Energy Secretary announces initiatives to increase the number of women in jobs that require technical skills at the Energy Department and other agencies

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Get the word out on tunes, privacy, training

FCW's DotGov Thursday column takes on bandwidth hogs, privacy policies and trends in online training

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Site helps Twin Cities drivers get around

A traffic Web site updated every minute provides a detailed, color-coded map showing congested areas and road construction

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Push for tech worker visas renewed

As Congress returns this week, hightech groups are urging lawmakers to raise the cap on H1B visas, which allow skilled foreigners to work in the U.S.

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Site to monitor global slave trade

The State Department is sponsoring a Web site to draw attention to the international crisis of trafficking in human beings

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Roster Change

Roster Change

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A portal for all reasons

The Air Force plans to unveil an enterprise portal in October that will integrate more than 28,000 information systems and help service members cut through the reams of red tape that often prevent them from getting the data needed to do their jobs.

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Software that filters

W. Quinn Associates Inc. sells software that monitors downloads to the server, blocks offensive or restricted files specified by an administrator, and compiles reports on the kinds of files that are downloaded and from which workstations.

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Making expert decisions

Anyone who has ever moved from one home to another or had to change office locations knows it is not exactly a pleasant experience.

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Group recommends steps for access

The President's Information Technology Advisory Committee's latest report calls for a federal Office for Electronic Government and other measures

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Intercepts

Montgomery, Ala. James Adams, chief executive officer of iDefense Inc., a network and computer security consulting firm, last week told a crowd of Air Force communicators at the Air Force Information Technology Conference here that Russian officials recently confided to him that they consider World War III to be taking place right now with the United States.

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Agencies rally behind DOT system

The Transportation Department's plan to outsource a Web-based travel and expense system is gaining supporters.

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No red tape

An Air Force directory with updated contact information for all service personnel, including e-mail addresses issued to each new recruit.