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File sharing made easy
A young Internet company hopes its services on the World Wide Web will replace express mail service, email and phone calls to help government workers in scattered locations collaborate on projects.
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Firm sorts, shares files via Web
A young Internet company hopes its Webbased services enable government workers in scattered locations to collaborate on projects
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Help desks front and center
As agencies embrace electronic government and look to deliver more of their services online, the role of the lowly help desk might easily be overlooked. But it promises to be an increasingly important focus for government's move to the Internet.
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Delaware puts voting info online
Voters can find a sample ballot, information on candidates' views and candidates' e-mail and Web addresses
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Site has lowdown on ozone
Pennsylvania's Department of Environmental Protection gives ozone information to nonprofit for Web posting
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FAA to develop security certification
The FAA will be developing a certification program for the agency's information systems security workers
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Letters to the Editor
This week's Letters to the Editor include readers' responses on Federal Computer Week's Aug. 7 cover story ?quot;Access.gov?quot;
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Raytheon wins $1.4B Army radar deal
Under a $1.4 billion Army contract, Raytheon Co. will develop three radar systems for a highaltitude missiledefense program
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Never too late to learn
Like most of his colleagues in government, Tony Nuriddin wanted to keep his technology skills uptodate. And the only way to do that was to go back to school.
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Security exodus continues
The upcoming change in presidential administrations will bring many personnel changes in government, but the security side is beginning to see a drain that many did not expect, as nonpolitical appointees take privatesector jobs.
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Iraq foils high-tech weapons inspections
Iraq has dismantled an automated video surveillance monitoring system installed by the United Nations at several weapons facilities, the CIA reports
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More than an update
Technically, the ICAC2 document updates the previous manual, published in 1994. But it actually is an overhaul that better accounts for some of the newer technologies used on the battlefield, such as unmanned aerial vehicles, the Conventional AirLaunched Cruise Missile and the Army Tactical Missile System.
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DLA taps Andersen for systems revamp
A hot competition to modernize information systems at the Defense Logistics Agency ended Aug. 10 when the agency tapped Andersen Consulting to provide up to $389 million in systems integration services for the Business Systems Modernization program.
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Des Moines takes e-gov plunge
City has chosen Netgov.com to create a Web site in which people can search an events calendar and pay tickets online
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Toxic info to stay off Web
Fearing that the global reach of the Internet will prove too helpful to terrorists, the Justice Department and the Environmental Protection Agency have issued a final rule for keeping information about potentially deadly chemical spills at U.S. industrial plants off government World Wide Web pages.
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Policy revision aims to defeat friendly fire
Military officials in recent years have become increasingly worried that the sheer number of weapon systems to fill the airspace of the future battlefield will overwhelm battlefield command and control efforts and lead to a rise in deaths by friendly fire. But a recently published joint operations manual should ease many of those fears.
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