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CIO committees
The CIO Council expects to approve its strategic plan for the next fiscal year at its Sept. 21 meeting. A draft of the new plan is more detailed than the existing one and assigns specific objectives to each committee.
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'Anytime, any place' archivist
When he was nominated to be archivist of the United States in 1995, John Carlin was not a popular choice.
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EEOC checklist
The following are examples of job discrimination topics that a proposed list of 200 questions would encompass as part of a database that would track complaints in the federal government.
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Autonomy Corp. to aid effort
Autonomy Corp., a provider of Internet infrastructure technology, has partnered with GRC International Inc. to help build FirstGov.
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CIO Council goes on offense
With time running out before the new fiscal year begins, the CIO Council plans to issue two memorandums within the next two weeks to agencies and Congress that urge putting in place policies that would better secure government computers.
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Final N/MCI Episode? Believe it or not, the Navy has one final box to check before the winner of the longawaited Navy/Marine Corps Intranet contract can be announced.
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Cohen: Superpower status has a downside
Cyberwarfare and other security threats simply come with the territory when your country is the world's only remaining 'superpower,' Defense Secretary William Cohen told a group of veterans last week.
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Army fine-tunes missile defense C3
The Army Space Command recently completed a joint battle planning exercise designed to finetune national missiledefense command, control and communications
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Jersey taking hard look at computer crime
A report recommends the state enact new laws, train police and educate young people in order to get a handle on cyberstalking and Internet-related crime.
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GSA studies smart card value
The General Services Administration has hired a contractor to study the cost and benefits of using PKIenabled smart cards for federal applications
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Adobe prepares accessible PDF reader
As they prepare to comply with new requirements to make Web sites readable by visually impaired users, federal Webmasters point to a major concern PDF files
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County tests online tax filing
Snohomish County will experiment this fall with filing personal property information online
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Superpower status risks cyberattack
Cyberwarfare comes with the territory when your country is the world's only remaining 'superpower,' Defense Secretary William Cohen said
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Pa. linking patrol cars to databases
Police officials say computer technology could liberate patrolmen from bureaucratic requirements so they can spend more time enforcing the law
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Global governments shape e-economy
A report from an international policy and technology consulting firm looked at foreign nations' 'ereadiness' five strengths needed for an economy to function in an IT world
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DOT tackles flow of flight delay data
A new task force will compile best practices on getting quick, accurate information on flight delays to workers who deal directly with passengers
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Fed search engine won't come cheap
Private companies may pay thousands a year to enable their users to search government sites and track information
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Intercepts
The Navy issued new guidance July 25 on how to identify information technology jobs that are 'inherently governmental' and others that are open to being outsourced.
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