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Mo. launches 'Most Wanted' fugitive site

A new Missouri Web site presents photos and abstracts of most-wanted fugitives

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Roster Change

Gen. John Gordon was sworn in last week as the Energy Department's first undersecretary for nuclear security and administrator of the new National Nuclear Security Administration.

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Illinois Web site aims to help families

The site provides information on how to deal with things such as nutrition, finding a doctor, child-proofing your home and building self-esteem

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E-Sign Act validates digital signatures

The first GSA digital certificate seals President Clinton's signature, passing ESign Act into law

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On a collision course

An upcoming test will require the national missile defense system to strike down a Minuteman II intercontinental ballistic missile carrying a single warhead target and a single decoy. The Minuteman will be launched from Vandenburg Air Force Base, Calif. Twenty minutes later, an interceptor missile carrying a prototype 'kill vehicle' will be launched from Kwajalein atoll in the Pacific Ocean and should home in on and clash directly with the target warhead.

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Tech, gov leaders to debate e-gov privacy

State and local government and technology leaders will debate electronic government privacy issues, such as public-key infrastructure security, digital signatures and policy statements, in a new e-Government Web Privacy Coalition.

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Betting the planet on IT

Editorial: Betting the planet on IT

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Navy CIO: Most jobs safe

The long-awaited multibillion- dollar Navy intranet contract will not cause the loss of thousands of government jobs as previously reported, according to the Navy's detailed business case analysis delivered to Congress June 30.

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A waste of Thrift Savings

It's no surprise that the launch of two new Thrift Savings Plan investment funds has been postponed for a second time. But there's also something disturbing about it.

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Calif. seeks $10M for e-gov

California Gov. Gray Davis has proposed allocating an additional $10 million to the state's electronic government programs. In addition, Gray is calling for the creation of an e-government business advisory council to provide private-sector advice on state e-government efforts.

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Arkansas has ANSWER to the welfare question

Several state and local social service agencies have launched Internet portals to help guide other government agencies and potential clients through the maze of human services programs and their complicated eligibility requirements.

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Securing home, workplace

The FAA's Y2K guru tackles the next big thing: info security

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Building the Army's confidence in high-tech

If future soldiers and commanders do not trust battlefield intelligence provided by information systems, the Army's revolutionary transformation into a more mobile and more lethal force could crumble, some service officials say.

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Portal would customize federal info

Federal officials are hoping that the new FirstGov Internet portal will push agencies to work together on related public services.

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Intercepts

A few weeks ago, in a small room in the Russell Senate Office Building, as security experts talked about the growing threat of cyberterrorism

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Army seeking solution for logistics

The Army and Computer Sciences Corp. this week will issue a request for solution, seeking the product on which the Wholesale Logistics Modernization Program will be based

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Web notices now the law in Alaska

All Alaskan state agencies are now required by law to post all public notices on the Internet.

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Va. governor outlines e-gov plan

Virginia Gov. James Gilmore unveiled a broad plan in May to immerse the state in electronic government.

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Roads not taken

After a great deal of analysis and debate, the United States has settled on a national missile defense system designed to intercept missiles in midflight. Other options include boostphase interceptors, which the Russians have proposed, and terminalphase interceptors. During a June 20 news briefing, Pentagon officials discussed the pros and cons of all three.

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Who's under the NMD umbrella?

The NMD system to be deployed in 2005 is but a shadow of the socalled Star Wars system envisioned by former president Ronald Reagan. That system was expected to counter a massive nuclear strike from the former Soviet Union, which Reagan dubbed 'the evil empire.' Nearly two decades later, however, it is possible the U.S. and Russia will work together to build an NMD system.