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Conditions of the FirstGov brand
FirstGov Certified Partners will be allowed to post the FirstGov Certification on their Web sites proving they comply with the FirstGov brand conditions. Following is the draft set of conditions:
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'My N.C.' on the way for citizens
In a cutting-edge move that could signal the next generation of state World Wide Web portals, North Carolina has signed a contract to build a portal that will merge the features of Yahoo with state information, allowing users to customize the site.
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Navy's submarine force in crisis
By 2004, the number of submarines available to conduct critical intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions will be at 45, the lowest in decades
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Modernization delayed in shrinking sub fleet
The reduced number of submarines also has caused a strain on readiness, particularly in modernization of the submarine force's C4I systems
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Army Spearheads digital forces
The Army is combining its situational battlefield awareness software with a commercial tank combat computer game
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Pentagon defuses missile-defense criticism
Defense officials went on the offensive in Congress to dismiss 'destructive and distracting misconceptions' about the program
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Supercomputer blows away all others
A new IBM supercomputer will help determine the condition of U.S. nuclear weapons without detonating them
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Citizen at center of e-gov service
Electronic government has to align information and services so that people do not need to know which agency is the provider, federal experts say
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Panel urges new literacy for future work force
The 21st Century Workforce Commission warns that too many adults are unprepared for jobs in the new economy
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Don't be dazzled by e-gov
By focusing technology on improving internal business operations, agencies can streamline operations and save billions of dollars, an Oracle exec says
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Recipe for success
Reinvention of the Federal Aviation Administration's Logistics Center could not have happened without the buyin of its 600 employees.
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FAA retools biz model
Flight delays caused by bad weather are usually beyond human control. But when delays result from broken equipment in the Federal Aviation Administration's air traffic control system, the FAA Logistics Center is ready to spring into action.
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Jacada launches government push
Company's new publicsector unit aims to update government systems to help provide better services to citizens
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Secret Service targets e-crime
The Secret Service is one of the government's biggest weapons against computer crime
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Policies hinder uniting of nations' networks
Senior Pentagon officials last week singled out rigid security policies and lack of planning as two key lessons from the war in Kosovo that pose the greatest challenge to improving interoperability among allied forces' computer systems.
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Eye on the future
Many agencies are wrestling with the issue of how to bring the Web into their call centers, but the Social Security Administration is being particularly public about it.
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The medical savings saga
Legislation in Congress would incorporate the concept of medical savings accounts into the Federal Employees Health Benefits program. The jury is still out as to whether this would be a positive development for feds.
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