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An L.L. Bean for senior citizens
The Social Security Administration is planning to become the L.L. Bean of the Internet for senior citizens seeking information and online services ? all of it for free.
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Exec tapped to head eFBI
The FBI has named Bob Dies assistant director to oversee the design and launch of eFBI, a recently renamed and resurrected program that will give bureau agents the ability to share and sift through data via the World Wide Web.
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Back to school
The Army plans to offer its troops a broad range of distancelearning options that would provide them with college credits, degrees and professional certification.
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Report offers ways to bridge the digital divide
A report commissioned by the late Japanese prime minister recommends nine initiatives that to be pursued internationally to allow more access to technology
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Integration tool on Air Force pact
The Air Force and other government intelligence agencies now have an easier way to buy tools that will streamline collection of data from multiple sources and that will integrate similar applications across offices.
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SAIC's military maneuver
Under a $6.3 million Army contract awarded to Science Applications International Corp., information technologies developed for hospitals, universities, businesses and schools would be used to command missiledefense systems
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Hill puts lid on cookie jar
Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-N.J.) last week added an amendment to the Treasury/ Postal appropriations bill calling for a moratorium on agency use of 'cookies,' small bits of software placed on a Web user's hard drive.
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Seat Management: What it is and how it works
Seat management refers to outsourcing desktop computers and their related software, hardware, maintenance and help desk support.
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From .gov to .com
FedBid.com's Gracey finds happiness in industry after decades in government
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VA dispatches digital copiers
To reduce the amount of equipment that telecommuters have to lug home and maintain, the Department of Veterans Affairs is issuing home office-class multifunction printers from Hewlett-Packard Co. to employees who work from home.
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Navy reaps savings with biz tool
The Naval Undersea Warfare Center at Newport, R.I., has saved as much as $1.5 million a year as a result of a business intelligence program that has helped the agency eliminate unneeded paper and personnel and redundant data entry costs, according to officials at the center.
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OPM pitches IT job family
The Office of Personnel Management last week proposed a new job family for federal information technology occupations that would make it easier to recruit and retain IT workers.
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DOD reining in software buys
The Defense Department has approved a draft version of a policy that would direct the DOD information technology community to first consider using existing Pentagon programs for all commercial software purchases before orchestrating major acquisitions.
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What's up with Seat?
When the General Services Administration awarded the first desktop outsourcing contract two years ago this month, many agencies met the deal with skepticism and even downright disdain.
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Four thumbs up
The five agencies that have awarded task orders from the General Services Administration's Seat Management contract run the gamut in terms of size and environment.
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Army fights skills gap online
The Army is hoping to keep its highly skilled troops already sought by the betterpaying private sector in uniform by making them even more highly skilled.
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