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Terrorists use new tools, old tactics

Despite increasing concern about 'cyberterrorism,' the tactics and goals of the world's terrorist organizations remain lowtech

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Call centers see Web as tool of the trade

In today's Webcentric world, the phone is not always the preferred choice for citizens seeking answers from agencies, a fact that has certainly caught the attention of the Small Business Administration.

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The Tools of the Trade

Traditional call centers rely on a plethora of technologies and management tools including routing systems, automatic call distribution, interactive voice response systems and customer relationship management software. A fully integrated contact center would include those technologies, plus the following Web capabilities.

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Software bugs stall savings plan

Delay keeps feds waiting for retirement system enhancements

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SEC seeks complaint automation

The Securities and Exchange Commission is looking for a better and faster way to handle the thousands of complaints it receives each year from the public.

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Archives tests e-records

The National Archives and Records Administration is preparing to test the intelligence of an electronic records management system. It hopes the system will be smart enough to read documents as they are created and decide which are important enough to be kept as official records and where and for how long they should be stored.

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Alliance defines e-gov ethics code

A provider of egovernment services has announced an alliance to establish a code of egovernment conduct.

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Eagle Awards honor two

Bruce McConnell, former director of the International Y2K Cooperation Center, and Jerry Edgerton, senior vice president for MCI WorldCom (now WorldCom Inc.), won Eagle Awards last week for outstanding accomplishments in the world of federal information technology.

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Making sense of governmentwide security

The call for a federal CIO has its roots in information security.

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Make way for the IT czar

Roger Baker, chief information officer at the Commerce Department, ignited a fierce debate last October when he publicly endorsed the idea of establishing a federal CIO, often referred to as an 'IT czar.'

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Do we need an IT czar?

Security, electronic government spur push for federal CIO

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Steering a course to a less taxing government

Early in the morning, Midori Morgan-Gaide is not thinking about computer systems.

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Weighing Web solutions

Cost savings. Some organizations can cut the number of agents needed to service their current query volume; others can avoid future costs by being able to do more work with the same amount of personnel.

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Back to school ? via the Internet

Defense Department officials charged with providing education assistance programs to military personnel are hoping to improve the operations of base education centers by linking them to special career assistance and academic databases via the Internet.

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The Midori Morgan-Gaide file

The Midori MorganGaide file

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Intercepts

Intercepts

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How to recruit a federal CIO

There is a growing conviction that the nation needs a top-notch information technology chief to make e-government a reality.

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Savings for the future

Here's what to expect when the new Thrift Savings Plan system is completed next year

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Company builds e-gov portal for Denver

A private company has partnered with The Denver Post to build a World Wide Web site to give Denver-area residents access to government services.

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'Solutions integrator' catching on fast

Threeweekold Amitex already boasts the Department of Veterans Affairs and numerous local governments as clients