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Delivering the goods
The Navy is teaming with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to develop a graduate program to help Navy personnel better manage how the military develops and deploys its defense weapons systems.
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Legacy code decommissioned
The Air Force is embarking on a project to transform millions of lines of outdated though still widely used mainframe software code into a much more flexible Javabased system that is accessible via the Internet.
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Failure to communicate
When the Pentagon released its new strategic road map last month that outlined how it plans to prepare for the hightech battlefields of the future, it confirmed what senior officials and experts have said for years: The U.S. needs its allies and coalition partners.
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Web workshops produce IT work force research
Using the results of two workshops conducted entirely on the Internet, the National Science Foundation has released two reports on the information technology work force
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Democrats' party line: Free Web access
In a bid to tap the appeal of the Internet, the Democratic National Committee is offering free Internet service to anyone with a computer and a telephone line
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Millions of dollars OK'd for crime-fighting IT
A House appropriations subcommittee approved funding to help fight drugs and violent crime, and for new tools to combat cybercrime and national security threats
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Federal e-gov forecast is gloomy
It will be years before egovernment at the federal level is comparable to today's ebusinesses, said the cochairman of the federal CIO Council's EGovernment Committee
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Cartoon lures kids to Conn. site
Governor hopes that the state's new children's site will help children realize that the Internet isn't just for adults
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DOD: SPS makes headway
The Defense Department is making progress in moving its users to its new Standard Procurement System, which is designed to eliminate the paper from the department's contracting process
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PTI publishes paper on stoplight cameras
The report discusses topics that should be considered before using the technology, such as privacy legislation, finances, operations and public education
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Group campaigns for defense tech
Six national defense and security associations have demanded that George W. Bush and Al Gore prioritize attention on building effective defenses against chemical, biological and computer attack
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Gore replays e-gov pitch
Vice President Al Gore on Monday reiterated his commitment to the policies and plans that will foster a secure, interactive electronic government for citizens by 2003
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What's shaking?
The California Institute of Technology, the U.S. Geological Survey and the California Strong Motion Instrumentation Program of the California Division of Mines and Geology have teamed with privatesector partners to develop a program to reduce earthquake damage.
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USPS: Fighting for survival
The U.S. Postal Service has a unique view of the Internet economy.
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Pentagon seeing 2020
The uncertain future crept a little closer to the Defense Department last week, forcing the Joint Chiefs of Staff to recast its one and only strategic plan in a way the department believes will better prepare the military services for the future hightech battlefield.
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Marketing 101
In trying to spread the word about their new electronic services, governments are getting a crash course in a skill long-perfected by the private sector
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