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IRS revving up online efforts
The Internal Revenue Service is stepping up its campaign to move nearly every aspect of the tax return business online in the next several years.
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Work force tops CIOs' worries
Information technology staffing remains a top concern among government chief information officers, according to a recent survey. But that does not mean CIOs are ready to turn their work over to private contractors.
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New center targets Internet fraud
The Justice Department on Monday announced a center where the FBI and other authorities will collect and analyze consumer complaints about suspected fraud on the Internet
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DOD to boost health system
The Defense Department's Health Affairs office last week awarded two contracts totaling nearly $400 million to replace DOD's homegrown computer system with an automated information system.
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Naval network maneuvers
If you buy the notion that the Internet will ultimately be connected to everything, if not everybody, then the Navy's desire to roll out a monolithic, allpurpose service network might seem prudent.
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Army caches hackers
The Regional Computer Emergency Response Team (RCERT) at Fort Huachuca has installed seven World Wide Web caches for Army customers across the country, according to Robert Kane, principal network security engineer for the team. Kane sets up caches to defend the public Web sites of various commands against being defaced by hackers.
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Defining e-government
Do you think about your refrigerator and consider it "technology"? Of course not.
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Coast Guard sends SOS
Coast Guard officials plan to make commercial offtheshelf technology the centerpiece of a 20year, $9.8 billion project to modernize the service with new ships, aircraft, communications and sensor equipment.
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Flexing in the face of competition
Changes to how agencies recruit and retain workers are essential if the government is to remain competitive, congressional and agency officials said last week.
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New firm offers full e-purchasing platform
The effort is a collaboration between NIC Commerce and Bank of America Corp.
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To feds' good health
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is asking for funding to beef up efforts to ensure the safety and health of federal workers.
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IT pay study will cost agencies
The CIO Council wants agencies to help pay for a study of compensation in the information technology work force.
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Survey: Americans e-mailing public officials
A survey by E-ThePeople.com found that 12 percent of the public has tried to contact a government official by e-mail, though only 5 percent of those were acknowledged
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DOD awards health system contracts
The Defense Department's Health Affairs office this week awarded two contracts worth nearly $400 million to replace DOD's home-grown computer system with an automated information system.
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Y2K hindered White House e-mail fix
Reconstruction of a system that will be used to recover lost White House email was put on hold last year to deal with Year 2000 compliance
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