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Renting may solve federal IT woes

Application service providers companies that rent out computer applications and services, and sometimes the machines themselves are an option government agencies should

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One government, on the Web

FCW's DotGov Thursday column points the way toward integrating government services on the Internet

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Cities populating World Wide Web

Cities are quickly joining the electronic government craze by providing information and services online, an informal National League of Cities poll has found.

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Flexibility, funds wanted for work force

Greater flexibility and a bigger budget to recruit and retain IT workers will make it easier to find and keep the right people in today's tight labor market, a Senate subcommittee was told

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VA's CIO leaving for private sector

Harold Gracey, the acting chief information officer for the Department of Veterans Affairs, is retiring June 1 following a 30year government career

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Agencies losing cyberspace race

From the vantage point of Capitol Hill, members of Congress are watching the race to cyberspace, and they see the government trailing far behind the commercial sector, according to a panel of congressional staffers.

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EPA trying to ease toxic reporting

The Environmental Protection Agency is developing 'intelligent' software to guide users through filing reports online about the release of toxic chemicals

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OMB issues e-government pointers

Agencies encouraged to use hightech solutions to reduce paperwork and ensure security

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Police intranet made easier

The Redmond, Wash., Police Department has chosen software that will allow police to quickly post information on an intranet without assistance from information technology staff.

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Army workers get online benefits access

Civilian employees will be able to access an automated center via the phone or the Internet

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Roster Change

Paul Domich last month was named acting director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Boulder, Colo., laboratories.

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HUD setting up data warehouse

To better manage lowincome housing nationwide, the Department of Housing and Urban Development has hired MicroStrategy Inc. to develop a data warehouse

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Whoops! War plans online

A new reserve unit that monitors the Defense Department's presence on the World Wide Web has found an astonishing amount of classified or sensitive material on public sites

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Bringing outsourcing back home

Agencies are finding that the outsourcing of information technology projects is not a panacea. In fact, insourcing the decision to move projects inhouse is picking up the slack when outsourcing fail, according to industry experts.

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N.C. Launches Site That's Not Just for Citizens

North Carolina citizens, businesses and government employees will be able to access all state services through the state's new Web site, called NC@Your Service

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Army enlists Tinseltown

The Army has pulled together a team of cinematography experts from Hollywood to help it harness the technology depicted in the hit movie 'The Matrix' and TV series 'Star Trek: The Next Generation' for use in its own next generation of training and simulation systems

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GovHost.com Moves Local Govs Online

Cities and counties now have another option for moving their government services online with the April launch of GovHost.com.

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Kentucky Awards Radio Contract

The Kentucky State Police recently awarded a $22.8 million contract to Motorola Inc. for a statewide digital two-way radio system. The new Astro 25 system will replace the agency's analog model, which is more than 20 years old and in constant need of repair.

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Recipe for PBO

Agencies with operations that do not have clear, measurable results are not suited to become performance-based organizations.

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The right stuff

Government is entering a new era in which information technology will transform the way it works. But who will lead the charge?