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Features of the Saba Learning Network Solution

Sets skill and certification requirements for each role in the organization.

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A new solution for an old problem

VA agency pilots automated training, assessment program

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GSA to put portals to work

With access to more than 1 million products ranging from paper clips to tractors, GSA Advantage is truly a shopper's delight. The downside is that this virtual shop can easily overwhelm its many users.

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A window to agency knowledge

Enterprise information portals are helping make government smarter

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Fed records for dummies

With a federal court ruling pending, the Office of Management and Budget has written new rules telling federal agencies to do a better job of making agency information including electronic documents available to the public.

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Networking at NSF

Leaders at the National Science Foundation have decided that the best way to support research and technological development at universities nationwide is to apply information technology at home.

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DOD Opens Up

The other federal agency that faces seemingly infinite amounts of data is the Defense Department. Much of it is classified and kept tightly tucked away, but some of it is made public.

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DTS test flight ready

An early version of the Defense Travel System that will be available to selected personnel this summer won't be connected to the system's central database or Defense Department accounting systems, but it will bring DOD one step closer to automating its travel operation.

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EPA's Earth Day: Indoors, on Internet

The Environmental Protection Agency is conducting a 'virtual Earth Day' on Wednesday

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Selling public service

Former federal IT execs brainstorm work force strategies

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Making documents smarter

Does making government more accessible need to be so difficult? In the Information Age, shouldn't there be an easier way to locate documents and to predesignate what is public and what is not?

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Student Aid

The Education Department has found the best way to encourage interaction with the public ? or at least with students ? is to offer money.

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Web Mining Public Debt

For the National Park Service, interactive doesn't necessarily mean talking to a park ranger, but the service oversees a pair of Web sites that offers up-to-date information on the nation's public parks.

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Rethinking IT

In addition to addressing access to information, OMB's proposed revisions to Circular A-130 attempt to force agencies to exercise better oversight of their information technology investments.

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Fixes not so tough, disabled say

The good news about complying with Section 508 is that many fixes although they will have some cost are relatively easy to make, especially when systems are still under development.

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Drag a Wild Horse

The Bureau of Land Management has put online auctioning to work to fulfill one of its missions.

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Web-time Travelers' Aid

Government has information and lots of it. In fact, collecting information is its business.

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Web City

A handful of city governments also have begun to use the Web to interact with their residents.

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HTE launches e-government gateway

The software company's city and county customers will be able to offer people online transaction capability

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Web links students, colleges

The Education Department showed off its COOL online college database last week as it prepares to begin an entirely World Wide Web-based data collection system.