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SAIC selects NASA help-desk partner
SAIC picks Intellisource to provide helpdesk services to NASA headquarters
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Postal Service makes bid for Internet auctions
Joke about 'snail mail' all you want, but the U.S. Postal Service has just pulled ahead of other government agencies in the ecommerce race. The mail service has decided to start buying some goods and services through Internet auctions.
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New Hampshire Gov. Shaheen orders only legal software be used
Other states, including California, Nevada, Colorado and Washington, have issued similar orders against software piracy
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Rhode Island buys fingerprinting hardware
The state is one step closer to its goal of completely automating its criminal records system
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KPMG wins Navy aircraft systems contract
The Naval Air Systems Command (Navair) awarded KPMG Consulting LLC a fiveyear blanket purchase agreement Monday to install software that will replace the various business systems used to acquire and maintain aircraft
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Satellite services broaden training choices
Broadband satellite services could take on an important role in government distancelearning programs, particularly as technologies such as desktop video communications become viable for training employees.
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CIOs' work force worries
Four top chief information officials say their biggest headache is the dwindling hightech work force and figuring out what it will take to keep talented personnel in government.
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A computer for every fed
Rep. Elijah Cummings (DMd.) plans to introduce legislation today that would provide a free computer and Internet access to up to 1.8 million federal employees
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Bad career moves
Lying on a federal job application can ruin your federal career, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently decided.
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GPS support centers team up
Web site gives users quick answers, single place to report problems
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Honolulu is first in state to provide electronic government
Online people will be able to apply for jobs and report problems to the Department of Consumer Services
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USPS puts stamp on online billing
The fear of losing billions in revenue has pushed the U.S. Postal Service to deliver an online service for electronic billing and payments.
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Laptops present major security concerns
Dave Nelson, NASA's deputy chief information officer, is like most federal managers when it comes to issuing agency employees laptops. Stolen data and lost laptops top his list of concerns.
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A vision for e-government
If we were to be realistic, a forthcoming proposal to give nearly every federal employee a computer and Internet access does not stand much of a chance in Congress. Bold proposals rarely fare well during an election year, especially when big money is involved.
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Calif. DMV chooses Micrografx for Intranet graphics
Deal will enable the state to make graphics-intensive documents available via the Internet
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BLM opts for cost-free digitization
The Bureau of Land Management may have found a means to convert its library of microfilm land records onto disk at no cost. Actually, the means may have found the bureau.
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