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Online services crop up

Because tens of thousands of farmers and ranchers use computers to help them manage their crops and their land, Congress is pushing the Agriculture Department to become more Internetfriendly.

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GSA details auction plan

Online auctions and socalled reverse auctions that allow multiple users to aggregate buys to get lower prices are all the rage in the private sector. The General Services Administration plans to test the online auction waters beginning next month, but it will have to convince vendors and users that it's a good move for government.

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Auditors and Evaluators

The pace of development in information technology has so altered the security landscape that training has become a matter of survival, according to the Army's chief information officer.

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State CIOs moving up the ranks

NASIRE president testifies before the Congressional subcommittee on government management, information and technology about the role of CIOs

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'My GSA Advantage' coming this summer

Attention, government shoppers! The General Services Administration's online shopping site is getting personal starting Aug. 1.

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Feds' travel made easy

Federal workers will soon have an easier, faster and cheaper way to make travel plans, when the Transportation Department begins rolling out its new World Wide Web travel site in May.

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Online help for U.S. bonds

Taxpayers who receive a federal tax refund this year will find something that could bring them an additional payoff: a notice reminding them that they can cash in a matured U.S. savings bond.

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CIO czar concept gains momentum

Lawmakers last week announced support for a federal chief information officer to oversee how agencies create a digital government.

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E-government unplugged

The promise of anytime/anywhere instant communication has been bandied about for some time, but thanks to recent breakthroughs in wireless technology, that promise is on the verge of becoming reality, albeit a still flawed one.

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Magnificent Discretion

The pace of development in information technology has so altered the security landscape that training has become a matter of survival, according to the Army's chief information officer.

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Army silences computers

The Army plans to modify its PC and laptop contracts to include a special security device that automatically disables integrated microphones that hackers could use to listen to classified or sensitive conversations.

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Carrying on a family's public service tradition

The family history of K. Adair Martinez is full of people in military and public service, so it seems natural that she is eagerly taking on the job of chief information officer for the Department of Veterans Affairs' Veterans Benefits Administration.

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Security survival training

The pace of development in information technology has so altered the security landscape that training has become a matter of survival, according to the Army's chief information officer.

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When travel pay falls short

An Agriculture Department employee who took a sick day while traveling on business in Chicago found that he had to wage a legal battle to recoup his per diem expenses for that day off.

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CIOs need status, support

If federal chief information officers are to be successful, they must have status and support among the agency administration, officials from government and industry told Congress

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System Administrator

The pace of development in information technology has so altered the security landscape that training has become a matter of survival, according to the Army's chief information officer.

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Grant to train unemployed for IT

A Department of Labor grant will help workers in Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia

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AMS hooks up with govWorks

In the latest merger aimed at the public-sector market, two companies unite to showcase their e-government offerings

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Report calls for e-gov fund

A report by the Democratic Leadership Council's Progressive Policy Institute calls for a $500 million annual digital government fund and a federal chief information officer

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DOD deploying hazard-detection network

DOD plans to create a realtime network of chemical and biological defense sensors that may benefit state and local environmental monitoring efforts