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OMB: No call for IT czar
The Office of Management and Budget's Sally Katzen does not think appointing a governmentwide chief information officer is a good idea
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Litronic to secure DOD e-mail
The Defense Department has awarded a $500,000 contract to Litronic Inc. to provide highsecurity software for DOD's secure email system
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Feds pose e-biz competition
Some industry representatives are complaining that the federal government's ecommerce activities go beyond what's appropriate for organizations supported by taxpayer dollars
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Michigan creates e-gov office
The new office will work alongside a new advisory council to establish the best ways for the state to adopt electronic initiatives
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NSF launching grants for cybercorps
The National Science Foundation is expected to release applications next month for grants that would fund the Federal Cyber Services program designed to train the next generation of digital defenders
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Reno: Communication barrier to accessibility
Attorney General Janet Reno on Tuesday presented the Justice Department's first scheduled report on Section 508, an amendment to the 1998 Workforce Investment Act
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New York awards $351 million Medicare contract
The system, to be managed by Computer Sciences Corp., will allow the state to handle claims online
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Arizona to give tax credit for IT training
The state becomes the first in the country to use a tax incentive to bolster its technology work force
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Waiting, watching to make a move
Rep. Bob Goodlatte (RVa.) is in the catbird's seat these days when it comes to the Internet revolution.
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Supreme Court rounds up Web site
The Supreme Court launches its Web site today, centralizing information it had in other, less widely available electronic forms
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GAO: States missing food-stamp fraud
Though most states have the technological ability to stop food-stamp fraud, they aren't tapping it, the report found
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Ignore e-records at own risk
The rule of thumb in official Washington is never say or do anything you would not want to have show up in The Washington Post. Add to that: Never don't do something that will land you in The Washington Post.
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Savings abound
For $1.3 million in fees, Pennsylvania reaped $8.5 million in savings in 1999 by using online auctions to make purchases ranging from coal for heating, aluminum for making license plates and salt for melting ice on roads.
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Internet, interagency
There is so much talk about estuff these days that one is tempted to cry out 'enough!' However, just as no one today would refer to their TV remote control or cable as 'technology,' we soon will drop the 'e' because that will just be the way things are.
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Postal Service first to try online reverse auctions
The U.S. Postal Service has put its stamp of approval ? at least tentatively ? on online auctions.
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OMB issues A-130 revisions
In the midst of a lawsuit to force federal agencies to make public information more readily available to the public, the Office of Management and Budget has issued revisions to its Circular A130
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