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Library looking into digital books
The Library of Congress believes it can solve storage, shipping and accessibility problems by transferring National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped materials into digital form
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House bill aims to provide IT worker shortage relief
A bill introduced Wednesday would temporarily increase to 200,000 the number of H1B visas that employers could use to hire highly trained foreign workers in areas such as information technology
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'It's a technology problem'
Rep. Anne Northrup blames USPS and Customs for not collecting more than $1 billion per year in import fees on packages mailed from overseas
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Online Census forms keep a low profile
Bureau's publicity focuses on high response rate from hardtocount segments of the population
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Faster, better, cheaper OK
But two NASA reports recommend strengthening people, processes and technology used to carry out the philosophy
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Justice launches cybercrime site
Simple site designed for citizens, government and corporations offers clear explanations of cybercrime issues.
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Grants to boost technology training
Pennsylvania announces 26 colleges will share $5.2 million in grant money to use to groom future technology workers
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Navy defends intranet deal
The Navy last week erected a defensive perimeter around its Navy/Marine Corps Intranet proposal in an effort to fend off growing congressional resistance to a contract that could cost the service as much as $16 billion.
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Making the Web safe
Agencies must highlight privacy from the onset as part of the design of any new system.
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Online but off-target
Last December, President Clinton wrote in his Memorandum on Electronic Government that 'as public awareness and Internet usage increase, the demand for online government interaction and simplified, standardized ways to access government information and services becomes increasingly important.'
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Deals boost e-commerce
As agencies turn to the Internet to purchase items ranging from information technology to office supplies, companies are switching to electronic commerce services to remain competitive.
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Telecommuting hits a road block
Federal telecommuting struggles for acceptance despite efforts to kick-start the program
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Fate of e-records back in feds' court
Thanks to the Supreme Court, the legal skirmish over the government's handling of electronic records is finished. But the more difficult struggle to create a national electronic archive has only begun.
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Remote services
Sally Perry, center director for localarea networking at the General Services Administration's Office of the Chief Information Officer, finds that the employees who telecommute are happier and more motivated. It's a benefit we can give them at no cost, she said.
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System automates archivists' decisions
Archivists and publicservice lawyers have spent years in federal courts trying to determine which documents are 'records' and how they should be preserved. Now there is a software system designed to decide that instantly.
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Give part-timers their due
Some parttime federal employees most of whom are women are getting cheated out of retirement benefits they rightly deserve.
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Task force pushes tech, training
An interagency task force is preparing to submit recommendations to the White House on how the government can use technology to improve training opportunities for federal employees.
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Agency managers, employees find work/life balance
Agencies have different reasons for allowing employees to telework. Sometimes it's a benefit, other times it's a condition of work. For one Energy Department lab, it meant holding on to its workers when it relocated to another city.
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IT worker relief in sight
Congress is debating whether to raise the number of H-1B visas awarded to highly skilled foreign workers each year, a move that supporters say will help fill essential information technology positions.
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