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E-Rate Ripoffs
Arlene Ackerman, the San Francisco Independent School District’s superintendent, didn’t like the looks of a $50 million project proposal submitted for her approval shortly after her appointment in 2000. As she delved into the project application—made under a program known as E-Rate—Ackerman began a five-year journey into the sordid maze of a well-intentioned but disastrous effort to provide hard-pressed schools and libraries with access to broadband service.<@SM>
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Few women in top tech roles
The gender gap is smallest among top advisers in governors’ officers.
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GSA seeks input on E-Gov Travel RFP
The agency is seeking data capture and business intelligence technology for the government's travel booking system.
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The Tangled Web of E-Rate
Congress created the E-Rate program as part of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 in a bid to provide Internet access to schools and libraries that otherwise would not have been able to afford broadband cabling and associated equipment, such as routers and servers. In the years since, the E-Rate program has come under fire partly because of its arcane and incestuous administrative structure.
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GPO in a hurry to get to the future
The agency has given vendors 30 days for Future Digital System proposals.
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Intercepts
Army’s $10 billion holistic widget buy; Way-out waveform; Here comes the deploying dentist!; A whole mess of cost increases; But do they know what a bumper is?
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Springer makes her mark in Washington
OPM's director is applying her management skills to creating a more effective federal workforce.
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Editorial: A glimmer of hope
GSA needs senior political leadership positions filled so the agency can deal with its problems. Doan’s nomination has already lifted the spirits of GSA’s employees.
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Denett to be named OFPP director
Paul Denett brings more than 30 years of experience to the table.
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RFI issued for Budget Line of Business
The General Services Administration has released the final request for information for Budget Formulation under the three new Lines of Businesses Consolidation initiative — three business days before the industry day.<@SM>
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Army awards $20B ITES-2S to 11 vendors
The contract will support combat and business systems.
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FEMA assesses its IT strengths
CIO Barry West said the agency will have a new information system for tracking supplies into storm-damaged regions.
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Bibb: GSA focused on critical issues
Loss of revenue, reorganization issues and improving relations with Congress are among the most important topics for the agency's survival, acting administrator tells colleagues.
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Please sign on the digital line
In the latest sign that the public sector hasn’t exhausted all the possibilities of e-government, Pennsylvania recently began the nation’s first state-sanctioned program to let notaries digitally sign electronic documents.
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Library selects sound recordings for preservation
Now, the Library of Congress must find and preserve the best existing versions of these chosen recordings.
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OPM makes it easier to hire young employees
Changes to the Student Career Experience Program would put participants on the fast track to government jobs.
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Iowa re-ups NIC for e-gov portal
Iowa has entered into a new multiyear contract with Iowa Interactive, a subsidiary of the e-government firm NIC, for continued management of the state’s official government portal.<@SM>
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