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Alabama introduces court e-filing system

Alabama will make e-filing available to state lawyers who file complaints and other documents.

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Fighting the flu

From game theory to flu chips, researchers experiment with new technologies to help thwart upcoming health catastrophes

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GTSI lays off another 10 percent

The company cut 10 percent of its workforce today, its second round of layoffs since October 2005.

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McMillen is at home in history

NARA's first public liaison strives for candor, openness with the institution's constituents

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Small growth in IT budget

Bush increases tech spending 3 percent

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Hidden keys to health

The medical community is sitting on mountains of e-health data that could lead to important medical discoveries. But will its value remain buried by privacy concerns and lack of funding?

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OPM workers win another A-76 bid

In competitions for IT jobs, employees have won by wide margins, Office of Personnel Management officials said.

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FirstGov adds RSS, e-mail alerts

The new features build on the recently renovated Web site.

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Associations call for workforce assistance

They recommend that the government beef up training for health IT specialists and systems users.

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McQueary resigns

The head of DHS' science and technology arm plans to step down in March.

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Passenger screening programs come under fire

GAO and industry representatives say programs are poorly managed and likely to be ineffective.

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Senate approves USPS overhaul

The Senate passed a bill today after more than a decade of debate and compromise on changes to overhaul the U.S. Postal Service.

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VHA taps CareFusion for bar code software

The product reads bar codes on medication and software modules, such as those that verify and label lab specimens.

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Corps budget request includes military spending

Bush's proposal calls for $375 million for fiscal 2007, which includes military spending for the first time.

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A success for health info exchange

Health records successfully exchanged among Boston, Indianapolis and a California county in test of protoype national network.

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Clinical system generates performance reports

With little human intervention, Indian Health Service gets data on how well it's doing.

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Bush budget seeks $459.4M for NIST labs

Congress appropriated $387.4 million for NIST’s eight research laboratories to operate in fiscal 2006.

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EU focuses on health education

A new initiative in Europe would improve the quality of information its citizens receive about health issues.

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USPTO budgets $70.2 million for IT

The Patent and Trademark Office's IT spending plan contains $12.1 million for business continuity during a disaster.

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DOD IT spending flat for 2007

President Bush's $30.5 billion budget request for DOD emphasizes global communications and business transformation.