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NASA bungles e-mail policy

Directive wrongly implied that employees should not answer public inquiries

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E-training companies go after federal market

A recently announced partnership between Macromedia and Plateau Systems illustrates the growing demand for e-learning technologies in government agencies.

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Social Security turns to Lockheed Martin for records scanning

Under the blanket purchase agreement, Lockheed Martin will scan paper medical and nonmedical records and create digital images for transmission.

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E-gov foundation gives agencies opportunity to do more, Evans says

The way Office of Management and Budget administrator for E-government and IT Karen Evans sees it, agencies now have the foundation to make technology work for them in ways that couldn’t have been imagined four years ago.

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GSA issues final reorg order

GSA has formally signed the order to create the Federal Acquisition Service, which will replace the Federal Supply Service and Federal Technology Service.

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Gingrich: 'Paper kills,' electronic medical records save lives

Katrina has shown beyond doubt the necessity of moving to electronic records, policy figures argue.

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AT&T gets Air Force intell deal

Company will provide data processing capabilities at the National Air and Space Intelligence Center

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Trouble ahead for Census and e-gov funding

Senate plans to reduce requested Census Bureau 2006 funding would suspend the American Community Survey and increase the cost of the next decennial census, the White House said in a Statement of Administration Policy.

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Mok: Government should adopt XBRL

All federal agencies should adopt Extensible Business Reporting Language for their financial data, the Labor Department's chief financial officer said.

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Federal employees will have their say

Federal agencies that aren’t conducting employee surveys every year will soon be required to do so.

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GSA wants more standardization for procurement

The General Services Administration is the standard bearer for much of the $140 billion civilian agencies spend on products and services each year.

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Senate curbs e-gov in Commerce, Justice spending bill

The Senate spending bill limits the power of federal agencies to transfer money to fund e-government projects.

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Booz gets new DIMHRS contract

The company has supported contract with Joint Requirements and Integration Office since 2002.

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OMB tops list of best federal workplaces

A new ranking of the best places to work in the federal government shows that employees are happier in their jobs than they were two years ago.

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Sat comms aid Mississippi recovery efforts

Virginia company is lending communications trailer to Mississippi to help in hurricane recovery efforts and plans to send a similar one to Louisiana.

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Brailer: Health IT vision takes shape

After responding to the crisis following Hurricane Katrina, the national health IT coordinator sees more opportunity to drive technology use.

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Evans: Service centers may bear transition costs

OMB wants three major departments to migrate to a shared service provider for financial management during the next fiscal year.

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Navy picks IT support vendors

CSC and CACI were chosen in separate actions to support IT for some Navy programs.

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Senator seeks to curtail emergency purchase card limits

Sen. Charles Grassley is trying to rein in newly increased purchase card limits that Congress passed as part of a Hurricane Katrina aid package.

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Lockheed Martin gets Social Security purchase agreement

SSA has awarded a five-year blanket purchase agreement worth as much as $124 million for information technology services, including medical document scanning.