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Ohio taps ACS for electronic benefits transfer

Affiliated Computer Services Inc. will provide the state with transaction processing for electronic benefits transfer and other services.

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Oracle gets CRM capabilities with Siebel purchase

Analysts are predicting Oracle Corp. will increase its footprint in the federal IT market through an agreement to buy customer relationship management provider Siebel Systems Inc. for $5.85 billion.

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New Labor site helps Katrina victims find employment

The Labor Department unveiled an expanded Web site to assist those displaced by Hurricane Katrina find new jobs.

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ACS to provide benefits transfer services

Integrator will provide transaction processing, project management and retailer management under $45 million Ohio contract.

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Eugene gets new Web portal

The Oregon city's original Web site had not been significantly upgraded in a decade. Now residents can take care of their business with the city online.

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Keane gets AWIPS subcontract

Integrator will offer testing and migration services under $54 million agreement with Raytheon.

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HHS names health IT standards group

The Health and Human Services Department has announced the members of a public-private group that will decide on standards and uses for health IT to enable physicians to exchange medical information.<@SM>

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GAO: Info sharing would bolster visa security

Improving information sharing would enhance the security of the visa issuance process, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office.

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HHS gathers health data for Katrina evacuees

By next week, HHS officials hope to make some elements of patients' medical records available to doctors treating people from the Gulf Coast.

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Army IT goes on a diet

Service plans an 80 percent cut in redundant systems

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Physicians' e-mails document post-Katrina horrors

Providing care in hurricane-battered areas was compounded by shortfalls in the National Disaster Medical System.

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From health care fortress to IT showcase

Illinois' Cook County Hospital, opened in the 1830s as the Poor House, has become one the most advanced health care centers in the world.

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Intercepts

Sat phone infrastructure. The AA battery lesson. Northcom helps Katrina evacuees tune in. Send in the oral historians. Love in the ruins.

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At home in the DISA Louisiana megacenter

The megacenter has not been processing a lot of data, but it has housed 120 hurricane evacuees and served 360 meals a day.

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Feds prepare for e-training linked to job performance

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Circuit

Waiting game. When a hearing is not a hearing. Do not despair. Any language will do. Free money.

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GAO: Performance data is underused

Twelve years after it became law, the benefits of the Government Performance and Results Act on federal decision-making are still not widespread.

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By standing still, FirstGov slips in Web rankings

Firstgov’s drop in the rankings by Brown University were attributed to its failure to add new features.

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Navy petty officers learn 'soft skills' online

Center for Naval Analyses studies the e-learning results

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Texas agency speeds food stamp applications for Katrina victims

Texas has developed and deployed a new Web-based application to help process survivors of Hurricane Katrina and provide them with needed food stamp benefits.