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Feds seek $5M for e-gov fund

OMB officials also want to spend $40 million on e-government using agency fees collected by GSA.

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E-citations going statewide in Alabama

Application will simplify ticketing, strengthen law enforcement.

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FBI cans Carnivore

Critics question oversight of FBI's Internet monitoring practices.

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Pentagon requests $30B for IT

Programs that transform the military's warfighting, communications and management received substantial funding for 2006.

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Cross agency providers chosen

Some eligible agencies mentioned in the Bush administration's fiscal 2006 budget request.

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Lawmakers call for DOD CIO

Two congressmen urged Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to fill the Pentagon's chief information officer position quickly.

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Editorial: The price of data

The Web and the easy availability of government data have added to the simmering tensions among commercial publishers and public-interest groups.

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GSA may reinvent itself

Officials to develop proposals for restructuring the agency.

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Welles: Many ways to serve

Most federal employees are integral parts of the communities where they live

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OPM public affairs officer Asher murdered

Warren “Rusty” Asher, a longtime public affairs specialist at the Office of Personnel Management, was found murdered in his Washington home late last month.

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DHS sets timeline for enterprise portal initiative

The Homeland Security Department will start evaluating technologies and products in preparation for a March RFP for its enterprise portal initiative.

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Six Quicksilver projects may get e-gov awards

Six of the 25 Quicksilver initiatives are among the 25 finalists for the Excellence.gov awards, given each year to projects that show the best practices of e-government.<@SM>

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HUD awards customer service contract to Premier

The Housing and Urban Development Department has awarded a $19 million contract for a contact management system.

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OMB names Labor’s Law to lead e-gov subcommittee

It's the second time a Labor deputy secretary has been named to the job of overseeing the e-government component of the President’s Management Agenda.<@SM>

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NIH to make research publicly accessible

The agency is asking scientists to make their biomedical research results available through a searchable database within 12 months of publication.

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Law leads e-gov group

Steven Law, deputy secretary at the Labor Department, will head the E-Government Committee of the President's Management Council, the Office of Management Budget announced.

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PubMed: Release data voluntarily

The National Institutes of Health is trying to strike a balance with a new public access policy for the department's database.

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DOD changes Air Ops approach

Defense Department officials directed Air Force officials last month to revise the acquisition strategy for the service's eagerly anticipated Air and Space Operations Center lead systems integrator contract.

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IRS hires enterprise services exec

Linda Gilpin is the new Internal Revenue Service associate chief information officer for enterprise services.

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Bush wants 7 percent IT increase

President Bush's proposed budget for fiscal 2006 includes significant increases for DHS and the VA.