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Lisagor: Urban legends

Debunking five myths about doing business with the government.

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Architecture to get more security, privacy info

The CIO Council will release a more detailed document on security and privacy requirements of the federal enterprise architecture by April.

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DHS works on case management

Officials are developing a Web hub with information for law enforcement officers.

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HHS unveils family health history software

Health and Human Services is offering free software to help Americans learn their families’ health histories and promote personal health.<@SM>

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Vegas voters favor electronic system--with a receipt

Given a choice between an electronic machine that produces a receipt of their votes or a paper ballot, Las Vegas voters chose the receipt.

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Navy puts all coursework on one site

The Navy's E-Learning distance learning system has moved to the Navy Knowledge Online Web portal.

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States continue to join EPA Exchange Network

States are buying in to the Environmental Information Exchange Network, with six adding nodes in the past six weeks.

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OPM sued over watch lists

The ACLU opposes a requirement that charities taking part in the Combined Federal Campaign must check their employees against terrorist watch lists.

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OMB plans info-sharing initiative

It will be the next lines of business initiative cutting across agency lines.

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No mandate for e-voting, computer scientist says

Despite wide use in last week’s presidential election, direct-recording electronic voting is still a faulty method of casting ballots, one computer scientist argues.<@SM>

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Joint Blue Force in the works

The Joint Chiefs of Staff will review the framework for a system that will provide a common land battlefield picture for warfighters.

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Land-ho for US-VISIT

The Homeland Security Department announced the first 50 land ports of entry to take part in the U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology program.

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Searching for the best workers

OPM officials want to prepare workers for top leadership posts by exposing them to competitive programs that include stints in the executive branch and formal training.

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E-voting companies file code

Voters may demand escrow data

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E-voting goes (mostly) smoothly, but suspicions, critics remain

E-voting machines seemed to work well for the most part. But some problems were reported.

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Northrop snags Air Force deal

Commercial technology will power battle management system

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Lawmakers call for e-voting probe

Three Democrats seek a GAO review of e-voting systems

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SEC buys into XBRL

Agency accepts Extensible Business Reporting Language data

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Coast Guard gets satellite help

Officials will track vessels with automatic identification system receiver

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Automated hiring increases applications

Computers help find federal job candidates faster