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Some e-voting problems seen

New electronic voting machines appear to operate smoothly with the exception of a few glitches.

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NARA proposes mail discards

Records officials want to let agencies delete routine e-mail messages without requiring permanent copies.

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E-voting smooth in Md.

Officials say except for a few hiccups, electronic voting machines seem to be working well in Maryland.

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Standardizing terror data

Officials to assign stewardship over a core set of Extensible Markup Language standards.

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Navy details ForceNet future

The Navy will publish IT standards, processes and capabilities for command and control.

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Electronic voting: A winner or a loser? Still too close to call

Early balloting on electronic-voting machines appears to be going smoothly despite widespread concerns about security and accountability.<@SM>

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Dems accuse Bush of politicizing audits

Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) says President Bush keeps picking inspectors general with political backgrounds.

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OMB vendor support may merge

A new e-government support contract includes an option for enterprise architecture work.

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Agencies getting greener

The latest score card for the President's Management Agenda shows across-the-board improvement.

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DHS has face ID standard

The Homeland Security Department's biometric facial recognition standard will be used for items such as passports and other travel documents.

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Protecting industrial controls

Experts released a set of cybersecurity requirements to help critical industries protect their systems.

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Subcontract system award due soon

The contract for a governmentwide electronic subcontract reporting system is coming shortly, according to Office of Federal Procurement Policy officials.

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Intelligence talks continue

Lawmakers are disappointed that a deal on intelligence reform couldn't be reached before Election Day.

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Three more agencies reach green on PMA

NASA and the departments of Labor and State are the latest agencies to earn top marks for e-government on the President’s Management Agenda scorecard.

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Company pushes name recognition

Language Analysis Systems says it can improve the screening of air passenger names against terrorist watch lists.

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USGS launches frog quiz

The Geological Survey unveiled a Web site to determine whether people can tell the difference between frog calls.

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DiPentima to lead SRA

He replaces Ernst Volgenau as CEO of the government solutions company. Volgenau will remain chairman.

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Voting vendors submit code to NIST

Four companies that develop electronic voting machines have submitted copies of their software to the National Software Reference Library.

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First responder XML

Officials hope Emergency Data Exchange Language can help overcome incompatibilities among emergency response agencies' systems.

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Unisys finishes Web-based FDA system

Unisys created a Web-based notification system meant to improve the process of approving new medicines for animals.