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E-mail rules could be relaxed

NARA proposes rule that would allow feds to delete some messages

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Holistic approach reinvigorates management

Execs turn to portfolio management to help sort IT spending priorities

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Internal medicine for what ails you

Business process management means rethinking how an organization functions

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Managed Care

Three management disciplines that could improve the health of government programs

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Editorial: The next four years

As President Bush and his team prepare for a second term, we offer the following recommendations on current and perennial policy issues.

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VA tackles old e-mail system

VA officials plan to award a contract in December that would overhaul the agency's e-mail system and shrink the number of e-mail servers to 24 from 528 currently.

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National Archives opens high-tech vaults

Forget the musty, dusty documents -- the National Archives' Public Vaults exhibit has computer stations, plasma screens and interactive terminals.

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Better terror-fighting training through IT

DOD officials want to spend $1.3 billion on an initiative that would use advanced tech to improve training and education for warfighters.

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DARPA wants info about war ideas

Papers on computational techniques to disrupt enemy decision-making are due Dec. 10.

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Air Force to hand off ops centers IT

Expect a Nov. 15 announcement of the schedule for hiring a company to manage IT for Air and Space Operations Centers.

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GAO investigation of e-voting problems requested

Democrats have asked the Government Accountability Office to investigate reports of voting irregularities, many involving electronic touch-screen voting machines.

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BearingPoint CEO leaves

Randolph Blazer, chief executive officer of BearingPoint, has stepped down and will be temporarily replaced by Roderick McGeary.

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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.