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Arizona police buy face ID tech

The state's Department of Public Safety has signed a contract with ImageWare Systems that will allow officials to conduct facial recognition searches on driver license images.

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Feds give low grades to OMB scoring system

Color-coded bubble charts are not the best way to evaluate progress in achieving the President's Management Agenda, several federal information technology executives said today.

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CoreFLS experiment ended

After spending millions of dollars, officials killed a pilot program intended as the first step in replacing the VA's financial management system.

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Who should do your assessment?

Agencies lacking resources may be better off retaining a storage consultant to do the job.

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Agencies keep assistive tech at forefront

New ways to help disabled federal workers do their jobs

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A toll for federal data?

Analysts decry new costs to access outsourced procurement database

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7 steps to a storage assessment

Find a sponsor; get support; scope out high-level needs; assess the as-is state; envision the to-be environment; analyze the gap; generate recommendations.

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DHS looking for communications gaps

DHS officials plan to solicit bids for a nationwide evaluation of public safety wireless communications.

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Eight years later, CIOs search for their place

In the eight years since the creation of the federal CIO position, the role remains in a state of flux.

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Online, Michigan is #1

Michigan claimed the top spot for its use of e-government in a new survey of states released by the Center for Digital Government.

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Pentagon braces for IT spending cuts

For the first time in years, officials foresee significant budget cuts in 2005

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Comings and goings

Jimmy Parker; Casey Coleman; Mike Wash; Jamie Sullivan; Bruce Klein; Valerie Lynn Baldwin; Gen. Hugh Shelton.

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9-11 Commission stresses info sharing

Report includes few new tech items, reiterates the importance of neworks.

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Lisagor: Seizing the future

If we don't transcend technology with a strong sense of purpose, who will?

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Boston feds work around DNC

Planning and technology helps feds survive the onslaught of the Democratic National Convention.

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Senate confirms new DOD comptroller

Last week, the Senate confirmed Tina Westby Jonas as DOD's new CFO.

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Editorial: E-bias

E-gov services should not be more difficult than the old processes. The U.S. Postal Service offers a case in point.

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GAO study shows need for workforce plans

Analysts say shifting workforce demographics should prompt agency officials to rethink their human resources plans.

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Targeting top talent

Agencies focus on streamlining the arcane federal hiring process

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Swiss get e-gov framework

Switzerland adopted its first e-government enterprise architecture to ensure that new systems are designed with interoperability as a top priority.