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Old thoughts hinder agencies, Accenture CEO says

Old ways of thinking keep agencies from becoming more efficient, says Accenture's CEO.

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OMB wants more e-gov users

Agencies built e-gov initiatives, but people haven't come.

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Does Defense need a high-level financial manager?

DOD may need an assistant secretary dedicated to day-to-day financial management, the U.S. comptroller general says.

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CopLink developer certifies vendors

Process entails formal exchange of sharing schemas and underlying architectures for tighter integration with the CopLink data tool used by law enforcement agencies.

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E-government advances ‘only a first step’

Despite advances, disconnects remain between federal agencies and users, e-government leaders and watchers said today.<br>

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Feds go looking for e-customers

The new theme for federal e-government is: location, location, location. The Bush administration launches campaign to market its online services.<@SM>

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Eight IT projects get kudos for excellence

Two Quicksilver initiatives were among six federal and two state and local IT projects to receive Showcase of Excellence awards today at FOSE 2004 in Washington.<@SM>

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Post office backs off e-commerce

But the organization needs to be able to expand beyond its traditional business, the postmaster general says.

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USAJobs.com: 45 million served

The federal jobs site launched last August has welcomed 45 million visitors, according to the Office of Personnel Management.

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NIST honored for library tech

A Library of Congress committee will give awards to federal libraries and librarians for outstanding work and technological innovations in 2003.

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SCO threatens to sue Energy labs

As part of its campaign against free use of Linux, the company wants the department to pay licensing fees for the operating system.

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Lieberman blasts Bush cybersecurity plan

The Democratic senator's latest criticism of DHS focuses on the National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace.

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States warm up to GSA’s IT schedule

Rep. Tom Davis today stumped for more IT vendors to make cooperative purchasing part of their General Services Administration IT Schedule contracts.<br>

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ERIC gets $34.6 million upgrade

CSC won the Education Resources Information Center contract to build a single database and create a new search engine with access to full articles.

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DHS unveils rail measures

The Homeland Security Department announced initiatives to improve the security of the country's transit and rail systems.

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Interior to seek injunction suspension

Department officials are expected to respond as early as today to seek a stay of a judge's order keeping its computers off-line.

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Death list for sale

The official Death Master File can be yours for $995 a year.

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War games teach data sharing

Two computer-simulated exercises showed that U.S. and coalition forces can improve data sharing and train together by connecting their virtual laboratories.

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DHS defends border cards

A Homeland Security official says it's just temporary until US-VISIT gets going.

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SSA expands access to Death Master File

The Social Security Administration's Death Master File is now available online in a variety of applications, making it easier for users to verify deaths.<br>