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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>

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Tracking troop movement

Blue Force provides better situational awareness.

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Editorial: Where are the innovators?

An unintended consequence of a sophisticated approach to e-government could be a loss of innovation.

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Counterpoint: A missed opportunity

Colleen Kelley, president of the National Treasury Employees Union, says the Homeland Security Department's human resources proposals lack fairness, credibility and transparency.

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The science of project management

NASA teams with consortium to study management discipline

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Retooling e-authentication

Draft document recommends that agencies use commercial credentials

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Portal bliss

Air Force officials hope to add 750,000 subscribers during the first week of April to the Air Force portal to improve collaboration and data sharing.

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FTS' culture clash

Tensions between headquarters, regions cited as reason for review

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Army: Use our Microsoft stuff

Contractors must use the Army's Microsoft inventory when providing the service's organizations with desktop and notebook computers.

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Air Force moves online

Portal nears 2004 service IT goal