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CIA funds not-so-secret investment operation

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Commission recommends that USPS drop e-commerce

The Postal Service should drop its e-commerce initiatives and spend its resources strictly on mail delivery, the President’s Commission on the U.S. Postal Service has concluded in a new report.<br>

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Project management 101

A book by J. Davidson serves as a primer for understanding project management

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Congress questions intell sharing center

Lawmakers content that, giving the risks, any change is a good one

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Senate panel ups Deepwater funding

A Senate committee authorized $702 million for the Coast Guard's Deepwater program

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Amtrak shortfall puts e-gov fund off track?

Amtrak derailed the $5 million E-Government Fund.<@SM>In the fiscal 2004 Treasury, Transportation and independent agencies appropriations bill, lawmakers late last month slashed the Office of Management and Budget’s e-gov account to $1 million to help make up for a $1.5 billion shortfall for the train service.<@SM>

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Panel slams USPS initiatives

E-commerce ventures have been 'largely disappointing,' a presidential commission concludes

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Datatrac wins ID card contract

The company will continue making identification cards for aliens living in the United States

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D.C. offices can now buy supplies online

The District of Columbia brought its $71.5 million e-procurement system online last month for 254 users who work for the chief technology officer and the city’s contract procurement office.

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TSA boosts CAPPS privacy provisions

Controversial passenger screening system will store passenger data for only a number of days, TSA says.

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Feds to tap California prison data

The Department of Homeland Security will get information from the California State Offender Based Information System.

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Bold but not brash

When Labor's Bureau of Economic Analysis gave its Web site a retooling, a chief concern was making sure users still trusted data that has the power to send bulls and bears raging on Wall Street. "Our look was formal, credible, educational and very classic."<br><@SM>—BEA Web manager Carol Kavanagh

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USDA to use project software

Metier's WorkLenz to help Agriculture Department analyze and predict project performance

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OPM hires integrator for governmentwide HR system

The Office of Personnel Management begins its final push to start collecting human resources and payroll data from every agency.<br>

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NIH unveils household product site

The National Institutes of Health has created a database of information on common household products and potential health effects

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Ezenia tool approved for DOD suite

InfoWorkSpace has finished interoperability testing for the Defense Collaborative Tool Suite.

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CSC, Jacobs win $2.7B contract

The companies will provide tech support for the Air Force Materiel Command

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Beverage label filing goes online

Label approval certificates for alcoholic beverages can now be filed over the Web

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Army's WIN-T hits milestone

Defense officials approved system development and demonstration for the Army's ambitious system for high-speed communications on the battlefield.

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OMB and GAO disagree over privacy compliance

The Office of Management and Budget and the General Accounting Office are butting heads over the ability of agencies to assure the protection of individual privacy rights in agency systems.<br>