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Progress on e-government moves slowly

Education and Veterans Affairs had the biggest jumps in their overall progress on e-government efforts in the latest OMB scorecard. And no agency dropped a grade.<br>

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Financial systems on the fast, and costly, track

At least four departments are plunging ahead with plans to overhaul financial systems so they are compliant with the most recent regulations, even though project leaders have no assurance of adequate funding.<br><@SM>

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Pentagon identifying net-centric core

DOD identifying 'core enterprise services' to support net-centric environment

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Small biz to support big mission

A Pennsylvania business wins contract for C2 work supporting Operation Enduring Freedom

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Panel blasts IRS budget cuts

IRS Oversight Board says proposed fiscal 2003 budget cuts could hurt electronic programs, customer service

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DOD looking ahead on security

DOD already working on information assurance plans for network-centric environment

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NIMA, NSA increasing collaboration

Information sharing and collaboration among the main 'eyes and ears' of DOD's intelligence community are on the rise, according to NIMA's director

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INS to set up address info database

Central database would manage address information scattered across more than a dozen systems

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Homeland placed at 'high risk'

GAO releases its 2003 Performance and Accountability Series and High Risk Series

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Ridge reorganizes homeland agencies

New structure combines border agencies into two new divisions in an effort to improve border security and investigations

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Dot-com survivor reports a profit

Boost in portal-related revenue helps NIC Inc. report its second consecutive quarterly profit

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TSA to award system to check travelers

Tool will perform background checks and risk assessments on airline travelers

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Site to centralize e-training

Agencies to migrate to the Gov Online Learning Center; OPM unveils enhancements

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INS launches student tracker

Student and Exchange Visitor Information System reports on foreign students, faculty and staff

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Symantec chief defines security paths

Better coordination between systems administrators and security operators will thwart cyberattacks, Schwarz says

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Ortego to start consulting firm

Departing director of USDA's National Finance Center already has lined up a list of top-notch clients

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DOD dollars drive transformation

Most of the money proposed for technology in the fiscal 2004 budget is intended for transformation

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Bush touts center to support data sharing, analysis

In his State of the Union address, President Bush said he is instructing the CIA, FBI, Defense Department and Homeland Security Department to develop a Terrorist Threat Integration Center to merge and analyze all threat information.<br>

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Prototype collects UAV data via Web

DOD seeks funding for a system to collect data from UAVs via a network-connected Web browser

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Lawmakers seek to restore e-gov fund

Lawmakers are making a last minute push to restore $40 million to the E-Government Fund and fulfill the administration’s request of $45 million. <br>