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EPA steps toward e-rulemaking

EPA to unveil first stage of a system that will make it easier for the public to comment on proposed rules and regulations

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Forces to test text-mining tool

Text-mining technology quickly combs through millions of documents in numerous languages

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All eyes on Total Info Awareness

The system includes credit card and travel records, biometric technologies and surveillance data

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Looking to fill TSA's HR gap

The agency may have to award an interim contract for a human resources management system

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Homeland e-mail links ready

An e-mail directory will direct all incoming messages to the appropriate agency e-mail system

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Panel to review telework impasse

Federal Service Impasses Panel will examine stalled teleworking program at USPTO

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Rule would break GPO monopoly

GSA may set up a multiple award schedule for printing companies as it has done for technology vendors

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NMCI testing shows mixed results

The Navy expects to receive the go-ahead soon to lift the cap on the rollout of the intranet

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Therminator to watch for cyberattacks

DOD, NSA team with company to build an advanced network intrusion detection tool

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No credit for being contractor, and more

FCW.com's Ask Milt column tackles more retirement-related questions this week

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Letter to the editor

Certification can be reassuring

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Versar wins Navy integration work

The Navy has awarded the company a $6.5 million contract for systems integration

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Homeland Security will consolidate software licenses

The new Homeland Security Department will consolidate all its component agencies’ software licenses “for the greater good,” looking first at large contracts, Secret Service assistant director Steve Colo said today.<br>

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Online rule-making portal dovetails with E-Gov Act requirement

The launch of the online rule-making portal by the Environmental Protection Agency and the Office of Management and Budget Dec. 18 will jump-start one of the first provisions of the E-Government Act.

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Legislation may broaden OMB’s e-gov perspective, agency IT managers say

Agency CIOs and IT managers want the E-Government Act of 2002 to help the Office of Management and Budget see the e-government forest for the 25 Quicksilver trees.

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Classified records certification awarded

Open Text's Livelink is the first to receive DOD's new classified records certification

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INS sets date for student data

Rule calls for colleges to begin reporting data about foreign students electronically on Jan. 30

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Inventories give insight to workforce

Agencies are releasing listings of jobs that could be outsourced and those that should stay in-house

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E-learning lessons learned

At first, there were two standards for videotape technology: VHS and Beta. In the end, there was VHS.

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Will GSA schedule draw non-feds?

The federal government, after years of debate, is extending its buying power to state and local governments through a small provision in the E-Government Act of 2002, which Congress passed last month. But some observers disagree on whether the measure will have the effect Congress expects.