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Adesta continues Army Corps work

Army Corps of Engineers extends electronic security contracts with Adesta

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GAO will take a second look at OMB’s e-gov projects

Lawmakers’ interest in the Office of Management and Budget’s 25 e-government initiatives seems to be peaking. <br>

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IRS turning to VeFOIA

Software will turn paper-based FOIA request system into an electronic one

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Roster Change

Government IT personnel moves

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Postal service picks new CTO

The U.S. Postal Service appointed Robert Otto as chief technology officer

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Army delays launch of military personnel system

High failure rates during testing have forced the Army to push back the rollout of an interim military personnel system that it plans to use as a stepping stone to a DOD-wide system slated to come online in 2004.

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Army delays HR system

The service's Web-based system is designed to provide near real-time information on Army personnel

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Reed joining Acquisition Solutions

Former USDA CIO will become president of consulting firm aimed at helping government retool procurement practices

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Army considers urban warfare tech

Officials are reviewing technology that could be used to gather intelligence and fight enemy forces in an urban environment

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CIO Council: Protect your architecture data

The CIO Council is reminding agency CIOs to guard their enterprise architecture information and applications as closely as their core systems.<br><@SM>

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GSA replumbs its Web portal

The General Services Administration is reworking the back-end linkage and programming of all components on its <i>gsa.gov</i> portal. <br>

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IRS ramps up online services

One of several new features allows taxpayers to track the progress of refund checks

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Russell tapped for GPO post

Judith Russell will be the first female superintendent of documents at the Government Printing Office

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Reward offered for stolen DOD files

TriWest Healthcare Alliance's Phoenix offices were broken into Dec. 14 and computers and files were stolen

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IRS moves e-learning courses online

The IRS is moving its tax law and tax processing electronic training courses to be compatible with the Office of Personnel Management’s e-Training initiative.<br>

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NARA approves two methods for transferring records

Agencies transferring permanent records to the National Archives and Records Administration now can use digital tape or File Transfer Protocol.<br>

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Online student loan system is lagging, GAO says

Systems being developed to streamline processing of federal student aid and related data are in some cases nearly a year behind schedule, a just-published General Accounting Office study concludes.<br>

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IG: DOD contracting falls short

Defense Inspector General finds many contract awards to small businesses lack competition

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Air Force broadens e-learning

Service taps SkillSoft to provide online IT training courses and mentoring services to its personnel

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SBA and DOD link databases

The Small Business Administration and the Defense Department last week took the first step toward completing the Business Partner Network for government contractors. <br>