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Treasury set to issue digital certificates with smart cards
The Treasury Department plans to issue digital-certificate-embedded smart cards to 7,000 Treasury employees across the country beginning next month, said Bernadette Curry, Treasury's PKI program manager.
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Info strategy challenges Air Force
CIO calls knowledge management one of the top challenges among the Air Force's nine information strategy goals
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Feds testify about improved antiterror systems
State Department, FBI and Immigration and Naturalization Service officials, among others, described improvements to government systems for border control and for tracking terrorists’ finances during a hearing today on the effectiveness of the USA Patriot Act.
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Commanders seek funding control
Joint Staff recommendation would make joint commanders responsible for IT spending priorities
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GSA releases E-Travel draft solicitation
After a two-month delay, the General Services Administration earlier this week released a draft request for proposals for a governmentwide online travel management system. GSA plans to roll out an online booking engine—the first iteration of the E-Travel project—by December.
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Regional officials embrace e-mail, study finds
Mayors and city council members across the country routinely use e-mail to communicate with constituents, in contrast to federal elected officials who are swamped with e-mail and often dismiss it, according to a new study.
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Enterprise leadership guide coming
OPM is preparing guidance to help find program managers with skills to lead cross-agency missions
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Homeland urged to integrate info
But don't put the FBI in charge of domestic intelligence gathering and analysis, a task force advises Ridge
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Roster Change
John Ortego, director of the National Finance Center, announced last week that he plans to move to the private sector in January after 32 years of public service
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Draft RFP outlines e-Travel goals
GSA has released a draft solicitation for the governmentwide e-Travel initiative
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Election reform deal would send billions to states
A long-awaited compromise over election reform procedures appears to have formed in a Congressional conference committee, and $3.8 billion in federal funds for new election technology could be on its way to states.
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NFC ready for Lili ? or any disaster
As Hurricane Lili raged toward the Gulf coast, the NFC made sure federal paychecks got out in time
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Freeze doesn't nip FTS biz
GSA's Federal Technology Service so far has survived the information technology funding freeze
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Homeland proposal up in air
President Bush's plan to reorganize the federal government with the creation of the Homeland Security Department has stalled
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Ortego closes government account
The director of the National Finance Center plans to move to the private sector after 32 years of public service
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