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SSA launches eVital in Colorado

The Social Security Administration today initiated an application that will give immediate online verification of birth and death information directly from state agencies.

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NARA issues e-mail archiving guide

The National Archives and Records Administration yesterday released a guide detailing how agencies can provide NARA with e-mail and message attachments for archiving as records.

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Roster Change

William Korink will serve as senior vice president of the Scientific & Engineering Solutions (SES) government intelligence business sector, the company announced Sept. 26

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CIOs look to stretch dollars

With a tight governmentwide budget, agencies are looking to fill IT needs with existing funds

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DOD keeps wireless on hold

DOD issues a wireless security policy for the Pentagon and continues moratorium on wireless devices

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Making IT easier to use

The demands of homeland security are moving technologies out of their traditional domains of expert users

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IT freeze or thaw?

Homeland security agencies' most pressing IT needs are moving quickly through a review process set up by the Bush administration

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The kiss of death?

Bureaucratus: Pay flexibility could bring an end to the civil service as we know it

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New credentials

State Department employees will be required to wear their old ID cards until the smart cards are fully phased into service

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Tech lab promotes telework options

The Software Productivity Consortium opened its Telework Lab, a resource for agencies looking to outfit remote workers

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Automated transcription and translation systems

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Navy launches e-records effort

The Navy kicked off an enterprisewide records management system, starting to install software on NMCI computers

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Cities 'angry' over lack of homeland support

City officials demanded that Congress and the Bush administration provide the billions of dollars they promised for first responders

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Listen up

Automated speech transcription, translation systems called on for front-line duty

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NCS readying 'gee-whiz' Internet warning project

The National Communications System is in the early stages of a Global Early Warning Information System pilot project

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Tried and true gets a new spin

In many ways, a research group is trying to turn the direction of people/computer interaction back to the days of pencil and paper

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Lawmakers still hope to finish an e-gov bill this year

House lawmakers are making a late push to give agencies more than $200 million in e-government funds and to establish some type of governmentwide IT manager.

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Northcom faces obstacles at launch

New command faces major cultural and technical challenges in communicating and sharing information

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Disaster modeling and simulation

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Cleared for access

State Department readies smart-card rollout to employees