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Five agencies soup up their Web sites to load fast
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ main page loaded in less than half a second. Sites run by the FBI, the Supreme Court, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Library of Congress were just slightly slower, all taking less than a second to pop up. The FBI site has been among the fastest on the Web for almost a year, according to Keynote Systems Inc. of San Mateo, Calif.
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Agencies tie IT security to budgets
With a little prodding from the Office of Management and Budget, agency IT managers are tying system security to their enterprise infrastructures through the budget process. Some said today that securing their infrastructures ranks just as high as e-government for fiscal 2003.
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Start job campaign now, and 'demo' pay
FCW.com's Ask Milt column tackles a question about federal IT job prospects and one about DOD demo pay
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Centralized PCs rack up favor
Study finds that a centralized PC architecture should be considered as an alternative to the usual desktop environment
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Roster Change
Peggy Whitson has been selected as the first NASA science officer for the International Space Station, the agency announced Sept. 16
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Disaster portal set for soft launch tomorrow
A pared-down version the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s <i>disasterhelp.gov</i> will go online tomorrow for beta testing. FEMA officials have scheduled the full rollout of the portal for late next month.
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Load testing delays Online Rulemaking’s debut
Although the Transportation Department planned to launch its Online Rulemaking portal this week, the DOT team has found it needs a couple of more weeks to make sure the system that can handle 1,000 simultaneous users.
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Marines poised for Dell deal
Agreement with Dell will enable the Marine Corps to replace its aging IT in preparation for NMCI
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It's a people problem
New voting technology used in primary elections had poll workers stumped
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CIO post debated
Experts at a Sept. 18 House hearing praised proposed legislation to create an e-government office within OMB
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'War Games' revisited
DOD may look to computer whiz kids and the video game industry to advance how the Pentagon wages war games
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Air Force seeks to lighten the load
Something must be done to lighten troops' battlefield loads, which can exceed 140 pounds
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Governors propose homeland initiatives
The National Governors Association unveiled several initiatives in promoting a 'bottom-up' approach to homeland security
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Friend or foe?
Bureauctatus column: Bush's support for military benefits doesn't extend to veterans
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