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Filling the infosec ranks
Carnegie Mellon helps colleges improve information security programs
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No easy answers
Editorial: The issue of what is inherently governmental work and what should be left to the private sector is still unclear
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OMB biz case deadline set
OMB has given agencies until Aug. 21 to submit a list of joint business cases for systems that potentially could be combined across agencies
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DOD putting fingerprint sensors to the test
Pentagon and Army officials plan to test how they can use fingerprint technology to more quickly verify users in the field
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VA realigning IT operations
VA secretary orders the reorganization of information technology operations at VA headquarters
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OMB calls for joint business cases
Memo outlines next step toward getting agencies to build on one another's information technology investments
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California governments move services online
Residents of Nevada County, Calif., and the cities of Davis and Bakersfield this summer began paying county taxes, finding housing regulations and applying for building permits online.
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Texas jump-starts public and private connectivity
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Texas Health Department this week issued the first statewide alert over the Texas Health Alert Network, about the spreading West Nile virus. The HAN so far has provided 64 health departments with Internet connectivity, some of them for the first time.
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IG: Trust reform undermined
'Bunker mentality' has impeded progress in Indian trust reform, the Interior Department's inspector general said
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Officials ponder DMS' future
Talks could open the door to other messaging systems rather than mandating use of the Defense Message System
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Air Force advancing sensor tech
Air Force awards contracts to support Sensors Technology Applications, Development and Evaluation program
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Fathoming federal job classifications
FCW.com's Ask Milt column addresses a reader's question about the federal employee classification system
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Internaut: Feds are citizens and e-gov users, too
The federal government is pouring a substantial amount of energy and dollars into e-government service to citizens. But it's not all for private citizens.
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OMB sets deadline for agencies to submit joint IT business cases
Agencies have until Aug. 21 to submit lists of IT projects that could be candidates for joint business cases with other agencies for fiscal 2004, according to a memo from Mark Forman, the Office of Management and Budget's associate director for IT and e-government.
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Air Force adds satellite support
Harris Corp. wins contract for satellite mission communications operations and maintenance
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Report finds congressional members doing a better job of managing e-mail
Members of Congress are doing a better job of filtering e-mail and using electronic means to communicate with constituents, according to a report released yesterday by the Congress Online Project, a joint research initiative of the Congressional Management Foundation and George Washington University.
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Govbenefits.gov list tops 100 programs
The Department of Labor’s <i>www.govbenefits.gov</i> site now includes access to more than 100 federal benefits programs, following the addition of 25 new programs representing more than $34 million in annual benefit dollars.
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