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Marine 911 contract on horizon

The Coast Guard expects to select a company in September to modernize its marine distress network

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CIO vacancy at INS drawing hits

Applicants have until July 18 to apply for chief information officer at the Immigration and Naturalization Service

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Senate backs $345 million for e-gov projects

The Senate last month took a step toward providing more funding for e-government projects than ever before.

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Court system puts on new face

Alabama has integrated a browser-based application to modernize its courts' 'green screen' system

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Park Service lights the Web

This year’s July 4 fireworks in Washington were not only broadcast on TV but also on the Web. The National Park Service produced it in cooperation with TVWorldwide.com Inc. of Chantilly, Va., a streaming video service provider.

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OMB’s new Web site copies FirstGov model

The Office of Management and Budget earlier this month revamped its Web site, applying the same three-clicks-to-service approach as the <a href="http://www.FirstGov.gov">FirstGov.gov</a> portal.

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Check the charges before investing

FCW.com's Friday Financials column continues its look at variable annuities, which have become a part of the retirement plans of many Americans

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Council is eager for hiring reforms

Projects such as the Integrated Human Resources e-government initiative can’t be completed too soon to suit Ira Hobbs.

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Letters to the editor

GSA schedule costs more in long run

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Panel OK's Homeland tech post

The House Science Committee voted to create an undersecretary for science and technology in the Homeland Security Department

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Expert urges troops to test IT

DOD transformation official advocates letting warfighters test the IT tools in network-centric warfare

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NIMA replacing mapping toolkit

Contract awarded to Northrop Grumman IT will replace JMTK functions with commercial components

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Information Age changes warfare rules

Force transformation chief says the new rules include a greater focus on managing and speeding information to commanders

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Justice CIO crafting united plan

Vance Hitch depicts the department as a fragmented agency hobbled by aged computers and incompatible systems

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FBI hires CIO from Mormons

The FBI has hired the information and communications chief of the Mormon Church to be its CIO

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New round of DREN protests filed

Sprint, Global Crossing object to WorldCom as the follow-on vendor for the Defense Research Engineering Network

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Watch out Amazon, here comes MMS

The Interior Department’s Minerals Management Service today unveiled an online ordering system that lets users research oil well and gas well data online and buy the data on CD-ROM.

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OPM awards contract to develop an e-learning site

The Office of Personnel Management last month moved closer to unveiling its new e-learning Web site. It awarded a task order to Geolearning Inc. of West Des Moines, Iowa, to redesign the National Learning Center’s site and provide courses.

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Fed e-learning uniting on Web

An initiative to unify e-training services across federal agencies by OPM and OMB will debut this month

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