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Army CTO leaves behind rich legacy
Col. Robert Coxe Jr. helped bring the Army into the Internet Age
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Virginia auditor hits state e-procurement system
Virginia’s auditor of public accounts has found that only 1.5 percent of the commonwealth’s purchases so far are flowing through an electronic procurement system and that agencies must dramatically increase their use of it to finance development.
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NMCI feels Appropriations bite
House Appropriations Committee report criticizes Navy management of NMCI; bill trims funding
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Student tracking system launches
The first piece of the INS' automated foreign student tracking system went online July 1
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Systems cited in DOD overpayments
DOD overpaid contractors millions partly because of its stovepiped financial management systems, GAO said
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IT workforce panel forges ahead
The CIO Council's Workforce and Human Capital for IT committee outlines its priorities
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OMB models its site redesign on FirstGov portal
Keeping in line with the redesign of the FirstGov portal, the Office of Management and Budget has revamped its Web site applying the same three-clicks-to-service approach.
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House makes resolutions in XML
The House of Representatives is pioneering its shift to Extensible Markup Language with simple resolutions, which started in January. <@SM>
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DOD to enlist tech to fight credit card abuse
DOD expects to use data mining to protect against waste, fraud or abuse of DOD credit cards
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Section 508 revisions considered
Public comments sought on revisions to Section 508, especially pertaining to the obligations of vendors
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Verity upgrades knowledge engine
Verity is releasing a new version of its high-end information retrieval product, which powers several e-commerce sites and government portals
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E-gov bill progresses
The Senate last week unanimously passed a bill to provide $345 million for e-government initiatives during the next four year
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Teleworking faces familiar roadblocks
Few federal employees are teleworking because their bosses don't support it
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EPA will buttress environment site
The Environmental Protection Agency by October plans to add data about local conditions from all 50 states to its Window to My Environment site.
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Priming the pump
Companies prep slew of homeland security solutions, but wait for feds to get the money to buy them
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