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Benefits portal attracts new partners
The Labor Department’s <a href="http://GovBenefits.gov">GovBenefits.gov</a> portal next week will have 30 additional benefits programs, and more programs will join at a rate of 20 to 40 per month for the rest of the year, program manager George Wollner said yesterday.<@SM>
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OMB to assign e-gov watchdogs
The Office of Management and Budget will get more hands-on in its management of the 24 Quicksilver e-government projects by assigning 11th-hour gurus to make sure the efforts meet OMB’s demands.
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Next for GIS: simple apps using standards
Over the last five years, agencies have made much progress on adopting standards for geographically enabled data, but they still have far to go, the head of the Federal Geographic Data Committee said last week.
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DOD awards translation contract
DOD contracts for language services, including digitizing information gathered in war on terrorism
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Senate unanimously passes <br>e-gov bill
The Senate last night passed legislation to establish a Senate-confirmed administrator for a new Office of Electronic Government and authorize $345 million over four years to support interagency e-government projects.
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OPM previews Recruitment One-Stop site
The Office of Personnel Management is asking vendors to expand its USAJobs.opm.gov site by adding features such as the ability to submit one resume for multiple job openings.<@SM>
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Federal Contract Law: Know what your software rights are—and are not
With government IT spending on the rise, it’s a good time to remind federal customers and vendors that, before signing development contracts, they should review the Federal Acquisition Regulation clauses that dictate the government’s rights in software—and follow them.
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Tech at ready for INS decisions
Industry exec, agency CIO speak about technology tools available and requirements that must be established
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DOD drafting financial architecture
Defense officials aim to have the draft of DOD's financial management architecture completed within three months
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House passes info sharing bill
The House passed a bill to make it easier to share information among the FBI, the CIA and local law enforcement
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NCS may get lost in Homeland
DOD official hopes move of National Communications System is simply a 'paper move'
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Reserve unit launches Cisco Academy
Fort Meade-based Army Reserve unit will become the first certified as a Cisco Networking Systems Academy
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Army awards radio deal to Boeing
Boeing wins contract for development, demonstration and initial production of the Joint Tactical Radio System
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New FirstGov engine will search agency databases
The General Services Administration is touting the new search engine for its <a href="http://FirstGov.gov"> FirstGov.gov</a> portal as the technology that will make it the Web site it was intended to be—a single place to look for virtually any information regarding the government.
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GIS experts: Keep it simple
Three geography experts yesterday urged agencies to strive for simplicity and time-saving strategies in their geographical information systems.
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Military, FEMA test communications
A month-long communications exercise has been testing the interoperability among Army, Air Force and FEMA
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TSA could be model for Homeland
Fledgling agency's approach to IT could serve as vision for the proposed Homeland Security Department
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'Tribalism' may defeat Homeland
Experts say hurdles are more bureaucratic than technical in getting agencies to work together, share information
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