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Tech options abound for INS
Ideas include system so foreign visitors can report their whereabouts
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DOD keeps pace for fast-track financial fix
DOD officials hope to complete a draft of their financial management architecture within three months
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E-gov bill heads to House
The Senate unanimously passed a bill to provide $345 million for e-gov initiatives over the next four years
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Agriculture begins to issue digital certificates
Although a full-scale public-key infrastructure is not yet in place, the Agriculture Department has begun issuing its first 300 digital certificates for conducting online transactions with the department.
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Search engine gives FirstGov edge
The new FirstGov search engine the General Services Administration revved up last month runs smoothly and needs only a few improvements to make FirstGov a best-of-breed Web portal.
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OPM gets early cooperation on clearance system initiative
The Office of Personnel Management team working on the E-Clearance project has been pleasantly surprised at the high-tech cooperation it is getting—so much so that OPM expects the e-government initiative to meet its next milestone early.
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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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