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Cargo security on agency hit lists
Customs says U.S. must use technology to check high-risk cargo containers before they leave a foreign port
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Whistle-blowers' rights
Bureaucratus column: Feds are in a good position to recognize weaknesses and fix them
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Mueller details FBI's IT plans
Success in reorganizing the FBI to thwart terrorists depends greatly on the bureau's ability to solve its IT problems
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National Defense University creates an e-gov discipline
With the administration focusing on e-government, federal managers are going back to school.
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Missile Defense Agency faces slowdown
Withdrawl from missile treaty means more freedom to test technology, but agency's budget may decrease
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INS urged to expand tracking
A computerized system to keep tabs on foreign students should also track other long-time visitors, advocate says
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PTO selects five vendors to market e-filing services for patents
The Patent and Trademark Office last week signed contracts with five companies to sell electronic-filing services to patent applicants. <@SM>
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E-authentication team takes inventory
As early as next week, the General Services Administration’s Office of Electronic Government will release a draft of its E-Authentication Inventory Template, a table that will list every federal agency's progress toward building a security architecture.
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Air Force lab opening info exchange
The Air Force Research Laboratory soon will be using a system that enables its technology directorates to exchange data
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NARA overwhelmed, report says
The National Archives has continued is policy of printing electronic records on paper to preserve them
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E-Authentication RFI due this month
GSA soon will release its formal call to industry for ideas on a single authentication infrastructure for all e-gov services
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Bush delivers Homeland blueprint
Homeland Security Department would combine agencies and rely heavily on technology to fight terrorism
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Momentum building behind homeland
Davis, Moran say lawmakers must continue to provide money for agency-by-agency security systems
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Another View: Free e-filing is not a simple matter for IRS
All the brouhaha over homeland security overshadowed the fact that IRS recently got through another tax season, one in which 46 million taxpayers filed returns online. They got their refunds in half the time of paper filers. Indeed, IRS’ premier e-government offering, called E-file, earns ratings on the University of Michigan’s customer satisfaction index.
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Secure smart card can handle many e-gov apps
SchlumbergerSema, a division of the multinational Schlumberger Ltd., launched the ICitizen smart card for data and access security at the CardTech/SecurTech trade show in New Orleans in April.
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Education continues its paperless chase with plans for a digital-signature system
The Education Department is making the final strides away from paper with the next phase of its electronic grants process.
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NMCI may be homeland model
Expert says agencies will turn toward enterprise infrastructures that improve security and interoperability
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Grants awarded for port security
The $92.3 million in grants are aimed at enhancing security through initiatives that could include electronic seals
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PTO awards electronic-filing contracts
The Patent and Trademark Office today negotiated zero-dollar contracts with five companies to sell electronic-filing services for patent applications.
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