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Justice to expand fingerprint scanning

Declaring that 'fingerprints do not lie'

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Input sought on security gateway

GSA asks firms to pitch architecture, product proposals for e-authentication gateway

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Retirement woes

Bureaucratus: Thrift savings plan changes are not necessarily all good

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Bush seeks 'big picture'

Homeland Security Department would serve as central data clearinghouse

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VA plan rolls on

Agency searches for new recruits to work on enterprise architecture initiative

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E-government silliness

Commentary: Sen. Lieberman's E-Government Act of 2002 would duplicate information responsibilities

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Info sharing requires culture change

White House, Congress weigh in on homeland security, data sharing

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Putting security in the fast lane

After a Qualcomm demo, lawmakers hail enhancements to keep trucking industry, transportation safe

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Senator preps workforce reform

Sen. Voinovich will introduce a bill that would create chief human capital officers and reform hiring

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Bush plan backs IT infrastructure

Enterprise architecture would link federal organizations folded into Department of Homeland Security

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Consultant gives tips for government CRM projects

Customer relationship management is quietly blossoming in the government, a CRM consultant and author said yesterday.

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Tech factors in port protection

House passes bill that would help fund projects to determine which technologies will improve port security the best

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TSA plans two smart card pilot projects

The Transportation Security Administration is working on a single credential for DOT workers

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INS broadens fingerprint scanning

Plans call for electronic fingerprint scanners at airports this summer to check thousands of foreign visitors

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DOD will accept comments on electronic payment rule

The Defense Department is asking for the public’s input on a proposal to amend the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement to require contractors to submit payment invoices electronically.

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Info sharing bill gains support

Legislation calls for federal law enforcement agencies to share homeland security info with state and local counterparts

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Defense council OKs plans to streamline

Members of the Defense Department’s Business Initiative Council have signed off on more initiatives they hope will streamline DOD business operations and improve support to warfighters.

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AFFIRM: Cultural resistance blunts e-gov efforts

NEW ORLEANS—Cultural, organizational and resource barriers are the top obstacles to e-government implementation, according to a white paper released yesterday by the Association for Federal Information Resources Management at the Federation of Government Information Processing Councils’ Management of Change Conference.

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Workforce poll result 'disturbing'

The number of employees in civilian agencies who say they come to work 'just for the paycheck' has risen

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Administration touts smart cards, but some agencies are skeptical

While the Office of Cyberspace Security prepares a governmentwide security plan for release this summer, Paul Kurtz, its senior director for national security, is urging agencies to think seriously about using smart cards to protect their systems against a terrorist attack.