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The voice of experience

Having worked on both sides of the desk, Renny DiPentima knows that it's tough for vendors to make an impression on federal CIOs

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DOD adds XML resource

DOD plans to use an XML clearinghouse to encourage interoperability across the department

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Air Force ready for top-flight Pentagon net

Project set for early, on-budget delivery

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CIO Council rolls out first take on e-gov best practices

The CIO Council last week laid the foundation for an <br>e-government knowledge base. “We wanted to do something in real time and create a set of best practices that would be helpful immediately,” said Debra Stouffer, co-chairwoman of the CIO Council’s Best Practices Committee.

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Importers sought for ACE test

Customs is poised to launch the first test of its modernization program, involving a Web-based account portal

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Security poses primary wireless challenge

Experts say securing wireless communications on the battlefield is the main problem to be overcome

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Pentagon gives NMCI go-ahead

DOD officials give network the approval to continue, allowing the Navy to order 100,000 more seats

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Energy unveils e-gov IDEA

Innovative Department of Energy E-Government Applications is strategy to improve IT management

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Senate approves Navy network leader

Navy Vice Adm. Richard Mayo will head the new Naval Network Warfare Command

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Lawmakers debate 'e-Congress'

House committee begins exploring the idea of creating a virtual Congress that could operate in the event of a disaster

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Tech bill to bypass bureaucracy

Rep. Wyden said his bill would allow biotechnology firms to bring new products to a central clearinghouse

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Roster change

Steve Zaidman is returning to the Federal Aviation Administration less than a month after retiring from government service for a job at Computer Sciences Corp

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Call made for homeland strategy

Brookings Institution, congresswoman call for national strategy to help apply resources, especially IT

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Davis: Streamline homeland tech

Congressman preps plan, legislation to speed the evaluation and procurement of homeland security solutions

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OMB’s Lorentz: No pain, no gain on e-gov projects

Agencies working on e-government projects should be prepared for some discomfort, Norman Lorentz said recently.

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Minnesota answers HIPAA’s call

Greg Anderson had two choices when he learned what states had to do to comply with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. Minnesota’s supervisor of e-commerce and electronic data interchange for the Department of Human Services needed to procure a new system or redesign the current one.

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Air Force awards DMS deal

Two contractors win multimillion-dollar task order to support the Air Force DMS program office

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Is your site effective? The right metrics can tell

Build customer-focused e-government, and they will come.

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GovBenefits launches first phase

The site is the first e-initiative conceived by an interagency e-gov task force to reach initial operations

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A-76 is obsolete, panel says

Commercial Activities Panel recommends using a process defined by the Federal Acquisition Regulation