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Scholarship program hits snags
A security scholarship program provides so few real-world incentives that it's almost counterproductive
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Indian tribes gain special domain name suffix
Federally recognized American Indian tribes will gain a special domain name suffix identifying them as government entities under a cooperative agreement announced by the Interior Department and the General Services Administration.
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OMB advocates J2EE, .Net for e-gov
The Office of Management and Budget is recommending that the architects of the 24 e-government initiatives use Java 2 Enterprise Edition or Microsoft .Net as underlying technology.
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Bandwidth hinders Army IT
Leaders say that bandwidth availability is one of the main problems hindering the Army's IT transformation
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U.S. still No. 3 in e-gov
The third annual worldwide ranking of e-government initiatives by Accenture LLP of Chicago leaves the Top 3 unchanged from last year: Canada and Singapore, followed by the United States [see story at <a href="http://gcn.com/vol20_no8/inbrief/3972-1.html"> gcn.com/vol20_no8/inbrief/3972-1.html</a> ].
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Feds back biometrics, smart cards
Officials back a combination of biometrics and smart cards to identify every worker entering a federal building
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Expose in Maryland
Maryland last week launched its first sex offender registry site, at <a href="http://www.dpscs.state.md.us/sor">www.dpscs.state.md.us/sor</a>.
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DISA to create XML clearinghouse
New DOD policy calls for single registry to be the authoritative source for XML components
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Leisure and tourism are top topics on federal sites
Sixty-eight million Americans have used government Web sites, according to a survey released earlier this month by the Pew Internet and American Life Project in Washington. That’s up from 40 million users two years ago.
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7,100 apply in first 2 days of virtual job fair
Applicants flocked to the virtual IT job fair last week presented by the CIO Council and Office of Personnel Management.
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By the numbers
Just as air bags and electronic ignitions are universal in today’s cars, Internet access has become a baseline for libraries.
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Forman's team funds four projects
When Office of Management and Budget officials chose which of the 24 e-government initiatives would receive funding from the $5 million appropriated by Congress for fiscal 2002, they looked at the business cases the agencies submitted.
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CIOs make e-commerce inroads
State and local governments have steadily increased their adoption of e-commerce.
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E-gov theme: 'Collect once, use many'
Several e-gov initiatives are using knowledge management principles to knock down stovepipes
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Army IT strategy in the works
The Army has developed an acquisition strategy for its Enterprise Infostructure Transformation program
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AKO lacks funding for backup
The Army Knowledge Online portal does not have enough funding for a 'mirror' site, a risky situation, CTO says
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