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Navy eyes NMCI extension

Navy officials are investigating the possibility of modifying the contract date with EDS

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XML marks the spot

Agencies hope the Internet language will unlock an e-gov treasure trove

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Intercepts

Show us the money; Section Eight-Oh-What?; Purchase card probe expands

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Senate seeks homeland department

Members of Congress proposed elevating the Office of Homeland Security to a Cabinet-level department

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Flyzik joins Ridge's team

Treasury CIO Jim Flyzik has been detailed to the Office of Homeland Security to advise Director Tom Ridge on information technology issues

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News briefs

Tech Corps clears House; FAA project behind schedule; FirstGov fix delayed

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DISA suspends DREN award

Two competitors for the $450 million contract have announced they are protesting the award to WorldCom

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OMB floats e-gov 'branding' strategy

The Bush administration is urging e-gov managers to consider contracting with Web portal companies to host government sites

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Navy portal links execs

The Naval Medical Information Management Center's CIO's E-Business Services office has started using collaboration software

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Official: Army needs more tech to fight terror

The Army needs more unmanned aerial vehicles and other technology to support the war on terrorism, according to the service's senior intelligence officer

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Forman downplays IT work force crisis

Among the many IT concerns within the federal government, a shortage of workers is not a barrier to the administration's e-government plans, IT czar Mark Forman said last week.

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Skating ahead of the puck

Editorial: By working on e-government applications now, federal agencies will be better prepared when the public comes looking for them

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Munns takes NMCI helm

The Navy's multibillion-dollar outsourcing project has a new point person

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DOD sets e-learning course

An e-learning partnership may someday extend e-learning all the way to the foxhole

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HHS goes back to school

Department pursues hosted approach to train 60,000 workers

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Voting accessibility gains momentum

Election reform bill provision requires states to upgrade voting technology to enable visually impaired voters to cast ballots without assistance

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Politics as usual

Bureaucratus column: The Bush administration plans to borrow billions of dollars from feds' retirement funds, and employee unions aren't happy

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FEMA, NIST collaborate

Two agencies have strengthened their collaborative ties in hopes of improving disaster response and enhancing homeland security

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NMCI forces Corps contingencies

A delay in rolling NMCI out to the Marine Corps is causing the service to do some work on its legacy systems

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Senators push Homeland for Cabinet

Legislation would give the Office of Homeland Security statutory and budget authority as well as the lead role in case of a terrorist attack