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Wanted: Better job ads

Editorial: Simply posting job vacancies online without other improvements threatens the goal to make the government an employer of choice

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DOD gets instant message

Secure messaging tool for defense collaborative software suite awaits approval

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IRS changes in store

IRS plans personnel changes in its multibillion-dollar modernization project

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Charting a new course

Navsea used innovative thinking to buy just the right software package for its e-commerce solution

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The Circuit

New Passports All Wet?; Less is more; Interior takes another hit; CIO leaves NIST's nest

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Intercepts

NSA breaks ground; Navy networks on command; Weakest links?

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Group sues for access to security documents

EPIC files suit stemming from concern that the Office of Homeland Security may be secretly developing elements of a national ID system

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Measuring e-gov

New government-funded metric will help agencies evaluate a project?s usefulness

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Guard, U.K. make e-learning pact

National Guard announces first ever e-learning partnership laboratory with an international partner

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Internet service links emergency managers

System eases access to relevant experts, online databases

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Tourism trumps taxes

Government Web sites are hot destinations on the Internet, according to a new survey

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Embracing online recruiting

Can the Web help make the government an employer of choice?

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New Mexico ponders smart licenses

New Mexico is investigating the use of smart cards as the basis for its state driver's licenses

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Testing e-commerce waters

Naval group improves services procurement with Amazon.com-inspired online system

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FirstGov misses deadline

AT&T Business Services and its Norwegian search engine partner failed to meet the deadline for installing the new search engine

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Information clicks with Web users

A new survey shows that government Web sites are hot destinations on the Internet, with tourism info leading the way

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Postal Service uses private sector for new model

The destitute Postal Service has asked Congress to preserve its government status but make it more commercial to improve its competitive stance, postmaster general Jack Potter said today at the National Press Club in Washington.

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General Accounting Office warns of XML pitfalls

Incomplete standards for using Extensible Markup Language and the lack of uniform, government-specific data structures are some potential pitfalls awaiting agencies that want to use XML, according to a General Accounting Office report released today.

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Letter to the editor

Wireless LAN won't work

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Use of government sites booms

Sixty-eight million Americans have used government Web sites, according to a survey released yesterday by the Pew Internet and American Life Project in Washington. That's up from 40 million users two years ago.