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E-gov leaders strain to meet deadlines

The Office of Management and Budget’s strategy report on its 24 highlighted e-government initiatives set the clock ticking for the agencies carrying out the projects.

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Army test drives transformation

A pilot project in the Washington, D.C., area will serve as a test bed for the Army's vision of an enterprise 'infostructure'

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IT job fairgrounds are in cyberspace

The CIO Council and the Office of Personnel Management have set April 22 to April 26 for an IT job fair over the Web from which they expect to help agencies choose from thousands of potential employees.

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PKI Steering Committee chooses signature app

The General Services Administration’s Federal Public-key Infrastructure Steering Committee, in a significant move toward adopting a governmentwide PKI, is finalizing plans to purchase 150 licenses of an electronic-signature application.

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IT virtual job fair scheduled

Weeklong nationwide event aims to hire federal IT specialists with varying expertise

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DOD reacts to credit card abuse

Department plans to introduce administrative and legislative changes to fix recurring problems

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DOD group approves biz projects

The Business Initiative Council chose four new initiatives to help the department improve operations and save money

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Federal navigation plan released

Plan supports modernization of GPS and reduced dependence on current ground-based systems

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Navy creates network command

The Naval Network Warfare Command will enable the service to better support the concept of one naval network

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Air Force fights off probes

The network at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base was the subject of a high number of attacks one night last week, but none succeeded

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States begin to adopt e-voting

States are making steady strides toward electronic voting systems. But don’t throw out your dimpled chad-o-meter just yet.

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GSA auction site earns $17.7 million in first year

The General Services Administration’s online auction site, at <a href="http://www.gsaauctions.gov">www.gsaauctions.gov</a>, has generated about $17.7 million in more than 10,000 auctions of surplus federal property in its first year.

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NTIS makes sci-tech resources searchable in one spot

The Commerce Department’s National Technical Information Service is developing an online catalog of the leading government Web resources on science and technology. The <a href="http://www.scitechresources.gov">www.scitechresources.gov</a> site has a database of about 1,000 sites selected by NTIS staff. <@SM>

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DOD digitizes documents

Department awards a $10 million contract to declassify documents and convert them into digital images

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Roster Change

Computer Sciences Corp., the lead contractor for the Internal Revenue Service's multibillion-dollar modernization program, has reassigned two of its top program managers and brought in a new executive

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Minerals Management gets go-ahead

Interior agency was disconnected from the Internet in December and has been unable to process payments

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At a glance

FEMA's budget

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Management briefs

DOD proposal draws attention; LA rapped on IT management

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Senate resurrects e-gov bill

A Senate e-government bill passed another milestone last week when the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee gave its unanimous approval