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Treasury CIO restructuring for results
Treasury headquarters' CIO office is looking for IT workers who have project management skills
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NMCI decision set for May 3
Decision day for the Navy's initiative to create a single network for its shore-based facilities will be May 3
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Another Interior office given Internet go-ahead
The Interior Department's Minerals Management Service has received approval to reconnect some of its sites to the Internet
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Colleges make cybersecurity pledge
Richard Clarke encourages universities to develop strategies to defend 'their bit of cyberspace'
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Senate passes border tech bill
The Senate passes major legislation that would tighten border security with biometrics and other high-tech tools
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Maryland measures its e-gov readiness
Maryland Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend yesterday announced results of a survey that shows that 64 percent of the state’s households and 89 percent of its businesses have computers, and 42 percent of the businesses conduct transactions online. The eReadiness Maryland study found that most use dial-up Internet connections, whose speed drops from 52.6 Kbps down to 23.2 Kbps in some areas because of aging copper telephone wiring.
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Microsoft .Net, J2EE could build e-gov structure
The Office of Management and Budget is recommending Microsoft’s .Net and Java2 Enterprise Edition as possible architectures for its 24 e-government projects.
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Forman: Feds hungry for change
But workers tell him they are thwarted by supervisors who impede e-government progress
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TSA trounced over spending
Members of a congressional subcommittee roundly criticized the agency for its growing spending and hiring needs
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Judge blocks Indian records shipment
Interior Department stopped from transferring 32,000 boxes of documents containing Indian trust data
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OMB hands out e-gov funding
OMB has selected five initiatives for funding that concentrate on expanding the foundation of e-government
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Funding sought for GovNet study
White House officials are working with Congress to get $5 million to study the options for a secure intranet
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Nations wary of e-democracy
Governments seem ambivalent about letting the public participate too directly in electronic governance
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Border tech bill on fast track
The Senate has begun legislation that would tighten security at the nation's borders using high-tech tools
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