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Interior contempt motion filed

American Indians maintain e-mail evidence destroyed in case over Interior's mismanagement of trust money

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DOD financial web grows

Department 'discovers' 200 more financial management systems, making auditable books harder to achieve.

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OMB, CIOs support a central e-gov fund

The congressional appropriations process is holding back the administration’s 24 e-government projects, Mark Forman and David McClure yesterday told members of the House Government Reform Subcommittee on Technology and Procurement Policy.

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Homeland security group formed

Public-private sector council will advise the administration on securing the country against terrorist attacks

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NASA speeds up financial system

Decision acknowledges past problems with deploying an integrated financial management system

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Army tests base security app

Military police at Fort McPherson will use radio frequency identification technology to screen vehicles and people

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GAO: Agencies struggle with IT architectures

Most agencies have no enterprise architecture plan or are just starting to develop one.

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E-gov projects likely to end up in a bell curve

Progress on the Office of Management and Budget’s 24 e-government projects likely will end up in a bell curve, according to Norman Lorentz, OMB's chief technology officer. A few projects will lead the way, most will come to fruition in the middle of OMB’s 18- to 24-month time frame, and a few will have to be adjusted or scrapped altogether.

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Quad Council salutes cutting-edge initiatives

The government has a reputation for lagging behind the private sector when it comes to technology use, but at least five e-government projects are on IT’s cutting edge, a senior administration official said.

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FBI record handling blamed

Computer systems are antiquated, but Justice inspector general pins blame for McVeigh case failures on personnel

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Marines name NMCI manager

The Marine Corps officially has named Richard Glover as its program manager for the NMCI initiative

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Justice appoints new CIO

Attorney General John Ashcroft appointed Hitch to solve the Justice Department's computer woes

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GAO wants DISA more cost-conscious

GAO report praises DISA commitment to customers, but says agency must focus on cost-effectiveness

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Revised e-gov bill achieved

Lieberman compromise calls for $345 million over four years and would establish an e-gov administrator at OMB

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Foreign worker policy questioned

Industry reps urge DOD for review of proposed policy that could prohibit noncitizens from working on IT projects

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GAO drafts personnel strategy

New model for human capital management likely will replace the

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Roster change

Roster change

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DOD to probe credit card abuse

Rumsfeld asks for investigation about abuse of government-issued purchase cards

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OMB completes framework for enterprise architecture

Component-based architecture allows one agency to use technology that has proven successful at another

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