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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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DOD to probe credit card abuse
Rumsfeld asks for investigation about abuse of government-issued purchase cards
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