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FEMA.gov rises to the occasion
While many federal employees were evacuating their offices in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 11, the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Web team kept working. Within an hour of the terrorist attacks, the agency posted information on its site and updated it around the clock
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Latest info scrub worries public interest advocates
The Bush administration has ordered tighter controls on government information that could help terrorists
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The Circuit
Some top technology folks acknowledge that achieving a paperless government will be easier to reach 'in spirit' than in reality
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NMCI passes first tests
Tests of NMCI revealed some initial start-up problems, but they did not raise any significant operational concerns
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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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