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OMB developing e-gov standards
Aim is consistency and interoperability while providing agencies with flexibility over details
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FirstGov pick stirs controversy
Search engine deal goes to AT&T Business Services and Oslo-based Fast Search & Transfer
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AT&T snares new search engine contract for FirstGov
Don’t like the results you get on the <a href="http://FirstGov.gov">FirstGov.gov</a> search engine? Well, wait until April 1.
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Northrop exec spells out TRW boost
Northrop Grumman president says acquisition of TRW would strengthen homeland, IT offerings
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FEMA creating central site for help
Web portal, one of the 24 e-gov initiatives, will pull together multiple systems for disaster help
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USPS cancels secure e-mail biz
The Postal Service is pulling the plug on PosteCS, a service designed to securely deliver large digital files
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DOD advancing high-tech projects
Latest round of Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration projects emphasize counterterror efforts
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HP CTO: Government and industry should work together on security
What keeps an academic such as the chief technology officer of Hewlett-Packard Co. up at night? For one thing, the thought of the government building, in the name of security, its own network infrastructure.
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SSA testing biometric tech
Agency is considering using biometric technology to help protect Social Security numbers and prevent identity theft
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Vendors team on security suite
System relies on biometric and risk-assessment technologies and anticipates transportation security needs
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NMCI survey may bring bonus
A user survey will determine whether EDS gets a $164 million customer satisfaction incentive
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Davis: Feds shift 508 responsibilities
Procurement officials have to tried to shift accessibility responsibility to product vendors, Rep. Davis says
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Bill tackles procurement, workforce
Legislation advocates the Digital Tech Corps and simplified acquisition procedures for smaller IT purchases
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CIO Council plans online job fair
Virtual job fair is aimed at hiring scores of federal IT workers
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SSA set to test online authentication app for businesses
The Social Security Administration next month will test an online program to authenticate Social Security numbers for organizations’ new hires.
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Federal e-gov efforts buttress homeland security, Lorentz says
Can e-government help homeland security? At least four of the Office of Management and Budget’s 24 Quicksilver projects will reinforce the Office of Homeland Security’s fight against terrorism, Norman E. Lorentz, OMB’s chief technology officer said yesterday.
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Postal Service discontinues online messaging service
The Postal Service’s <br>e-commerce initiatives have come under fire from Congress and the General Accounting Office. USPS announced today that it is discontinuing one such program, PosteCS, a secure online messaging service.
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IRS expands backup systems
From IPIC: Disaster recovery at tax return processing centers funded by additional $13 million provided by Congress
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