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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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Letter to the editor

Bolster volunteer efforts

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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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Airport job recruiting going online

Transportation Security Administration contracts for Web-based system for recruitment and placement