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Caution urged on entry/exit system
Business leaders worry that INS system would disrupt border crossings and cripple commerce
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Researcher has no confidence in online voting
SAN JOSE, Calif.—Although voting problems marred the 2000 presidential election, an online alternative is not viable, according to the principal researcher for AT&T Labs, a multinational research organization.
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Education improves online student loan applications
The Education Department’s Office of Student Financial Assistance has revamped its Web site for student aid, making the application process quicker and easier.
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Officials fit IT into homeland goals
Officials work on laying the foundation for how IT can help achieve Bush's homeland security goals
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Calif. county is ready to route service to citizens
Nevada County, Calif., is ready to begin using routing software to link its Web pages to the county’s databases, as part of its Citizen Relationship Management initiative.
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Homeland security IT projects parallel e-gov project development
Homeland security IT projects will take an approach similar to that of the Office of Management and Budget’s 24 approved e-gov initiatives, senior administration officials said today.
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Dorn confirmed as OMB deputy
The Senate confirmed Nancy Dorn as the lead official for the administration's management initiatives
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Illinois, Kansas share designation of top digital state
Illinois and Kansas tied for first place in the Digital State 2001 survey conducted by the Progress and Freedom Foundation and the Center for Digital Government.
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Roster change
Nancy Dorn was confirmed by the Senate Feb. 14 as deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget, the lead official for the Bush administration's governmentwide management initiatives
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ID card plan assailed
A plan to integrate state driver's license databases could decrease privacy, EPIC warns
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DOT to pursue biometrics
TSA plans to start pilot projects in airports across the nation to test biometric technologies
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Homeland security push sparks ideas at Energy labs
Scientists, no strangers to national security, give new spin to tech initiatives
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Cyber Security Research and Development Act
The act calls for spending as much as $878 million over five years to boost computer security research.
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Dems upgrade political machine
The Democratic National Committee has begun combing through its month-old Web site to remove errors and improve confusing navigation
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Performance campaign
Bureaucratus column: Please don't use the budget to take on the federal employees you're counting on
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