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Interior off-pace in getting online
About 90 percent of the Interior Department remains off-line, Interior Secretary Gale Norton testified before Congress
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CIO Council releases knowledge management primer
The CIO Council’s knowledge management working group yesterday released a CD-ROM with information about best practices and other data to further feds’ use of knowledge management.
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DOD delays smart card deadline
Defense Department now looks to have Common Access Cards out to all personnel by October 2003
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Homeland role boosts FEMA budget
Request includes $3.6 billion for new equipment and training -- a $3.2 billion increase -- to enhance state and local readiness
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Energy finds permanent CIO
After more than a year of rotating temporary appointments, DOE names Karen Evans CIO
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CIAO poised for homeland role
The fiscal 2003 budget includes a request for $20 million for the CIAO to form an Information Integration Office
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FirstGov for citizens coming soon
First performance measures for the 24 cross-agency e-government initiatives also will be released
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DOD to share spectrum for safety
DOD agrees to share portions of the 138 Mhz to144 MHz band with public safety users on a limited basis
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E-gov personnel could earn performance bonuses
Do well on your e-government projects, and you could get a fat bonus check.
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Commerce will expand its R&D funding program
The Commerce Department has issued a six-point plan for improving its Advanced Technology Program, a public-private effort to develop high-risk technology projects.
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Keys to DOD transformation outlined
Director of Office of Force Transformation advocates network-centric warfare, corporate strategy
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IT funding falters at NASA
The space agency's request includes $2.51 billion for IT spending ? about a $47 million decrease from fiscal 2002
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DLA re-engineering ahead of schedule
Business systems modernization already achieving success, agency vice director says
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USDA reaps IT budget increase
Budget request more than doubles the money for the Web-based Common Computing Environment
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Financial systems overwhelm DOD
An audit has found at least 673 systems across the organization and is still counting
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Navy picks NMCI manager
Rear Adm. Charles Munns was named the single program manager for the Navy Marine Corps Intranet
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Electronic archive funding preserved
NARA budget prioritizes electronic records archive and records management rules
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Justice seeks $2B for IT, workers
But the department's largest single technology program is a $400-million-a-year election reform effort
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Security runs through DOT budget
Some FAA funding shifts to Transportation Security Administration; Coast Guard's Deepwater a major winner
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