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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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Human error, not software, spawned Arkansas W-2 errors

The Arkansas Finance and Administration Department yesterday found itself defending its beleaguered Arkansas Administrative Statewide Information System after the state discovered errors in employees’ W-2 forms for 2001.