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NIST drafts contingency guidance
Publication helps agencies develop plans for IT systems during and after an emergency
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DOT sees security short-changed
DOT received emergency funding for homeland security, but none of it has gone to information security needs
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Roster change
Former U.S. Postal Service official Norman Lorentz began work this month as the Office of Management and Budget's first chief technology officer
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Army transformation team ready
The first of three teams focused on the Army's Enterprise Infostructure Transformation begins work this week
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DLA software projects at risk
Software acquisition process puts department's projects at risk of not being delivered on time and budget
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DOD looks for A-76 exemption
The Pentagon seeks an exemption to Bush administration outsourcing goals as part of the DOD transformation
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OMB’s Forman adds two techie chiefs to his staff
Mark Forman’s staff grows by two this month. The Office of Management and Budget’s associate director for e-government and IT has gained Norman Lorentz as his chief technology officer. Forman also has tapped Debra Stouffer, deputy CIO for IT reform at the Housing and Urban Development Department, to spend 90 days drafting a governmentwide architecture proposal.
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Anteon to bring cure to medical logistics
DOD seeks commercial model to support military medical operations
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NLM launches biological warfare site
The National Library of Medicine recently launched a Web site responding to the public clamor for more information on anthrax, smallpox and biological warfare
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Bush signs Defense appropriations bill
$317 billion includes funding for DOD 'transformation,' counterterrorism initiatives
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W.Va. checks drivers’ photos with FaceIt
West Virginia’s Motor Vehicles Department is piloting the use of facial recognition software to verify license applicants and holders.
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Cosgrave returns to government
Former IRS CIO Paul Cosgrave returns to help the Transportation Security Administration with its technology agenda
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Bush hires first CTO
As CTO, Norman Lorentz will help the administration promote its e-government agenda
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Army ups e-learning ante
The Army National Guard plans to upgrade its defense readiness programs with help from Click2learn
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North Carolina shakes down tax debtors via cybershame
When calls and letters fail to get deadbeat taxpayers to ante up, try cybershame. North Carolina this week joined a group of states that posts on the Web the names, addresses and amounts owed of delinquent taxpayers.
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Indiana upgrades its legislative tracking system
Indiana has expanded the services available through its online BillWatch legislative tracking and information system. The state offers the service via its <a href="http://accessIndiana.com">accessIndiana.com</a> Web site, which is operated by National Information Consortium Inc. of Overland Park, Kan., under a contract with the state.<@SM>
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Survey finds e-government is a hit
E-government services are catching on with the public, outpacing some common commercial services, according to figures released today from the 2001 National Technology Readiness Survey by the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland and Rockbridge Associates Inc. of Great Falls, Va.
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