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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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Navy to seek NMCI leader

Initiative is struggling because it lacks point person for day-to-day decision-making, Navy secretary says

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Transportation security chief appointed

John Magaw will head the newly chartered Transportation Security Administration

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Homeland security IT spending lags

But GEIA forecasts that technology will play a larger role as agencies determine their homeland security needs

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DOD stepping back on SPS work

DOD is stopping development on SPS Version 5.0 and is focusing on problems with Version 4.2

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Roster change

Steven Price was named Jan. 4 as the new deputy assistant secretary of Defense for spectrum and command, control and communications policy

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GSA system to track worker skills

GSA awarded a contract to develop the first governmentwide system to track the current skills and future training needs of the federal acquisition workforce

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Army boosts e-learning

The Army is expanding its agreement with SmartForce, an e-learning company

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Letter to the editor

Use retired police as airport screeners

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Getting the big picture

Remote sensor networks deliver comprehensive view of battlefield

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IRS adds up FAIR Act jobs

Thousands of IT jobs at the IRS are among the latest inventories of positions potentially available for outsourcing

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Storage by the page, not the byte

When it comes to records management, most government agencies are still pushing paper

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Empowering employees

Under the emerging concept of employee relationship management, organizations are beginning to use technology to offer their workers expanded access to human resources information and services

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Customs accelerates disaster planning

The Customs Service is close to awarding a contract for two backup facilities to access systems in the wake of a disaster or attack

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Letters to the editor

Standardize driver's licenses; Identity theft and the national ID; Overlooking inside talent

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Cultural change trumps technology

State Department and DOD make progress with knowledge management

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Feds get started

Several agencies are using ERM technology to boost employee training and save money