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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
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Intercepts
Nine months after Paul Brubaker left the Pentagon, the White House has yet to officially name a new Defense Department deputy CIO
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DOD tests rapid buying
DOD pilot projects will test strategies for putting IT products into the hands of service members within 18 months -- rather than years
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Army lab pushes flat-panel displays
The Army wants to speed the introduction of flat-panel displays into military IT systems by taking over a contract previously managed by DARPA
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Techies turn to security training
An IT security certification is becoming an attractive piece of any IT professional's resume
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DOD bills bolster anti-terrorism spending
The Defense authorization and appropriations bills increase IT spending for DOD and for civilian agencies involved in homeland defense
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GSA prepares FirstGov site for upgrade
As a part of its package of 23 <@SM>e-government initiatives, the Office of Management and Budget said the FirstGov.gov portal would move beyond the search engine and hot link capabilities it features now. Eventually, it will include online transactions, grant applications and regulatory filings, and a host of similar applications.
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Status quo is a barrier to OMB’s e-gov plans
An observation circulating in Washington is that you can make progress on e-government initiatives—if you have more power than the president.
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SBA’s new portal portrays OMB’s idea of e-gov
The Small Business Administration has become the first agency to accomplish one of the goals of the Office of Management and Budget’s 23 approved electronic-government initiatives. Through its newest Web site, aimed at helping small companies understand and comply with regulations, SBA will combine the resources of federal, state and local governments to provide a one-stop shop.
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Rethinking government
In many ways, the new millennium really began on Sept. 11 because that’s when everything changed. The terrorist attacks and the U.S. response to them have profoundly altered the government’s thinking.
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Budget-makers put the focus on IT
The war on terrorism, a recession and looming deficits are shaping the 2002 and 2003 budget debates, but money for federal IT initiatives appears sacrosanct. In fact, the aftermath of Sept. 11 underscores a need for more IT spending in the next several years, the Bush administration and agency managers said.
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With mail safety still iffy, Hill upgrades e-mail
A great influx of e-mail to Congress never materialized after the Sept. 11 and anthrax attacks, but officials in both houses expect the use of e-mail and other digital technologies to grow. To accommodate the increase, the House and Senate are upgrading their e-mail systems.
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