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Soldiers can ASK for assignment

Web-based program gives enlisted soldiers an online tool to indicate their assignment preferences

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Letter to the editor

No upward mobility

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Education Web site gets first half of redesign

The Education Department last week launched a redesigned Web site that’s easier to navigate. Users now have the option of personalizing the site, at <a href="http://www.ed.gov">www.ed.gov</a>.

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HHS awaits funds for one of 23 e-gov projects

The Health and Human Services Department has been developing its Federal Commons grants portal since 1998 with the help of agency volunteers and donations. Now the President’s Management Council has selected the project for funding as one of the top 23 e-government initiatives announced last week.

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PWC to support Army training

PricewaterhouseCoopers will build a Web-enabled learning management system for the Army

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All About Kids

The dwindling federal IT work force has a hard time coping with citizens’ telephone and e-mail queries, said webmasters at FedWeb 2001, an annual conference held last month at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md.

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Nightmare lesson for CIOs

Sept. 11 put chief information officers' procedures to the test, prompting further precautions

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eArmyU portal takes enroll call

As a single mother and an enlisted Army sergeant at Fort Benning, Ga., it was hard for Andrea Pratt to juggle all of her responsibilities and attend college.

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Education site gets new look

The Education Department today launched a redesigned Web site with easier information access and user personalization.

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E-gov reshapes CIO Council

Committees, portfolio management teams are organized around an e-government agenda

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Better-business tech projects OK'd

DOD's Enterprise Software Initiative is among the projects approved by the Business Initiative Council

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Bush pushes Freedom to Manage

Legislation would reform how personnel, budget and property are managed in the federal government

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GSA sets up business registry portal

Dry cleaners, restaurants and trucking companies will be the first to get one-stop business registration and licensing services from a new General Services Administration Web portal.

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Tech part of anti-terror plan

Pentagon's transformation blueprint recognizes need for technology in protecting U.S. from terrorism

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CIO Council gets new priorities

HERSHEY, Pa. -- The Office of Management and Budget has radically overhauled the CIO Council by abolishing committees, changing<@SM>members' assignments and setting new priorities. The changes came after months of consultation with <b>Mark Forman</b>, OMB associate director for IT and electronic government.<@SM>

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Air Force taps Aether for security

Employees at two Air Force bases can securely access e-mail and other information from wireless handheld devices

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IT's role emerging in homeland security drama

The Bush administration and Congress are defining the critical role that IT will play in the massive effort to safeguard the nation

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Report: VA's claims system a mess

Poor service, intolerable delays, personnel shortages and incompatible computer systems have resulted in a claims backlog crisis for veterans

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Some key players

Key leaders in the homeland security effort

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Rethinking compensation

Lawmakers are considering a strategy that would compensate federal IT and acquisition employees based on what they deserve