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Information access for all
Innovative federal program managers have moved more than 100 million pages of information onto the Internet during the past five years. Despite these valiant efforts, information is still unnecessarily hard to find and use.
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Labor site helps job-seeking vets
The site seeks to make it easier for current and former military personnel to obtain the certifications required for jobs in the civilian work force
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CIO making short drive to dot-com
Harold Gracey, the outgoing chief information officer at the Department of Veterans Affairs, will join FedBid.com as vice president of government affairs
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Reviewing Web trends
FCW's DotGov Thursday column offers some trends in management, technology and policy that agency Webmasters should think about
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N.C. IT czar 'CIO of the Year'
Society for Information Management recognizes Webb for his e-government projects and other technology initiatives
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IT czar not Congress' chief priority
The idea of naming a federal IT 'czar' appears to be gaining support in Congress, but 'nobody thinks it has any chance of being passed this year'
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Argentina to finance 1 million home PCs
Argentina is planning to provide financing for 1 million computers for home users, most of whom will be government workers
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Retirement planning made simple
Retirement planning can be complicated, but it doesn't have to be. If you properly address the four following questions, you will have the essentials of your plan.
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Prescription pains
If you're like me and are enrolled in the service benefit plan run by Blue Cross and Blue Shield, keep a close watch on your prescriptions.
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New push for federal CIO
Rep. Jim Turner plans to introduce legislation next month that would create the executivelevel position of chief information officer
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'West Wing' does feds right
I don't watch much television and have always been amazed at how much more I can get done when it's turned off. However, on Wednesday nights, there is a TV show I would urge everyone in and around government to watch: 'The West Wing,' NBC's weekly drama about President Josiah Bartlett (played by Martin Sheen) and senior White House staff.
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Replenishing the ranks
The federal work force could lose nearly a million employees over the next few years from retirement alone. So it is more important than ever for agencies to set aside money for initiatives to train and retain workers, including World Wide Webbased training and Internet forums.
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Future STARs
While many agencies are talking about a new era of customercentric government, the Treasury Department is using a governmentwide training program to make sure that its staff can deliver that vision to fellow employees and citizens.
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In training
A task force directed by President Clinton to make recommendations on using technology to train federal workers is preparing its final report.
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