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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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Roster Change

Roster Change

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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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Selling an idea

It's a recent Friday morning, and Elmer Sembly is taking a rare day off.

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Old-fashioned hacker deceit

Information assurance isn't always a technology issue.

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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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Briefs

The General Services Administration is offering free technical training for Webmasters who are responsible for making their agency World Wide Web pages accessible to people with disabilities.

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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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STAR at a glance

STAR courses include:

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Feds face access reg deadline relief

An amendment passed by the Senate last week would help federal agencies dodge millions of dollars in lawsuits and postpone $1 billion worth of office equipment upgrades to comply with new requirements that federal offices be made accessible to workers with disabilities.