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Clinton asks for continual funding of IT study
The Clinton administration has asked Congress to permanently fund a governmentwide study of federal information technology workers pay and position to serve as a reference for future initiatives
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Yahoo enlisted for recruiting help
The Internet portal Yahoo has volunteered for service with the Defense Department, launching a contest featuring military jobs as fantasy careers
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Online education, the Next Big Thing
FCW's DotGov Thursday column explains why ongoing, online adult education will be necessary as technologies continue to accelerate and converge
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Access tech helps all
New technology designed to make computers accessible to people with disabilities may have benefits for everyone
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USAID shrinks globe
The trouble with calling a meeting of employees scattered around the globe is, well, that they're scattered around the globe.
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Chief concerns
What role will future agency chief information officers fill? A lot depends on the new presidential administration and how involved it is in choosing the next generation of CIOs. But most observers agree that the role of the CIO needs to, and most likely will, change.
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Measure the return
To measure return on investment effectively, organizations need to first go back to their top objectives, set a baseline for each goal and then determine a model to measure each.
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NSA invests in e-learning
The National Security Agency and NETg, an electronic learning company, have formed the firstever industry/government partnership to develop technologybased training.
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Better to outsource?
If installing a desktop management system seems too daunting for your agency, what about farming out the task?
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IRS to cut biz burden
On any given day anywhere in America, businesses from Wall Street to Main Street are chained to the federal government.
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Call for IT czar gets high-level boost
A presidential advisory committee's draft report advocates a federal chief information officer who would be responsible for interagency IT projects
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Colorado colleges offer new IT training
Officials hope a community college program will help people who want IT careers but can't afford traditional college courses
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NSA, NETg partner on e-learning
The firstever industry/government partnership is designed to develop technologybased training standards
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What is the Information Technology Research program?
The program (www.itr.nsf.gov) is managed by the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering directorate. ITR supports fundamental research in information technology, encouraging research spanning IT and scientific applications and in social, ethical and work force issues. It responds directly to recommendations from the President's Information Technology Advisory Committee for basic research in software, scalable information infrastructure, highend computing and socioeconomic impacts.
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IRS plans telecommuting pilot
The telecommuting project would allow some Internal Revenue Service employees to work from home several days a week
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Work force watch
The General Services Administration has asked all federal agencies to make their most popular World Wide Web pages accessible to the disabled by July 26.
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