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TSA preps smart ID programs

The Transportation Security Administration is ramping up its smart card-based programs

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Feds have edge in some IT skills

Federal IT workers outscore private-sector counterparts in certain technologies

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Virtual IT job fair on hold

Budget impasse has put plans for a second online job fair, hiring campaigns on hold

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Forging a new career path

Project managers could be included in upper management

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Filling the pipeline

Online learning portal targets aerospace industry

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OPM draft to elevate project managers' role

OPM issued draft guidelines to help agencies shape the role project managers play in government IT programs

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Online aerospace training advancing

The Florida Space Research Institute is expanding an e-learning program

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GAO: Visa fees boost IT industry

Federal grant programs use H-1B visa fees to train and prepare workers for highly skilled jobs

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Study: GWAC business booming

Spending is high on governmentwide information technology contracts, an Input study shows

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Defense U. targets e-gov

The National Defense University has begun a master's-level certification program designed to forge e-government leaders

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PKI bridge milestone approaches

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Digital Government

PKI bridge approaching milestone

Four agencies soon will be certified to exchange digital certificates through the federal bridge, easing the secure transfer of data

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TSP recordkeeping system delayed

The new recordkeeping system for the Thrift Savings Plan won't be ready until November

Digital Government

IRS loses track of computers

Audit report says the IRS can't account for computers that it lent to volunteers who help others prepare their tax returns

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Cyber Corps funding hiked

The government's Scholarship for Service program is getting an infusion of new money

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Bush defends workforce flexibilities

President Bush defends plan to give the Homeland Security Department hiring and pay flexibilities

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Cyber Corps funding boosted

The supplemental funding bill signed this month included $19.3 million for the Scholarship for Service program

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Growing pains

Students are appreciative of the opportunity to learn cybersecurity skills, but some areas need attention, they say

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The new face of security

Five Cyber Corps recruits reflect the changing culture of government security

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A call to service

The scholarship-for-service program offers full scholarships to students studying information assurance in exchange for two years of government service