Modernization
Considering COTS standards
Federal human resources managers are pondering formal standards for commercial off-the-shelf software.
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Army Corps looks at outsourcing IT
Army Corps of Engineers prepare for big competitive sourcing study
Modernization
Local execs praise open source
It saves money and takes advantage of IT collaboration, local officials say.
Digital Government
Data architecture finds a home
Interior officials recognized for trailblazing work.
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EPA builds a better search
Proposed metadata standards promise better government search results
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The new face of modernization at IRS
Richard Spires works to get overhaul of tax systems back on track.
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Training for RFID
Technology isn't the barrier to RFID adoption, says the Defense Logistics Agency's CIO.
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Architecture to get more security, privacy info
The CIO Council will release a more detailed document on security and privacy requirements of the federal enterprise architecture by April.
Digital Government
Fed architecture to cover records, maybe geospatial info
Records management and possibly geospatial data will be added to the federal enterprise architecture, an official says.
People
OMB plans info-sharing initiative
It will be the next lines of business initiative cutting across agency lines.
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Competitive sourcing losses may be hyped
Federal employees are not likely to be fired because of competitive sourcing studies, say two researchers. A union official says they're wrong.
Digital Government
Data reference model hits the streets
Release of initial federal standards could improve electronic data sharing
Modernization
Making Web data permanent
Uniform Resource Names can help users find government data no matter where it's moved online, a group says.
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Standardizing terror data
Officials to assign stewardship over a core set of Extensible Markup Language standards.
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OMB vendor support may merge
A new e-government support contract includes an option for enterprise architecture work.
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Agencies getting greener
The latest score card for the President's Management Agenda shows across-the-board improvement.
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Study: Little firing risk from competitive sourcing
5 percent of full-time civilian employees lost their jobs because of competitive sourcing, two researchers found.
People
CIO Council posts application info
A solutions exchange on the council's site has descriptions of IT tools and best practices.
People
DOT e-learning ready to go
Officials expect to start rolling out the Web portion of DOT's Learning Management System in two weeks.
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