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Lieberman and administration can compromise on e-government, aide says
Mark Forman isn’t the federal CIO, but his appointment earlier this year shows that the Bush administration agrees with Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (D-Conn.) that electronic government programs need strong leadership to succeed, said the chief author of the Lieberman’s E-Government Act of 2001.
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USPS address change site links to advertisers
The Postal Service today unveiled the first official online change-of-address service, at <a href="http://MoversGuide.com">MoversGuide.com</a>, which is accessible from <a href="http://www.usps.com">www.usps.com</a>. The site, in partnership with a private company, links people to selected companies advertising goods and services needed for relocation.
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Bill introduced to encourage public-private information sharing
A bill introduced Monday by Sens. Bob Bennett (R-Utah) and Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) would give limited exemption from the Freedom of Information Act and antitrust laws for security information voluntarily shared by companies.
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Wisconsin names first CIO to lead new e-gov department
Wisconsin Gov. Scott McCallum today named Xerox Corp. executive Rebecca Heidepriem the state’s first CIO and secretary of the new Electronic Government Department. She pledged to reorganize the state’s IT assets and speed the delivery of additional electronic services.
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Panel: No short route to e-gov
Representatives of federal and state governments this month welcomed Mark Forman’s vision of e-government but said it would require plenty of hard work to implement.
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Sen. Bennett calls IT essential to recovery and victory
The low-tech nature of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks should not distract the nation from the need to secure the IT infrastructure, Sen. Robert F. Bennett (R-Utah) said today.
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FedWeb 2001: Slow progress toward citizen-oriented sites
Citizen-centric Web design is coming along slowly at best, some speakers said at yesterday’s FedWeb 2001 conference at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md.
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One-third of Army now uses AKO portal
The Army Knowledge Online intranet is getting closer to senior officials’ goal of signing up all 1.5 million active-duty, reserve, National Guard and civilian personnel for accounts by Oct. 1.<@SM>
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States win awards for IT innovation
The National Association of State Chief Information Officers this month announced the winners of its 14th annual awards for outstanding achievement. Profiles of the winning projects appear at <a href="http://www.nascio.org">www.nascio.org</a>.
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Harris County loses $1.1 million in toll violators’ fees
Hardware problems prevented the Toll Road Authority in Harris County, Texas, from collecting $1.1 million in fines this year.
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California bars punch card voting
California Secretary of State Bill Jones has ordered Los Angeles County and eight other counties to buy new voting machines. About 8.5 million voters no longer will use punch card ballots as a result of Jones’ order.
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Justice office leads XML standardization effort
The Justice Department’s Office of Justice Programs is leading an effort to develop standards for using Extensible Markup Language within the law enforcement and criminal justice communities.<@SM>
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Back-end plan boosts State Web site
Soon after the change of administrations in January, the State Department changed its Web site. Now it is improving the way information gets onto the site.
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Portals open up more public info, study says
Portal sites for state and federal information have improved government Web services noticeably over the past year, a study this month reported.
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Government sites show improvement, study concludes
Setting up portals for state and federal sites and better access to publications helped improve government Web services noticeably over the past year, a study released yesterday reported.
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IRS launches online payment for individuals
The IRS on Thursday went live with a Web payment system for 1040 and quarterly taxpayers. <@SM>
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SSA to offer its pamphlets online
The Social Security Administration plans to start an online service for ordering free pamphlets and forms from its three warehouses.
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VA hospitals test single sign-ons
Veterans Affairs hospitals in Oakland, Calif., Seattle and Silver Spring, Md., are testing the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s new Enterprise Single Sign-on Facility software and plan to deploy it to all 170 VA hospitals by month’s end.
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PKI solves access headaches for FEMA
The Federal Emergency Management Agency puts a lot of information on its Web site, at <a href="http://www.fema.gov">www.fema.gov</a>.
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