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Analysts see turbulence ahead for some vendors
Push for better services, cost savings means change for the sellers of management software
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Standards groups take shape
New organization to help showcase evolving business process sector
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Marching toward business process transformation
New generations of software are helping major institutions map, manage and streamline operations
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OPM opens bidding for e-learning services
Request for proposals to expand the vendors who can provide online learning services has been in the works since early 2003.
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FAA makes airport status feature available for PDAs
The Fly FAA Wireless application provides updates on flying conditions, flight status.
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Agriculture appoints new eGov council members
Nine members join new USDA Technology and eGovernment Advisory Council.
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Major programs within the Interior Department
<b>Message system consolidation</b>: Interior officials are developing a project management plan to implement Microsoft Exchange for messaging across the department. Their current target is to end the department’s use of Novell NetWare and Lotus Notes messaging by December. Interior already has ended its use of Sendmail from Sendmail Inc. of Emeryville, Calif.
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Army looks for single AKO portal contract
The Army plans to award a single contract by summer's end to a vendor to maintain the Army Knowledge Online portal.
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Dispatchers urge passage of stalled E-911 bill
An organization representing the nation’s public safety answering points wants the administration to support a bill that would help state and local governments upgrade their 911 services.
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E-filers just shy of half of all tax filers
Taxpayers e-filed more than 49 percent of all returns. IRS commissioner predicts "we will reach a milestone" next year.
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Accenture: Agencies must get market savvy
One of the newer challenges government agencies face is getting the word out about their electronic services, a new survey finds.
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GSA adding new capabilities to FSS schedules
The General Services Administration’s Federal Supply Service will let vendors submit offers for task orders electronically beginning May 17.
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New York maps services for disabled
The state is making GIS information available online that lets New Yorkers find support services for the mentally retarded and disabled.
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SBA launches online loan submission system
The Small Business Administration today made it easier for lenders to submit loan applications for its SBAExpress loan program.
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Database will help track international aid in Iraq
The Iraqi government is having a hard time keeping track of billions of dollars in international assistance filtering in to rebuild the country’s war-torn infrastructure.
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HHS launches Medicare prescription site
Prescription site to let Medicare recipients sign up for discount cards and compare drug prices.
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To make the grade, NRC takes a personal approach
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s systems have a big, red bull’s-eye on them.<@SM><@SM>Every day, the agency’s systems face about 500 attempts at reconnaissance and 100 attempted denial-of-service attacks, CIO Ellis Merschoff said.
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Agencies falter trying to meet security mandates
Earlier this year, an agency manager stood up during the question-and-answer period at a conference on the Federal Information Security Management Act. He had a gripe about the IT security report cards issued by a House Government Reform subcommittee chaired by <b>Rep. Adam Putnam, R-Fl. </b>
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President sets goals for e-health initiatives
President Bush has directed the Health and Human Services Department to develop a program that will ensure the use of electronic health records for most Americans within 10 years and electronic prescriptions within five years.
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