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Deadline for Web privacy policies looms
Agencies have three weeks to beef up their Web site privacy policies as required under the E-Government Act of 2002.<br>
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Agencies launch one-stop portal for product recalls
Just in time for the holiday gift-buying season, six agencies have unveiled a Web portal listing recalled consumer products. <br>
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Lawmakers take aim at E-Gov Fund and the rules for A-76 competitions
In an appropriations bill approved this month, lawmakers took on the White House by cutting funds for Quicksilver e-government projects and altering competitive-sourcing rules.
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E-gov projects receive 508 attention
As the Health and Human Services Department prepared to launch the latest version of <a href="http://Grants.gov">Grants.gov</a> last month, usability testers hit a snag.
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Another View: Time to retire the word ‘e-gov’
The concepts that the term “e-government” represents are as strong as ever, but the word itself has outlived its usefulness.
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Congress approves $3 million for E-Gov Fund
E-government funding is down $2 million from the two previous years.<br>
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Health agencies will share cancer drug data
FDA and the National Cancer Institute want to build a system that will let drug researchers share developmental data about cancer drugs.<@SM>
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GAO: E-gov projects need more collaboration
Project managers of four of the Quicksilver e-government initiatives must improve how they collaborate with their agency partners for their projects to be successful, the General Accounting Office said today.<br>
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USDA seeks help with technology planning
The Agriculture Department will look to its customers, vendors and employees as it plans and implements technology.<br>
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EDS wins E-Travel contract after all
The General Services Administration yesterday awarded EDS Corp. a contract to provide online travel management for the E-Travel program.<br>
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Labor adds 48 state programs to GovBenefits portal
With the relaunch of the Govbenefits.gov portal, the Labor Department today took a huge step toward integrating federal and state programs, officials said.<br>
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Leopard leaps to e-gov
An open-source software group has released the core component of a Web services platform for e-government projects.<br>
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IRS adds online tools for tax pros
The Internal Revenue Service has introduced Internet-based business tools for tax professionals.
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OMB reports little progress on PMA’s e-gov goals
The Office of Management and Budget today handed out its final set of grades for fiscal 2003, and agency progress remains stymied in getting to green on e-government under the President’s Management Agenda. <br>
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OMB tests government transactions portal
By July, the Office of Management and Budget expects that 24 agencies will be able to process their rent and reimbursable IT services payments through a new interagency portal.<br>
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OMB personnel changes: Chenok out, Anderson moving up
Dan Chenok, the well-respected branch chief for information policy and technology, is leaving to join SRA International Inc. Tad Anderson, portfolio manager for the government-to-business Quicksilver projects, has been promoted to associate administrator for e-government and IT.<@SM>
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Forman: Stop customizing core financial systems
Agencies need to adopt a core set of software standards for financial management, the former Office of Budget and Management administrator for e-government and IT says.<br>
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Ely returns to private sector after short stay at OPM
Kay Ely, the senior adviser for competitive sourcing and acting policy adviser at the Office of Personnel Management, is returning to the private sector next month. <br>
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Online catalog will hold all federal forms
A key component of the Business Gateway project, the eForms Catalog, will compile all public federal forms into an online collection, according to officials working on the project. <br>
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OMB backs off plans for central authentication gateway
The administration is scrapping plans for its online E-Authentication gateway, which had been touted as a cornerstone of e-government.<br>
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