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Putnam says e-gov faces a startling array of challenges

Agencies must overcome four challenges to make e-government successful, and none of the four deal with resources, a congressman says.<br>

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EPA hires Lockheed for rule-making systems

The Environmental Protection Agency awarded Lockheed Martin Corp. a contract to integrate federal online rule-making systems with the Regulations.gov portal.<br>

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GSA reopens E-Travel procurement

The General Services Administration will reopen the solicitation for its E-Travel initiative rather than defend its actions to the General Accounting Office.<br>

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DOD gives workers electronic access to pay info

The Defense Finance and Accounting Service has launched Newswire, a service to deliver information about pay, finance and accounting matters to Defense Department employees’ e-mail accounts.<@SM>

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Putnam asks GSA to clarify progress on SmartBuy

Rep. Adam Putnam is questioning the General Services Administration about why it is taking so long to get the SmartBuy enterprisewide software license buying initiative under way. <br>

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Food Stamp Program is nearly all paperless

Almost all food stamp benefits are now issued electronically, completing a 20-year transition from paper coupons.<br>

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OPM plans E-Learning procurement

The Office of Personnel Management will give agencies more choice when it comes to online learning. The agency by December will award new E-Learning contracts for the services on the <i>www.golearn.gov</i> site. <br>

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Virginia honors state IT projects

At its annual IT symposium, the Commonwealth honors state, local and private-sector organizations for technology innovation.

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OMB's Johnson: Management Agenda gaining wide support

Federal agencies have embraced the President’s Management Agenda to the point that “it’s almost gone from the President’s Management Agenda to the Agencies’ Management Agenda,” an OMB deputy director said today.<br>

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E-gov sites score high on user satisfaction survey

A quarterly survey of 22 federal e-government sites has rated their customer satisfaction higher than for some offline government functions.

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Feds learn hands-on leadership lessons

A fellows program is helping e-government managers learn how to become e-government leaders.<@SM>

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Agencies submit privacy plans

For the first time, agencies in their fiscal 2005 budget proposals have included privacy assessments of major systems with their business case submissions.

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OMB hires two new e-gov portfolio managers

The Office of Management and Budget has filled two of three vacant e-government project portfolio manager jobs.<@SM>

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Health site earns top marks in e-gov user satisfaction survey

Customers give federal Web sites better performance scores than offline government functions, but slightly worse scores than the national average of a general-purpose customer satisfaction index.<br>

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Problematic voting systems lead court to delay Calif. recall

A federal appeals court put California’s gubernatorial recall poll on hold because obsolete punch-card voting technology could prevent votes from being counted.<br>

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2006 budget guidance to come early

The Office of Management and Budget plans to release guidance for fiscal 2006 budgeting much earlier.<br>

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FHWA site puts national highway specs in one place

A new Transportation Department Web site shows all highway construction specifications from the 50 states and territories.<br>

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Senate committee holds firm on E-Gov Fund for fiscal 2004

A Senate committee has OKed $5 million for the Office of Management and Budget’s E-Government fund, $40 million less than requested.<br><@SM>

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Evans’ vision is to stay the course

Karen Evans wants federal employees to know she is not an IT czar, she is not a tyrant and she is not a ruler. <br><@SM>

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NIH links diet aid searchers to medical database

A National Institutes of Health Web site about dietary supplements will now link to a National Library of Medicine database.<br>