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GAO report tracks the rise of IT services
Federal spending on IT services nearly doubled from 1997 through 2001, with the most significant increase coming through General Services Administration contracts, according to a report from the General Accounting Office.<br>
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Government sites see a spike in visits
Government Web sites captured the clicks of more than a third of all domestic Internet surfers last month, suggesting that their attempt to communicate to citizens through the Internet is gaining ground. <br>
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Another View: Do Web sites put agencies’ best faces forward?
Here is one unmistakable sign that it truly is a new day in government: A growing number of citizens in search of reliable health information, printable tax forms or Social Security information are likely to go to a computer to get what they need. The number of Americans who have visited government Web sites has jumped by more than 70 percent in the past two years, according to the Pew Internet & American Life Project.
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OPM prepares for final phase of e-Clearance project
The Office of Personnel Management is planning the final phase of its e-Clearance project, an effort to consolidate and speed processing of government security clearances.<br>
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State launches visa information site
The State Department today unveiled a Web site to provide details for people seeking visas for travel to the United States.<br>
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Open source advocate suggests incentive program
An open-source software advocate is proposing an incentive program to encourage developers to release their source code after it has earned a certain amount of money.<br>
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E-mail can spell trouble for unprepared government agencies
As millions more messages clog government e-mailboxes, the legal consequences of e-mail delivery and storage have become a bigger issue for government agencies, an attorney who specializes in record retention cases says.<br>
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Forman on e-gov: ‘We are headed in the right direction’
Progress on the 25 Quicksilver e-government projects has varied, but at least one project that fell behind seems to be back on track, according to a senior administration official.
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GSA approves another PKI technology for bridge
The General Services Administration today approved another vendor’s public key infrastructure technology as technically compatible with the Federal Bridge Certification Authority.<br>
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OMB prepares to align financial systems
By month’s end, the Office of Management and Budget will release for comment a document that describes an enterprise architecture framework aimed to align agencies’ programs with their administrative systems. <br>
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New Mexico gets ready for HIPAA compliance
As states scramble to meet the April 14 deadline for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act’s privacy rules, New Mexico is smoothing its way to compliance by focusing on data integration.<br>
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White House updates federal e-gov site
The White House today launched a revamped Web site for e-government projects, organizing information about the 25 Quicksilver initiatives under one portal.<br>
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GAO: Share-in-savings contracts can be difficult
Share-in-savings contracting, which can be an effective tool in motivating contractors to generate savings for clients, can be especially difficult to do in the federal government, a new General Accounting Office report says. <br>
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GSA, DOD sign on to Liberty Alliance
The Department of Defense and the General Services Administration have joined Liberty Alliance, a network identity standards group.<br>
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Bush names Forman to head White House E-Gov office
President Bush yesterday announced that Mark Forman, the Office of Management and Budget’s associate director for IT and e-government, will be appointed the administrator of the White House Office of E-Government.
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Hill Web sites improve their grades in latest review
Many Web sites for individual members of Congress have improved their services since last year, but the number of poor sites remained almost the same, the Congress Online Project noted today. <br>
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GSA releases RFP for complete travel system
The GSA has released the final request for proposals for an online travel management system for the federal government, which could be worth $10 billion over 10 years.<br>
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Panel: Agencies pay dearly for overlooking records planning
Too many agencies don’t think about records management when planning IT projects, making the flow of documents harder to oversee in the long term. <br>
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New site seeks suggestions for disabilities research
A new government Web site provides a forum for citizens to submit ideas for research projects the government should undertake into disabilities and rehabilitation. <br>
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ITAA survey finds management agenda tops CIOs’ priority lists
The Bush administration’s fervent focus on management seems to have made an impact—at least on CIOs. In a new survey, federal IT managers said their main concerns revolved around the five pieces of the president’s Management Agenda.
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