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Lawmakers seek to restore e-gov fund
Lawmakers are making a last minute push to restore $40 million to the E-Government Fund and fulfill the administration’s request of $45 million. <br>
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Ridge promises data sharing will be department’s top priority
Homeland Security secretary Tom Ridge this month pledged to coordinate the government’s immigration and law enforcement databases.
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OMB launches third e-gov project this month
The Office of Management and Budget and the Environmental Protection Agency yesterday launched another of the 25 e-government initiatives: an online rule-making portal, <i>Regulations.gov</i>.<br>
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Former Utah CIO offers pointers
Agencies should start taking small steps toward Web services, former Utah CIO Phillip J. Windley says.
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Who’s who in the new Congress
With Republicans in control of both houses of Congress, one of the first, most obvious changes in government is in the makeup of congressional committees. Here’s the state of the assignments for the 108th Congress.
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Wis. governor inaugurates with a webcast
Inauguration day in Wisconsin used to mean layering on plenty of winter garments to brave the icy weather in Madison.
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E-Authentication waits for rest of the pack
Technically, e-Authentication is ready—and waiting.
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National Recreation Reservation Service makes its site user friendly
The Agriculture Department and the Army Corps of Engineers this month launched a redesigned National Recreation Reservation Service Web site.
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NYC gets a jump on disease outbreaks
Long before the 2001 anthrax incidents, New Yorkers had dealt with public health dilemmas.
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Indiana portal goes googly for popular search engine
For seven years, Indiana’s government portal, at <a href="http://www.accessindiana.com">www.accessindiana.com</a>, had used a search engine from Verity Inc. of Sunnyvale, Calif., to index billing information.
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Senate slashes e-gov fund to $5 million
The Senate last week squashed the administration’s request of $45 million for an e-government fund for fiscal 2003, and allocated just $5 million.<@SM>
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A prototype is on the horizon for agencies to open for business
The Office of Management and Budget by March will begin testing a prototype of a system that will make possible interagency transactions. <br><@SM>
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CDC re-ups CSC for surveillance support
The Centers for Disease Control has awarded a $25 million contract for continued development of a national electronic disease surveillance system.
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IRS makes tax e-filing free for many
The IRS yesterday launched Free File at IRS.gov, making it possible for 60 percent of taxpayers to file returns online. <br>
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OPM awards contract for recruitment site redesign
The Office of Personnel Management has awarded a contract to redesign the government’s employment Web site, <i>www.usajobs.opm.gov</i>.<br>
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OPM tentatively makes new payroll assignments
The Office of Personnel Management tentatively has assigned where the 12 agencies that need a new payroll services provider will go after OPM consolidates the government’s 22 current providers down to four under the E-Payroll Quicksilver project. <br>
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GAO: E-gov projects don’t make their case
The Office of Management and Budget and the General Accounting Office are at odds over what constitutes a complete IT business case.
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IRS begins to move e-learning courses online
The IRS is adapting its tax law and tax processing training courses to make them compatible with the Office of Personnel Management’s E-Training initiative.
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Game Time: Can Bush’s playbook deliver results?
At the nexus of the Bush administration’s policy agenda for 2003 is IT. It’s a focus on which the government expects to spend upwards of $52 billion to meet the president’s demands. On the list—driven by a public that expects online service 24-7 and a world where data sharing could keep the country one step ahead of terrorist threats—are a series of initiatives that have been fleshed out but not delivered over the past year.
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@Info.Policy: Are e-gov act’s privacy reviews a hollow demand?
So much legislation with information policy implications passed at the tail end of the 107th Congress that it will take a long time to digest it all. I thought I would start with the E-Government Act of 2002.
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