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It’s not easy being green
Mark Forman’s goal is to fundamentally change how agencies plan and implement technology. His approach—speaking softly but carrying a big stick—appears to be working.
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GSA portal will carry e-Grants services
The Health and Human Services Department this month launched the first phase of its e-Grants project, which will let users search for grant opportunities on one Web site.
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Atlanta extends Internet access to urban poor
The digital divide is still wide and deep, said Jabari Simama, executive director of Atlanta Mayor Bill Campbell’s Office of Community Technology. But the city is working to close that gap through its Community Cyber Center program.
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Going once, going twice; FirstGov sold on auctions
Watch out eBay, here comes FirstGov. The General Services Administration today added a shopping and auctions section to its FirstGov portal.
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New education site targets Hispanics
The Bush administration today launched a new Web site to help Hispanics get information about getting a college education.
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OMB gives agency e-gov work a passing grade
In the last four months, 16 agencies, led by the National Science Foundation, have made significant progress toward President Bush’s e-government goal, the Office of Management and Budget said today.
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Council is eager for hiring reforms
Projects such as the Integrated Human Resources e-government initiative can’t be completed too soon to suit Ira Hobbs.
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OMB’s new Web site copies FirstGov model
The Office of Management and Budget earlier this month revamped its Web site, applying the same three-clicks-to-service approach as the <a href="http://www.FirstGov.gov">FirstGov.gov</a> portal.
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Park Service lights the Web
This year’s July 4 fireworks in Washington were not only broadcast on TV but also on the Web. The National Park Service produced it in cooperation with TVWorldwide.com Inc. of Chantilly, Va., a streaming video service provider.
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Senate backs $345 million for e-gov projects
The Senate last month took a step toward providing more funding for e-government projects than ever before.
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OPM awards contract to develop an e-learning site
The Office of Personnel Management last month moved closer to unveiling its new e-learning Web site. It awarded a task order to Geolearning Inc. of West Des Moines, Iowa, to redesign the National Learning Center’s site and provide courses.
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Watch out Amazon, here comes MMS
The Interior Department’s Minerals Management Service today unveiled an online ordering system that lets users research oil well and gas well data online and buy the data on CD-ROM.
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Virginia auditor hits state e-procurement system
Virginia’s auditor of public accounts has found that only 1.5 percent of the commonwealth’s purchases so far are flowing through an electronic procurement system and that agencies must dramatically increase their use of it to finance development.
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House makes resolutions in XML
The House of Representatives is pioneering its shift to Extensible Markup Language with simple resolutions, which started in January. <@SM>
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OMB models its site redesign on FirstGov portal
Keeping in line with the redesign of the FirstGov portal, the Office of Management and Budget has revamped its Web site applying the same three-clicks-to-service approach.
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EPA will buttress environment site
The Environmental Protection Agency by October plans to add data about local conditions from all 50 states to its Window to My Environment site.
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OPM previews Recruitment One-Stop site
The Office of Personnel Management is asking vendors to expand its USAJobs.opm.gov site by adding features such as the ability to submit one resume for multiple job openings.<@SM>
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Senate unanimously passes <br>e-gov bill
The Senate last night passed legislation to establish a Senate-confirmed administrator for a new Office of Electronic Government and authorize $345 million over four years to support interagency e-government projects.
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Next for GIS: simple apps using standards
Over the last five years, agencies have made much progress on adopting standards for geographically enabled data, but they still have far to go, the head of the Federal Geographic Data Committee said last week.
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OMB to assign e-gov watchdogs
The Office of Management and Budget will get more hands-on in its management of the 24 Quicksilver e-government projects by assigning 11th-hour gurus to make sure the efforts meet OMB’s demands.
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