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Lieberman, OMB approach a compromise on <br>e-gov bill

Office of Management and Budget officials are negotiating with Sen. Joe Lieberman (D-Conn.) about his e-government bill, S 803, in an effort to make the administration’s request for $45 million for 24 approved e-gov projects more palatable to lawmakers.

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Two e-gov leaders retire

Two senior officials dealing with the Office of Management and Budget’s<br>e-government initiatives have left the government.

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CIO Council releases knowledge management primer

The CIO Council’s knowledge management working group yesterday released a CD-ROM with information about best practices and other data to further feds’ use of knowledge management.

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Commerce will expand its R&D funding program

The Commerce Department has issued a six-point plan for improving its Advanced Technology Program, a public-private effort to develop high-risk technology projects.

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E-gov personnel could earn performance bonuses

Do well on your e-government projects, and you could get a fat bonus check.

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Human error, not software, spawned Arkansas W-2 errors

The Arkansas Finance and Administration Department yesterday found itself defending its beleaguered Arkansas Administrative Statewide Information System after the state discovered errors in employees’ W-2 forms for 2001.

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Interior will spend $65 million restoring Internet service

The Interior Department expects to spend $65 million over the next three years to restore Internet service and upgrade security, Interior Secretary Gale Norton said today.

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Forman asks for 15 percent more for IT in 2003

The administration is asking Congress for $52 billion for IT in fiscal 2003, a 15 percent increase over the fiscal 2002 budget. The request includes nearly $30 billion for 2,900 of the most significant government IT projects, said <b>Mark Forman,</b> associate director for e-government and IT at the Office of Management and Budget. The budget request will go to Congress Monday.

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SEC launches a series of scam sites

The Securities and Exchange Commission is operating several phony Web sites as shock therapy for Internet investors who neglect to investigate online stock lures.

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OPM looks for budget help on e-gov projects

The Office of Personnel Management promises it can complete its five <br>e-government initiatives within 18 to 24 months if the Office of Management and Budget can find the agency more money from this year’s IT budget.

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Army expands online education effort

Soldiers at two Army bases in Colorado and Washington next month will be able to enroll in online courses at 23 colleges, bringing to five the number of bases using the eArmyU learning portal.

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Illinois auditor calls for Web privacy law

Illinois’ auditor general has asked the Legislature for a law requiring state agencies to develop and post privacy policies on their Web sites.

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Commerce posts contracting guide for agencies

To help agencies prepare to meet Bush administration performance goals, a team of federal procurement executives led by the Commerce Department is putting a comprehensive guide to performance-based contracting on the Web.<@SM>

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Calif. system pulls benefits data together

Officials overseeing the California Public Employees Retirement System are integrating data to improve service to the 1.2 million former and current state employees who receive retirement and health benefits from the program.

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DOD kicks off a departmentwide HR systems project

The Defense Department is moving forward with the development of a payroll and personnel system for the military’s active and reserve units that will replace dozens of legacy systems.

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Montana Web app will track disadvantaged business’ contracts

The Montana Transportation Department is now gathering contract payment information from disadvantaged business enterprises through a program on the state’s portal.

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Get along, little tax form

Texas today opened its online filing program for sales taxes to businesses statewide. The voluntary Web filing program, launched in 1998, has expanded gradually to include more and more businesses.

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Cancer institute consolidates Web postings

The National Cancer Institute today launched a redesigned Web site at <a href="http://cancer.gov">cancer.gov</a>, proclaiming it a one-stop resource for information about cancer.

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DMV chiefs push for improved drivers license systems

A task force of the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators is calling for improvements in driver’s license issuance standards to close security loopholes in the nation’s leading identity document.

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Teleporters hold a long-distance reunion

Lance Cpl. Jose Jasso stood at a Teleportec monitor in San Diego and talked with his mom, dad, wife, sisters and cousins in Dallas—family he hasn’t seen since he signed up a year ago and was sent to Camp Pendleton, Calif.