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IT weaknesses hinder Interior's management of trust accounts, ALMRS
Problems with systems for managing American Indian trust accounts and for tracking records on land leases and mineral rights are the core technology issues hindering better management at the Interior Department, according to a General Accounting Office report released last month.
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DOJ suffers from financial management problems
Persistent problems in financial management at the Immigration and Naturalization Service are the No. 1 barrier to a bettermanaged Justice Department, according to a General Accounting Office report released last month.
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GAO's 'High Risk' reports target fed vulnerabilities
The Year 2000 problem and information security practices leave the federal government susceptible to fraud, waste and abuse, according to a series of reports the General Accounting Office released last month. The socalled 'High Risk' reports coincide with the release of 21 other reports that detai
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Education gets low grade for Y2K, integration
The Year 2000 problem and a lack of integrated computer systems pose the greatest technologyrelated management challenges at the Education Department, according to a General Accounting Office report released last month.
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Clinton budget links IT, results
President Clinton's fiscal 2000 budget, released last week, asks Congress to fund large information technology projects that are the cornerstone of the effort to make government work better, as required by a 1993 law. Clinton has requested billions to fund projects that automate critical agency ope
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VA needs more data
A lack of data on how well its services are working remains a top management challenge at the Department of Veterans Affairs, the General Accounting Office reported last month.
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Former DOJ exec joins SAIC
Mark Boster, former deputy assistant attorney general for information resources management at the Justice Department, took a new job this week as a vice president at Science Applications International Corp.
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DOJ requests new resources to fight cyberterrorism
The Justice Department is seeking increased funding for fiscal 2000 to protect government computer systems and to improve its internal information technology operations.
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IT problems lead GAO's high-risk list
The Year 2000 problem and information security practices leave the federal government susceptible to fraud, waste and abuse, according to a series of reports the General Accounting Office released yesterday.
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Feds work on student online service
Federal agencies last week began working with college officials to design a World Wide Webbased program that would provide college students with a host of government services, including financial aid services and tax filing.
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BLM site earns kudos
A team from the Bureau of Land Management last week received Vice President Al Gore's Hammer Award for developing a World Wide Web site that makes land records easily accessible by genealogists and legal researchers. The Web site, www.glorecords.blm.gov, hosts an online database of 'land patents,'
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Wireless standard still a disconnect
Nearly six months have passed since vendors released a wave of wireless data products built to a new standard that promises interoperability among different vendors' products, but observers doubt whether this development will spur the industry toward a boom any time soon.
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NIMA taps 15 firms for mapping
The National Imagery and Mapping Agency last week awarded contracts to 15 vendors under a $500 million program to create detailed maps and charts based on digital data gathered by satellite and aircraft, potentially paving the way for a greater reliance on commercial mapmaking services. The fivey
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HCFA: We're ready for Year 2000
Responding to claims by Congress and the General Accounting Office, a top technology official at the Health Care Financing Administration said last week that HCFA and the contractors that process Medicare claims will have computer systems Year 2000compliant by the end of March. 'Despite what you
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Hill shifts leave IT fate unclear
Several members of Congress who have had a hand in how the government buys and uses information technology will depart key committee posts next year, leaving the fate of IT in the 106th Congress unclear, according to industry sources and congressional staff members. One of the most significant chan
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Keeping time at INS
You may find many innovators among federal information technology executives, but you probably won't find many graduates of The Juilliard School, the Mecca of musical training in the United States. David Goldberg, the deputy associate commissioner for information resources management at the Immigra
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Impeachment e-mail clogs Congress
A surge in email to Congress last week brought about by the impeachment debate forced some mail servers to be taken offline as lawmakers' systems struggled to handle the load. 'There have been some severe problems around here,' said Matt Raymond, press secretary for Sen. Conrad Burns (RMont.). 'U
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DOJ's Boster to retire in February
Mark Boster, who for the past five years has guided the Justice Department's $1.1 billion information resources program, said last week that he will leave the agency in early February and look for a new job in the private sector. News of the pending departure of Boster, the deputy assistant attorne
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Patient records project stalled
The National Rifle Association plans to file suit next week against the Justice Department if DOJ turns on a computer system that would store data about individuals who purchase guns.
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NRA plans to sue DOJ over gun-owner registry
The National Rifle Association plans to file suit next week against the Justice Department if DOJ turns on a computer system that would store data about individuals who purchase guns.
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