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E-learning site launches early
The Office of Personnel Management last week put online its e-training site, almost three months ahead of schedule. The site, at <a href="http://www.golearn.gov" target="_blank">www.golearn.gov</a>, gives federal employees free access to more than 30 courses and 50 electronic books.
Cybersecurity
Davis works to salvage security bill in HSD deal
Rep. Tom Davis wants to see some of his Federal Information Security Management Act rolled into Homeland Security Department legislation.
Digital Government
GSA teams will sort out overlap of FSS and FTS
The General Services Administration has formed three teams to develop business plans and options to incorporate recommendations from a recent study of the Federal Supply and Federal Technology services.
Digital Government
House gives job swapping bill the green light
Federal and industry systems employees are a step closer to being able to switch jobs.
Digital Government
Bush requests an extra $27b for security
The administration hopes to use technology to beef up border security in the final six months of fiscal 2002.
Digital Government
Ridge: Security has similarities to Y2K rollover
The director of homeland security vowed recently to take on the nation's security tasks the way the government took on year 2000 systems preparations. The only difference: This task won't end when the next new year begins, Tom Ridge said.
Digital Government
Davis-Burton bill promotes IT staff exchange
Reps. Tom Davis (R-Va.) and Dan Burton (R-Ind.) this month introduced a bill that would sanction an exchange program between federal agencies and industry for midlevel IT managers for up to two years.
Digital Government
CIO Council plans a virtual job fair in April
The CIO Council and Industry Advisory Council will hold a virtual IT job fair in mid-April.
Digital Government
USPS cancels its PosteCS e-mail service
A lack of consumer interest and the need to cut costs have prompted the Postal Service to discontinue its PosteCS international Internet message delivery service.
Digital Government
Senators will consider own Tech Corps bill
Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.) is taking his idea of letting federal IT employees spend time working in the private sector to the Senate.
Cybersecurity
Bush homeland security plan has an IT focus
The administration is putting together a plan to incorporate IT into its four initial homeland security initiatives, senior administration officials said last month.
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Users want e-gov
E-government services on federal, state and local Web sites are becoming a necessity, according to a new study.
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CIO Council makes CD guide for agencies
The CIO Council's Knowledge Management Working Group earlier this month released a CD-ROM designed to help agencies use and understand knowledge management.
Digital Government
Rep. Davis calls on OPM to give more bonuses
Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.) is urging the Office of Personnel Management to use pay-for-performance bonuses to help with the government's looming personnel crisis, especially as it affects IT workers.
Cybersecurity
CIAO says hello to bigger role in IT security
The Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office likely will play a larger role in helping agencies meet their IT security needs, according to Sarah League, the Defense Department liaison to the CIAO.
Digital Government
GSA contracts to help boost HUBZone buys
Even though Congress might not fund the Historically Underutilized Business Zone program for this year, agencies still are required to meet their HUBZone contracting goals.
Digital Government
GSA prepares FirstGov site for upgrade
As a part of its package of 23 e-government initiatives, the Office of Management and Budget said the FirstGov.gov portal would move beyond the search engine and hot link capabilities it features now. Eventually, it will include online transactions, grant applications and regulatory filings, and a host of similar applications.
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