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The IT portion of our guide to what the government buys, how it buys, and who is doing the buying.

• CIOs Set New Goals
• Top Information Technology Contractors

Past feature articles

Republicans blast federal Web sites' privacy standards
House Republican leaders Tuesday attempted to turn concerns about Internet privacy against the Clinton administration by releasing a General Accounting Office report which found that 97 percent of federal Web sites, including the Federal Trade Commission's, failed to abide by the FTC's four privacy principles.

• Web site pitches contracting to women-owned firms
  (Sept. 13)
  
• Agencies get lackluster computer security grades
  (Sept. 12)
  
• Panel seeks changes in IT pay, job structure
  (Sept. 12)
  
• OMB issues exception to 'no cookies' rule
  (Sept. 12)
  
• Federal charity drive kicks off with innovations
  (Sept. 11)
  
• Postal officials defend move into e-commerce
  (Sept. 8)
  
• Bush vows to modernize military, boost pay
  (Sept. 8)
  
• OMB raps critique of Web privacy policies
  (Sept. 8)
  
• House panel seeks to unlock secrets of innovation
  (Sept. 7)
  
• DOE pledges to place more women in tech jobs
  (Sept. 7)
  
• DoD readies civilian personnel database
  (Sept. 7)
  
• Northrop Grumman unit to acquire Federal Data Corp.
  (Sept. 7)
  
• Study predicts e-government
  will gain momentum
  (Sept. 5)
  
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