Tech
Patent office launching massive telework program
Agency plans to train 500 employees a year to work away from the office.
Tech
Bush orders agencies to name chief FOIA officers
Agencies must develop plans within six months to streamline process of releasing information to public.
Tech
Tech institute launches graduate level cybersecurity program
Announcement comes as another report is released finding the government is failing to make IT security a priority.
Tech
Teleworkers express more confidence in emergency plans
Employees at agencies that incorporate the work arrangement in emergency planning feel better-prepared for disaster, survey finds.
Tech
OMB: Agency information sharing key in Internet's technical upgrade
Agencies have until Feb. 15 to submit their first transition plans for shift to Internet protocol version 6, or IPv6.
Tech
Teleworking increases across government
OPM survey shows that nearly 19 percent of eligible employees used the alternate work arrangement in 2004.
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OPM offers details on tech worker exchange program
Exchange aimed at generating flow of expertise between the government and the private sector.
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OMB aims to link all agencies to e-rule site by 2007
At least 500 regulations currently open for comment on site.
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Justice attempts to avert a BlackBerry shutdown
Department pushing to ensure that government users will be exempt from any court-ordered disruption in service.
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EPA teams up on New Orleans e-recycling day
Consumers can drop off electronic equipment destroyed by Hurricane Katrina for proper disposal.
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Use of telework in Katrina aftermath limited
Some federal offices affected by the hurricane found the alternate work arrangement impractical.
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Report: HHS fails to oversee technology investments
Department lacks comprehensive plan defining and prioritizing desired improvements, GAO says.
Defense
Opposition to Army sexual assault database grows
Proposed system for tracking incidents has yet to be launched.
Tech
End to Indian trust fund dispute could be closer
Appeals court decision and proposed legislative fix could lead to faster settlement.
Tech
GSA revamps Web site
Redesign brings clarity to site that has ranked relatively low on customer satisfaction surveys.
Defense
Pentagon launches electronic health record system
System will be fully deployed by December 2006.
Tech
Electronic travel service survives House-Senate negotiations
Language requires 23 percent of eTravel subcontracts to go to small businesses.
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Lawmaker urges Bush to promote telework
The work arrangement deserves mention in the State of the Union address, says Rep. Frank Wolf, R-Va.
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Federal officials expect security compliance within a year
Officials reported the most progress in personal security, followed by identification and authentication.
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