OPM to clarify how applicants list education on jobs site
The Office of Personnel Management, trying to stop potential government employees from highlighting bogus degrees on their resumes, is adding information to the USAjobs.opm.gov site's resume builder about how job seekers should report their education.
Education taps CSC for database job
Computer Sciences Corp. will develop and operate an Internet-based database management system for an Education Department resources information center.<br>
Rail agency awards contract for safety databases, Web sites
Creative Information Technology Inc. will provide services to the Federal Railroad Administration's railroad safety information system, which monitors the management, processing and reporting of accidents, inspections and highway-rail grade crossing data.<br>
Feds propose security standards
SAN FRANCISCO'Everyone had a different take on standards-based security at the recent RSA Conference 2004. Advocates touted three proposed security standards and a handful of technical specifications.
Three agencies combine biotech regs on portal
Agricultural biotechnology regulations from three federal agencies have been brought together at a single portal. The site, usbiotechreg.nbii.gov, is a 'one-stop shop for people who are interested in regulation of biotechnology,' said Megan Thomas, a spokeswoman for the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
Net-centric plan will cost $200b, Boeing exec says
The integrated space-air-land-sea battlespace envisioned by the Defense Department and industry will cost about $200 billion over the next decade, Boeing Co.'s Roger Roberts said last week.
Find ready-made enterprise pieces at CORE.gov
Need a component for your agency's enterprise architecture? Check out <a href= "http://www.core.gov">www.core.gov</a>.CORE.gov, the new Federal Enterprise Architecture Component Organization and Registration Environment, will store existing components as well as those under development.
More e-filing of early tax returns
Electronic filing of taxes is up sharply this year because more individuals are using their computers to file returns, the IRS said today.<br>
Education to list accredited schools online
Education Department secretary Rod Paige said the department is preparing to post an online list of accredited higher-education institutions.<br>
HUD launches assisted-living info center
The Housing and Urban Development Department today gave an assist to the nation's 3,700 public housing authorities with the Senior Housing Information Center Web site and toll-free call center. <br>
DOD devotes a Web site to biometrics
The Defense Department today unveiled a Web site for biometrics information.<br>
Gates outlines initiatives for improving network security
Microsoft Corp. this week will release specifications for a pair of security standards aimed at making online computing safer.<br>
VA to launch hepatitis C info site
The Veterans Affairs Department will launch a Web site tomorrow to share information about hepatitis C.<br>
Online extra: Readers respond to NMCI
In your opinion, what can be done to improve the rollout of NMCI?
Reader Survey: Navy users sound off on NMCI problems
Is the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet, the Navy Department's $6.9 billion networking project, on the right track at last? Users at the ground level understand the purpose of NMCI but don't think the program is living up to its promise'at least from their point of view'and they feel left out of the configuration planning process.
Web portal, other initiatives lie ahead
The Navy-Marine Corps Intranet program office is considering several initiatives this year, including a portal that would give users access to the network over the Internet and research into Navywide application hosting at secure data centers.
New site sheds light on biotechnology
A new State Department-funded Web site brings together agricultural biotechnology regulations from three federal agencies.<br>
Park Service turns to animation in the flash
Macromedia Flash, largely known as a Web page animation tool, is delivering lightweight Web applications for a regional unit of the National Park Service.Chris Marvel, lead planner and webmaster with the service's Intermountain Region, has found Flash animation effective for sharing information with 3,800 employees spread across 89 locations.
Vivisimo clusters government Web sites
In an effort to demonstrate how its product can augment Web site searches, Vivisimo Inc. has overlaid its clustering software onto 30 government Web site search engines.
Panel seeks Web comments on future space travel
A new presidential commission on space travel is using its Web site to collect citizens' views about future trips to the moon and Mars.<br>
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