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Some federal information on the Web sheds a flickering light on past events that were at various times horrific, arduous, mundane, happy or triumphant. See Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1938, which contains more than 2,300 first-person accounts and 500 black-and-white photographs of former slaves.
Another View: Graduation advice for managers
The graduation season is one of optimism and inspiration. Today, with the emphasis on lifelong learning, many managers get their college degrees or certifications while working. This is an occasion to celebrate and to think about the future.
Time to perform
Good for the FBI, for revising the contract for its Virtual Case File system. Not much has gone right for the FBI recently, including this project. A linchpin of the agency's Trilogy modernization project, the VCS is headed for poster-child status among failed projects.
Major programs within NMCI
<b>Base Level Infrastructure Initiative</b>. This program lets Navy personnel overseas, about 30,000 sailors, plug into the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet and IT-21 via common standards and protocols. In many cases, including e-mail and chat functions, the applications the initiative uses are the same as NMCI's. The Navy will implement the initiative at 16 strategic overseas locations including Bahrain, Diego Garcia, Greece, Guam, Italy, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Spain and the United Kingdom.
NMCI to open software test center
The Navy-Marine Corps Intranet program office will open a center later this month to test software applications for compatibility with the Navy's enterprise portal.
Web services ready for third wave
At meetings of the CIO Council's XML Working Group and other Extensible Markup Language discussions around Washington, Joseph Chiusano is a familiar figure.
Emerge2 program to seek bids soon
The program is aimed at overhauling the Homeland Security Department's back-office systems.
DOD provides IPv6 access to its research network
Two DOD networks are piloting the transition to the next IP generation.
Four honored for performance-based contracting success
As agencies continue to struggle in using performance-based contracting, four federal employees proved it's not as hard as it looks.
State lines
<b>CIO changes</b>. Montana and Washington are looking for new CIOs after the recent departures of their top IT officials for positions in the private sector.
E-voting debate: paper or no paper
As the administrator of elections for Maryland, Linda Lamone believes electronic voting machines are safe and secure, even without a paper trail.
CIO Council crafting reusable-components paper
The CIO Council's Enterprise Architecture Committee is finalizing a white paper that will give agencies a strategy on how to share software.
USDA approves $47 million in loans for rural broadband
The Agriculture Department approved $47 million for five rural broadband telecommunications loans.
Solaris goes open-source
Sun Microsystems Inc. confirms long-rumored plans to make its proprietary Solaris operating system open-source.
DOD begins cross-credentialing pilot
Program will test interoperability of government and private-sector ID credentials.
Tricare pharmacy links go live
Tricare Retail Pharmacy program links military members, beneficiaries to about 53,000 civilian pharmacies.
IG: Major weakness in HHS financial systems, security programs
Most weaknesses were due to HHS' failure to develop an effective information security management program structure, inspector general reports.
DHS launches technology grant program
The Homeland Security Department today announced a one-month window for state agencies to seek their share of $9 million in grants for technology projects.
Jail time could raise the bar for spammers
Observers say the prison time handed this week to a spammer signals that officials are prepared to get tough on deceptive unsolicited commercial e-mail, but is unlikely to halt the practice.
Lockheed, General Dynamics to build high-tech ships
Lockheed Martin and General Dynamics won options to complete designs of high-tech, networked ships intended to operate in coastal waters.
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