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RSS FCW.com RSS Feedshttp://www.fcw.com/RSS [RSS FCW.com RSS Feeds] — If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, Google should be flattered. Taking the search giant’s cue on simplicity, government Web sites such as GovBenefits.gov and FirstGov.gov are winnowing clutter on their Web pages, a Labor Department official said.

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Gcn.com[Gcn.com] Online Extra: OMB is defining final phase for e-gov projects: Each of the Office of Management and Budget’s 25 Quicksilver e-government projects will be rolled out by the end of the summer, administration officials vow. Now the agencies operating the projects must establish how they’ll be used, but that step is made trickier by the fact that OMB is still establishing a definition for utilization.

Scienceblog.comhttp://www.scienceblog.com [Scienceblog.com] Science Blog -- 200 Federal Benefit Programs Now Available on ...: GovBenefits.gov is one of 24 key initiatives that comprise the President's E-Government Strategy, an integral part of the President's Management Agenda to make it easier for citizens to interact with the government, save taxpayer dollars, and streamline citizen-to-government transactions. The project is the collaborative effort of 10 federal agencies including the Departments of Labor (managing partner), Agriculture, Education, Energy, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, State, Veterans Affairs, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and the Social Security Administration.

[Temp.starklawlibrary.org] Stark County Law Library Blawg: E-Government Archives: From the blog: "Today the WSJ reported on a the results of privacy study conducted last month by the Ponemon Institute, an organization "dedicated to advancing ethical information and privacy management practices in business and government." There is no link available to the text of the study. However the article states that its author, Larry Ponemon, "a pioneer in the development of privacy audits" found that "of more than "5,500 individuals contacted last month, 36% of respondents agreed with the statement that [the Department of] Homeland Security is "committed to protecting the privacy of my personal information." Forty-three percent in the study disagreed, while 21% were unsure."

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