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R. Fink

Digital Government

Packet Rat: The Rat pencils in some hi-res resolutions for 2003

Now that Oliver North seems to be the only significant figure from the Iran-contra scandal not yet appointed to a government post and fatally honest

Digital Government

R. Fink: Taxing software stalls Rat's e-filing plans

The IRS might have wrought wonders with e-file, but tax software publishers have succeeded in making electronic filing just as hard as printing and mailing a return'maybe even harder.

Digital Government

PACKET RAT

It came as no surprise to the Rat that there's yet another big security problem with Microsoft Windows. Considering how many patches he's had to apply to Windows 2000 on his agency servers over the last year, he'd be surprised if a new Windows problem didn't rear its ugly head at least every other month.