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GovLoans.gov En Espanol offers Spanish-speaking communities greater access to available federal and state loan program information. GovBenefits.gov was among the Top 25 finalists for the 2005 Excellence.gov Award from the Industry Advisory Council. The Web site is one of the key initiatives that comprise the President's E-Government Strategy which focuses on making government programs and information more accessible to the public.
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Das immer grössere Problem des Identitätsdiebstahls wird durch den Einsatz von RFID-Chips noch verschärft. Tatsächlich kann nicht ausgeschlossen werden, dass die auf dem Chip enthaltenen Informationen auch von Unbefugten und unbemerkt vom Besitzer ausgelesen werden.
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Using the "Customized Connections" program, agencies will be able to link to GovBenefits.gov through their main Web sites via a portal that will retain the design and structure of the original site. Users seeking benefits information who click through Labor's Web site, for example, will be provided with the benefits data in the same font and colors used by Labor, "so they don't feel like it's a different site," Steven Law, deputy secretary of Labor, said at an event touting the site's refurbishing.
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