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NSF commissions supercomputer to visualize ever-larger data sets
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Filippi to Run Data Exchange?
I've picked up low to medium strength signals that <a href=http://wid.ndia.org/PDF/9WI3_Filippi_Debra_OSD_BIO.pdf>Debra Filippi</a>, the Defense Department's information sharing executive, has emerged as a likely candidate to run the joint interagency program office in charge of sharing information -- including <a href=http://whatsbrewin.nextgov.com/2009/09/interoperability_deadline_looms.php>electronic health information</a> -- between the Defense and the Veterans Affairs Department.
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Health Premiums to Rise 7.4%
Federal health premiums will rise by an average of 7.4 percent in 2010, according to the Office of Personnel Management. The average increase includes the government's share and employee's share of the overall premium.
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NASA to update schedule for coming IT acquisitions
NASA soon will release a new schedule for opening competition on five information technology services contracts estimated to be worth a total of more than $4 billion.
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OPM Stops Projecting Retirements
FederalNewsRadio.com <a href="http://www.federalnewsradio.com/index.php?nid=35&sid=1773193">reports</a> that the Office of Personnel Management will no longer project the retirements of federal employees, largely because previous predictions have not held up.
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Online collection helps people remember Holocaust
Hundreds of thousands of Holocaust-related records are now searchable online through a project.
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DHS fails to justify funding for emergency network, stalling program
Department should develop a plan outlining an acquisition approach based on available technologies, realistic cost estimates and how it will reduce project risks, GAO says.
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New Recovery.gov's intent remains laudable, but execution still in question
Day after stimulus-tracking site's debut, civic activists say transparency will depend on the accuracy of the spending data and how easily it can be made understandable.
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