Digital Government

Sailors Love NMCI; Marines Not So Much

Sailors just love the Navy Marine Corps Intranet, according to the latest <a href=http://www.donhq.navy.mil/aausn/ContentView.aspx?ID=513>quarterly survey</a> conducted by the Navy Department and contract-holder EDS, although overall Marine satisfaction dipped 2 percentage points in the quarter ended March 31.

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Microsoft Debuts Virtualized Windows Exam

The Microsoft Learning group introduced its first virtual lab-based MCP exam this week.

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Defense declares war on spam in bid to protect networks

DISA asks companies for applications that can scan 50 million e-mails a day coming into 5 million users, a requirement that could present management challenges.

Digital Government

The Good News and Bad News

First, the good news. The Senate Veterans Affairs Committee today unanimously <a href= http://veterans.senate.gov/press-releases.cfm?action=release.display&release_id=9bd6e171-5de3-4eed-982d-99335b6d7aff_>approved the nomination</a> of Roger Baker as assistant secretary for information and technology and chief information officer at the Veterans Affairs Department.

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Navy awards nearly $500 million in task orders without competition

Acquisition staff also didn't always specify how a contractor's performance would be measured as required by procurement rules, report says.

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Cyber Commander New A.F. CIO

The Air Force said President Obama will nominate Maj. Gen. William T. Lord for promotion to a three-star rank and a new assignment as the service's chief information officer and chief of warfighting integration.

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Administration helps with estimating jobs created

The White House released a guide to help agencies measure the jobs created by the economic stimulus law.

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Opposition to Obama's call to cancel navigational system growing

Congress and geospatial specialists say the administration's proposal to kill the decades-old Loran system would remove a needed backup system for GPS.