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Privacy amendment stalls e-gov bill
An amendment has sidetracked legislation to fund e-government initiatives, leaving programs in limbo.
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Also in the News: Google unveils tool to rank meeting questions
Google has released to the public a new tool that allows attendees to rank and vote on questions to be asked at meetings, Computerworld reports.
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Letter: CMOs should take close look at EA
Chief management officers at the Defense Department should reassess the department's commitment to enterprise architecture, according to one reader.
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FBI CIO to leave next month
Announcement comes on the heels of GAO report citing FBI's headway on Sentinel, the 6-year, $451 million project to replace its paper-based legacy system for supporting intelligence analysis and case management.
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Congressional panels blast oversight of Navy network project
Armed Services committees ask for regular updates on the acquisition strategy and schedule for the Next-Generation Enterprise Networks program.
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Panel explores potential bias against minority contractors
Researcher suggests updating and fine-tuning limits on the personal net worth of business owners participating in two federal programs.
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Congress questions Homeland Security's approach to nuclear detection
GAO, scientists: Key acquisition programs are failing to deliver on promises.
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Office to oversee sharing military health records behind schedule
Delay could make Defense and VA miss 2009 deadline to share patient files.
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Census pushes for $795 million for handhelds
Cost is lower than previous estimate, but bureau still faces developing and paying for fingerprinting up to 1 million workers for 2010 count.
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Officials say voting system will be stressed in November
Election administrators from battleground states say they will use paper ballots if voting machines fail or lines for the machines become too long.
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Also in the News: Navy delivers more Internet bandwidth to small ships in trial
The Navy has been performing a high-speed satellite networking trial that gives smaller ships up to 10 times more satellite bandwidth than previously available, according to Defense Systems.
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Hurricane Ike photos available online
The U.S. Geological Survey has posted before-and-after images of the Texas and Louisiana coastal areas damaged by Hurricane Ike.
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Also in the News: Virtual travel for San Jose employees?
Councilman proposes to shrink city's budget deficit by using Internet teleconferencing for city employees, San Jose Mercury News reports.
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GAO: Sentinel is procurement model for FBI
FBI officials working on a $451 million investigative case management system have used effective practices for acquiring commercial information technology that the bureau incorporate into policy, the GAO says.
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New certification aims to improve security of computer applications
ISC2 to begin offering in 2009 training in the seven stages of software development and use to reduce vulnerabilities in software code.
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Homeland Security authorization bill falls by the wayside
This year is the first the committee has not passed such a bill since 2004.
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States, localities slam U.S. government for not sharing info
Law enforcement officials say feds should build a national counterterrorism network to make information exchange easier.
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