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IBM suspended from new federal contracts
IBM and its subsidiaries are suspended from receiving new federal contracts due to an action taken by the EPA that extends governmentwide.
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What's Brewin' Column: Bye-bye public circuit buys
A free society is based on the uninhibited flow of information, but sometimes the amount of information put out by the Defense Department makes no sense.
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GSA will re-evaluate Alliant proposals
In response to a decision by the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, the General Services Administration announced on Wednesday that it will re-evaluate all 62 proposals received for its Alliant information technology services contract.
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Surgeon General: Focus on outcomes will advance Army health care
The Army surgeon general says the Army should adopt the combat medicine practices used in Afghanistan and Iraq and shift its medical model to one based on health outcomes.
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SOA experts: Learn to speak business
The next major hurdle for enterprise architecture is convincing agency managers that it solves business problems.
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GPO: Article 'misstated' facts of offshoring e-passport production
Congress still concerned about security of work processes for the high-tech passports.
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Contractor tests missile defense tech for civilian airliners
Northrop's Guardian System, along with a parallel program still in the works by BAE Systems, could provide aircraft with needed protection from shoulder-fired surface-to-air missiles, an easily acquired weapon that is popular with terrorists.
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National health records network to expand
HHS initiative also will integrate electronic health records from Defense, Veterans Affairs, Indian Health Service and other agencies.
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Letter: Krieger is leading the charge for SOA
A reader says he hopes Michael Krieger’s efforts to promote service-oriented architecture will continue into the next administration.
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Causey: That's what I call stimulus
What does an alligator have to do with an economic stimulus plan? You'll have to read on.
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Most Hill Panels Refrain From Launching Passport Probes
Barring unexpected revelations from an investigation by the State Department's inspector general, an agency official believes department managers "have seen the end of this."
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Agencies still resist outsourcing financial management, expert says
Some Cabinet-level agencies have resisted outsourcing to a shared service center because they already are consolidating many IT operations and because of the common fear that they will lose control of their financial operations.
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Letter: Know what the IG wants to get a good grade
Anyone who has been through the FISMA reporting cycle more than once has figured out that the key to a good "grade" is to figureout what the IG is going to use to measure compliance and work like hell on that.
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Number of bogus IRS e-mails spikes
Internet security vendor reports a 3,000 percent increase in the number of phishing attempts to trick taxpayers to give up personal information.
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Virtual job fair aimed at attracting disabled workers
With the percentage of disabled federal workers dropping, a recruitment agency offers feds a chance to interview workers with disabilities in Second Life.
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