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FAQs for small businesses
Frequently asked questions that small businesses should askif they want to enter the government market
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Procurement: Which method to use?
It is a time of change for governmentwide acquisition contracts. What will that mean for how agencies buy goods and services?
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Letter: State Department chose bad name for blog
Apparently no one at the department involved with the blog is more than 25 years old, a reader says.
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Congress passes continuing resolution
The measure avoids a government showdown and gives agencies money to continue their work from 2007.
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Letter: Rep. Davis understands workforce woes
But it needs to be tempered with defined agency plans to use the rehired annuitants to train junior and mid-level workers, not merely to fill their old jobs at 1.7 times the pay.
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Letter: OPM vague on clearance progress
A reader notes that the agency doesn't specify which investigation is moving faster.
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Commerce council to lead tech competitiveness efforts
With the demise of the Technology Administration, the Commerce Technology Council will take on the role of providing a forum for and coordinating technology policy departmentwide.
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Senate health IT bill draws fire as it progresses
HHS objects to portions of the Wired for Health Care Quality Act concerning advisory committees and grants.
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Intercepts
Lots of questions but few answers; Buy high, sell low; Battle of the bands update.
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Technology briefs
Adobe pushes PDF spec for ISO adoption; DISA picks Vion for on-demand storage at 18 data centers; Labor picks Plateau Systems for talent management solutions; 55 EHR software products certified for use in doctors’ offices.
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Privacy compliance has declined
A new survey shows fewer hospitals and health systems are complying with HIPAA.
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VA IT budget under scrutiny
The VA's IT organization affects all aspects of the department's IT spending, including My HealtheVet.
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Public favors health IT but not enough to sway votes
New poll shows 57 percent of Americans support building a nationwide health information network, and health IT is showing up on the candidates' radar screens, too.
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Bush tells Congress to pass continuing resolution
With a week left in fiscal 2007 and no appropriations bills at the White House, President Bush urged Congress today to pass a continuing resolution with no strings attached.
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