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Culture, management issues continue to affect consolidation efforts
The success of data center consolidation initiatives will be determined more by culture and management issues than technology, according to federal managers and industry experts speaking at a recent conference on data center optimization.
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Security and data ownership: Old issues in a new wineskin
Security and data center ownership were big issues 15 years ago when the federal government attempted to move agencies to consolidate data centers and share information technology services. Guess what? They still are today.
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VA reports 10 missing laptops, likely no personal data lost
CIO says the department will investigate if the unusually high number of lost computers is an aberration, or if something more is going on.
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IRS still reliant on Social Security numbers to identify taxpayers
Agency plans to eventually replace SSNs on notices with 2-D bar codes, officials tell the inspector general.
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Republicans threaten to block support on appropriations bills
Senate Republicans pledge to withhold support from any measure unless discretionary spending is pared to a total of $1.108 trillion.
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Social Security Administration assigns modernization work
Lockheed Martin will support software development and Accenture will help with emerging technologies.
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Sammie Winners Rely on Tech
The Partnership for Public Service handed out its top honor to federal employees on Wednesday, awarding eight individuals with its Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals.
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HHS Inoculates Rural Hospitals
Rural hospitals struggling to install electronic health records received a shot in the arm this month -- an infusion of $19.8 million in federal funding from the Health and Human Services Department.
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Small businesses could suffer if fed contracting goes in-house
If agencies bring contracting work in-house, small companies believe they will bear the brunt of it, and officials want agencies to remember that.
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Correction: House passes bill to keep GSA skeds open to state, local agencies
This article has been changed to correct the next step for a bill related to the Federal Supply Service. The House amended the bill, so it now goes to the Senate for its consideration.
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Afghanistan in Your Hand
The Program for Culture and Conflict Studies at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, Calif., has developed a database on Afghanistan to help in managing aid and development projects.
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Tax cheats take note: Federal jobs may require audits
Senator proposed legislation to make anyone with seriously delinquent tax debts ineligible for a federal job.
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Progress is slow on harmonizing government cybersecurity policies
A task force created to bring security policies and practices for national security and non-national security systems into line with each other as produced an initial set of common standards, but much work remains before the full benefit of the process is realized, according to the GAO.
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Can technology erode a mountain of classified documents?
DARPA solicits bids for new technologies to help declassify the mountains of U.S. government classified data.
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