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ODNI CIO to step down
The country's first CIO for the intelligence community will end his federal service in September.
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Lawmaker: Terrorism info database troubled
A senior House Democrat has said the government's efforts to upgrade its central repository for terrorist identity data are at risk and might hamper federal information-sharing efforts.
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DHS gets draft permission for SBInet Towers
The Homeland Security Department has gotten a preliminary approval to build a portion of the multibillion dollar SBInet survelliance system through a federal wildlife refuge.
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Senator: Fed workers miss millions of hours
Federal employees have missed almost 20 million hours of work since 2001, according to a new report from Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.)
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IG: Systems may impede FAS' transformation
Computer codes from the 1970s linger at GSA and fewer coders who understand it are still around, the General Services Administration's inspector general's office reports.
Digital Government
Hacker targets FEMA phone system
A hacker broke into the Federal Emergency Management Agency's voice mail system last weekend, making more than 400 calls totaling nearly $12,000, according to the Associated Press.
Acquisition
Meet your OSDBU contacts
Need to contact an agency's Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization? Here's who you should call.
Acquisition
What OSDBUs do
Created under the Small Business Act of 1978, Offices of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization remind their agencies of their duty to steer contracts to small businesses.
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Making noise for small business
Small-business advocates seek to change the government’s contracting culture from within.
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Studies find coding flaws persist
A California study revealed that e-voting vendors aren't aggressively fixing security flaws in their products.
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E-voting vendors keep a lower profile
Vendors don't make as much noise at conference and other events that include elections officials.
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A vote of no confidence
Optical-scan voting technology moves ahead of touch screens, but is it an improvement?
Digital Government
Twitter add-ons
Third-party applications help make Twitter the microblogging tool of choice.
Digital Government
DHS to use controversial centers during political conventions
Department will turn to fusion centers to collect and analyze security information that civil libertarians say could violate the public's privacy.
Modernization
Democratic convention shows off technological prowess
AT&T expects to handle more wireless network traffic than any single event in its history.
Digital Government
FCW's The Week
Find links to articles in the Aug. 25, 2008, issue and related items.
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Buzz of the Week: Dorobek joins Doan on the airwaves
Federal Computer Week enters new era after Editor-in-Chief Christopher J. Dorobek moves on to Federal News Radio.
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Management on a small scale
One state sees the benefits in making small changes to its IT management.
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