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CSC has new HHS division lead
Computer Sciences Corp. promoted Joe Best to represent the North American Public Sector's Health and Human Services Department sector.
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Congress pushes for national emergency communications plan
Department of Homeland Security may have to delay state grants to make first responder communications interoperable.
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Defense gets more help developing wireless ID readers
Subcontractor will supply bridges to handheld computers that will scan access cards at military installations.
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Navy opens contract to small firms
A newly signed agreement between the Navy and the Small Business Administration gives small and disadvantaged businesses more opportunities under a contract.
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Agencies progress on human resources LOB
The Office of Management and Budget reports that agencies have made progress in moving to standard human resources systems and processes.
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DISA debuts self-service computing
As part of the Defense Information Systems Agency's cloud-computing initiative, defense customers can go online to order processing power and storage.
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Vermont trust fund aims at physicians' EHR adoption
Sponsors estimate that the fund will boost EHR penetration to 50 percent of the state's independent physicians during the next five years.
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Navy to reserve work for firms in 8(a) program
More than 240 small disadvantaged businesses will compete for multiple award contracts.
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McCain, Obama share some views on security
Both want more troops on the ground and both reject many of President Bush's policies; differences emerge on nuclear weapons, defense spending and the priority placed on the war in Afghanistan.
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Senate: DHS must sort workforce mix
In a blended workforce, Senate urges DHS to find proper balance of contractors and federal employees.
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House passes e-records bill
The Electronic Message Preservation Act would amend both the Federal Records Act and the Presidential Records Act.
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Networx key to security initiative
Agencies are decreasing the number of Internet gateways to fewer than 100 governmentwide.
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Competitive sourcing gets a new name
The system that has public employees compete with contractors is tied to other ways of re-engineering agencies' operations and has been renamed "commercial services management."
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Letter: Challenges in business management and IT collaborations
A reader writes, "IT people are resistant to including the business aspects in what they see as their domain, ie. architecture."
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FDA tests electronic submissions from firms
The Food and Drug Administration will require the industry to file submissions in a standard format of extensible markup language next year.
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