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State issues new rules for Blackwater
Agency bolsters electronic surveillance of private security officers in Iraq.
People
GAO: Census needs more risk management
Information technology for the 2010 census could arrive late and perform badly because of the bureau's poor planning, GAO said.
People
DOD plans new media hub at Fort Meade
Some programs the military services now control will transfer to the authority of the assistant secretary of Defense for public affairs next year.
People
TWIC card enrollment to begin
Port workers will start enrolling Oct. 16 to receive government-issued biometric ID cards, three months behind schedule.
People
Bush threatens to veto a bill that would strengthen IGs
President Bush threatens to veto a bill that would safeguard IGs' authority
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Young promises acquisition changes
New policy mandates use of competitive prototyping in large DOD programs
Acquisition
Last-minute spending hurts IRS, IG says
As a result of the rush, the agency sometimes violates regulations, and contractors may have skipped steps in the procurement process, a new report states.
People
HSPD-12 plaintiffs get week extension on paperwork
Three appeals court judges working on the NASA case made the move after deciding they had not had time to consider all the material filed with a motion to extend the deadline.
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Letter: VistA outage not so bad
If nine hours without power leads to months of data entry, woe are we for all the paper systems in use almost everywhere else.
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Buzz of the week | The space economy
Fifty years ago, the government made an important step — one might say one large step — for humanity. It created NASA.
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Davis proposes a new role for inspectors general
Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.) offered an amendment that would empower inspectors general to expose redundant programs and report to Congress with legislative proposals on how to end the programs.
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VistA outage disrupts Calif. VA hospitals
One official called it "the most significant technological threat to patient safety VA has ever had."
Acquisition
HHS awards $22.5M in contracts to health info exchanges
The exchanges will participate in trial implementations of the Nationwide Health Information Network.
Digital Government
CMS awards more Medicaid Transformation Grants
Sixteen states and Puerto Rico get funds to modernize the delivery and administration of Medicaid health services.
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