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DOD dangles $1M prize for wearable power system
The department seeks a portable power system that weighs about 8 pounds and can equip warfighters on foot with four days' electrical power.
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Contract appeals boards merge into one
The new Civilian Board of Contract Appeals eliminates boards at GSA and the departments of Agriculture, Energy, Housing and Urban Development, Interior, Labor, Transportation, and Veterans Affairs.
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Report: Congress needs to take charge of DOD procurement policy
Current policy requires DOD to fund a weapon or piece of equipment in the year in which the item is bought, but DOD has been buying items using other approaches.
Cybersecurity
Few breaches lead to identity theft, GAO finds
But when it happens, GAO recommends agencies use a risk-based notification standard to identify the incidents in which the potential for harm exists and the appropriate actions to take.
Digital Government
OMB updates financial, performance reporting
A new document also issues guidelines for agencies to participate in a pilot test in which they could choose an alternative format to make the information clearer and more meaningful.
Cybersecurity
Lawmakers to DHS: Spend more on cybersecurity
Only 1 percent of the Science and Technology Directorate's funds are slated for cybersecurity R&D, but Undersecretary Jay Cohen promised to be more proactive.
Cybersecurity
DOD IG: Failures in NetCents jeopardize classified info
Air Force users did a poor job of addressing IT security in task orders, the IG says.
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