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Canada: Air travelers should put electronic gear in checked baggage
U.K. bans electronics in carry-on baggage, U.S. allows passengers to carry on electronic gear, DOD clamps down on travel
Cybersecurity
VA extends work on PKI/smart card link
The department plans to award a one-year sole-source contract to Cybertrust to continue work on the project.
People
Marines buy new radio systems
Harris Corp. won a $69 million delivery order to provide active-duty Marine and reserve components with Falcon II multiband, multimission radios.
People
OMB taps Ciafardini for E-gov position
The Office of Management and Budget has named former State Department official Andrew Ciafardini as its point man for improving the public’s access to and knowledge of e-government initiatives.<@SM>
People
UPDATED: DOD extends Defense Travel System deal, preps next pact
Northrop Grumman Mission Systems holds the current DTS contract, which expires at the end of the fiscal year.
Acquisition
Census Bureau awards IT contract to CNSI
The company will help support the Regional Office Survey Control system.
Cybersecurity
UPDATED: Stolen DOT laptop PC contains personal info on 133,000 Floridians
The computer was stolen July 27 from a government-owned vehicle in the Miami area.
People
OMB wants details on cost savings
It wants agencies to make baseline cost estimates for IT investments by Sept. 30.
People
CBO: Web database to cost $15M
Legislation would require OMB to oversee the creation of a searchable database that would include detailed information on all federal grants, contracts and other funding.
People
IBM buys FileNet
The California-based provider of enterprise content management software is being purchased for about $1.6 billion, or $35 a share.
People
Financial Management LOB set for major milestones
The General Services Administration expects to deliver initial versions of data standardization and business process transformation next month as part of the Financial Management Line of Business.<@SM><@SM>
Cybersecurity
IG: IRS employees abusing e-mail privileges
An audit finds inappropriate e-mail content on nearly three-fourths of IRS computers, raising the risk of viruses and other security threats.
People
OMB appoints manager to boost e-gov
Andrew Ciafardini will work with agencies to make government more efficient by putting more information online and will coordinate SmartBuy activities.
Acquisition
Leave contracting alone, industry coalition says
Several trade organizations have issued a joint statement condemning the SARA Panel's proposed contracting reforms, saying they would erase a decade of procurement reforms.
Digital Government
Cause of arrivals delays at LAX still up in air
Signal trouble with the Instrument Landing System at Los Angeles International Airport caused 46 planes to land late.
Cybersecurity
DOD: 'Clearances do not expire'
The Pentagon clarifies periodic reinvestigations of contractors to ease the clearance processing backlog.
Acquisition
SAIC to support Agriculture's crop insurance program
GSA awarded the $120 million task order under its Millennia contract on behalf of Agriculture.
Cybersecurity
Alliance: E-passports secure
The Smart Card Alliance has refuted claims of techniques that can make it easier to copy data contained in e-passports.
Modernization