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New Jersey picks Cingular
The wireless provider has signed a three-year deal with the Garden State.
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Fairfax signs new GTSI contract
Two-year renewal continues commodity buys for national consortium
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Texas 211 network to aid emergency planning
Residents can let the state know if they will require special transportation assistance in the event of an emergency evacuation.
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House boosts 2007 VA IT budget, but with strings
VA must adhere to OMB guidelines and use enterprise architecture.
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GAO: E-invoicing could reduce DOD late payments
Small businesses, which are paid late more often than bigger companies, stand to gain the most from more timely payments.
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Lt. Gen. Peterson led by listening to lieutenants
A senior Air Force official says he almost missed a chance to innovate warfighting.
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Palm seeks to break ‘Crackberry’ addiction
The company is angling for the federal market with the new Treo.
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IBM prepares ground for mainframe resurgence
Company announces new software developments tools and middleware
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ATF, unions agree on telework plan
The final agreement will cover about 750 agency employees.
Digital Government
Flipside: Feds ought to be in pictures
"Apollo 13" topped the list in a recent online poll seeking the favorite government-themed movie while Jennifer Garner's "Alias" character ranks as the most popular TV fed.
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The '24' effect
Fans say the show is most realistic when it portrays technology’s inconsistent performance.
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Disciplinary review
Top-notch investment review boards enforce IT spending discipline, but they’re hard to find
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Pension system to benefit from makeover
OPM has awarded a $290M contract to improve the quality and timeliness of retirement services.
Cybersecurity
Few appeased by DOD’s clearance Band-Aid
Agency chiefs get marching orders to fix security processing this year.
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Senate committee hears from Doan
The GSA nominee pledged better communications with customers and quantifiable measurements of the agency's success.
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4 ingredients of safe storage every manager should know about
This analysis discusses four storage technologies that have recently gained traction in the market: Massive Array of Idle Disks, Switched Bunch of Disks, Perpendicular disks and USB thumb drives.
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