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Welles: Telework coming alive?
With new guidelines and surveys showing more interest, has telework’s time come?
Modernization
Hughes rethinks satellite strategy
New federal focus will be on providing redundant networks, remote connectivity
Cybersecurity
Love it or hate it, it’s the law
Experts are predicting a struggle for agencies trying to meet the minimum security requirements under FIPS 200.
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Lawmakers turn to IT for grant accountability
Bill proposes a database to provide transparency in the grant-making process
Modernization
Pentium computers vulnerable to cyberattack
Security experts warn of that and other risks at CanSecWest/core 06
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Turning GSA around
The agency can again take on the role of facilitator between government buyers and industry
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The proverbial fox guarding the henhouse
Every project needs two project managers with distinct roles to avoid conflicts of interest
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Companies turn to acquisition for growth
Aerospace and defense firms expand IT efforts; midsize services providers get larger
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No longer a performance model, TSA’s ITMS provides lessons
DHS IG finds that the contract lacked the proper performance measures
Modernization
Software adds muscle to organizational charting
OrgPlus 6 Professional makes it easy to import data from existing sources and build organizational charts, then share the data in those charts.
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AEPTEC Micro to settle Navy false claims suit
AEPTEC Microsystems has agreed to pay the government $1.6 million to settle claims that the company overcharged the Navy for shipboard automation technology.
Acquisition
House approves GSA reorganization
But the General Services Administration still needs a nod from a Senate panel before moving forward with its consolidation plan.
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GSA issues RFI for IT Infrastructure LOB
The General Services Administration has issued a request for information for the IT Infrastructure Line of Business and set April 19 for an industry day in Washington.<@SM>
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Bush nominates new GSA administrator
Senate approval still needed before GSA can move forward with its reorganization plan
Cybersecurity
Cyberattackers can exploit Pentium self-defense
The vulnerability affects every computer that runs on x86 architecture, an expert said at the CanSecWest/core06 conference.
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OPM wins A-76 competition
It will process Federal Erroneous Retirement Coverage Corrections Act cases.
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House, employees urge more NASA R&D funding
House Science Committee leaders argue that NASA needs more money for innovation than the fiscal 2007 budget request would offer.
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RFI released for geospatial Line of Business
The General Services Administration and the Office of Management and Budget are seeking industry input for ways to create across-the-board geospatial data and capabilities as the government starts work on establishing the Geospatial Line of Business.
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