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Agencies make headway in reducing improper payments
Federal agencies cut $7.8 billion from improper payments, reducing the total of payments made in error or to the wrong persons by 17 percent last year, according to a new OMB report.<@SM><@SM>
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Army extends AT&T work on battlefield training systems
Army awards the company about $15 million for follow-up work
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ETI appoints sales, alliance execs
Kevin Sharp becomes vice president of sales and business development, and Herbert Quinde is now senior vice president of corporate development.
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Raduege to lead a Deloitte & Touche center
The former DISA director will focus on developing net-centric solutions.
Modernization
Georgia Tech, Oak Ridge team up
The close proximity of their computational resources supplies the networking and power to maintain some of the largest computer systems in the world.
Digital Government
SAIC exec to retire
Duane Andrews, executive vice president and chief operating officer of Science Applications International Corp., plans to retire in April.
Digital Government
SRA reports growth spurt
The integrator's revenue shot up 45 percent for the quarter ending December 2005, while profits rose more modestly.
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E-health group releases exchange tools
The eHealth Initiative has made how-to kits available for creating regional health information organizations.
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Marines terminate Accenture contract
The company did not meet requirements for the new logistics system, according to a Marine spokesman.
Cybersecurity
NIST completes biometric specs
The new document describes the procedures and formats for storing fingerprints and facial images required for compliance with the FIPS 201 standard.
Modernization
StillSecure offers free intrustion-detection system
It's a version of the company's Snort-based Strata Guard.
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OPM: A bigger federal government
Between October 2002 and October 2004, the number of federal civilian employees increased by 38,302, or 2.1 percent.
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Eight agencies earn top marks in PMA scorecard
The Environmental Protection Agency, the Housing and Urban Development Department and NASA improved to earn the coveted green score for the quarter ending Dec. 31, 2005, joining the Labor Department, the Small Business Administration and the National Finance Center, which maintained their green status from the previous quarter.<@SM><@SM>
Digital Government
Bush seeks ways to combat improper payments
The president's fiscal 2007 budget proposal will include ways to combat the $37.3 billion in improper payments made in fiscal 2005.
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Michigan to unveil alerting technology
State police will deploy software platform that provides alerts and communications interoperability.
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Indiana awards job matching system contract to Monster
Under the $2.8 million contract, Monster Government Solutions will modernize the state's job Web site.
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SRA sets sail on Navy work
Contract with Sealift Command calls for IT operations and maintenance for shipboard systems.
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