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IRS to cut back phone service
The agency plans to reduce the number of hours its toll-free phone service is available from 15 to 12 hours a day.
People
House passes border security bill
It calls for more fencing, surveillance cameras and other forms of technology along the southern and northern U.S. borders.
People
DHS approves new AT&T protégé
The company will help HCI Technologies improve its capabilities and make it a more viable contender for DHS information technology business.
Digital Government
Michigan to develop health information network
Gov. Jennifer Granholm has launched an initiative to create an interoperable network for exchanging electronic medical records.
People
Meagher to be Veterans Affairs CTO
Ed Meagher, the VA's deputy chief information officer, will fill a position that has been vacant since September 2003.
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DHS approves new AT&T protg
The company will help HCI Technologies improve its capabilities and make it a more viable contender for DHS information technology business.
Digital Government
Congress cuts $3.46B from Bush's avian flu request
A House-Senate conference committee added the funding to DOD's Appropriations bill and $29B for assistance to hurricane-damaged regions in the South.
Digital Government
CSC chooses new federal head
Computer Sciences Corp. has appointed James Sheaffer as president of the federal business unit.
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DOJ wants new criminal justice tech
The National Institute of Justice may offer as much as $1 million for evaluations of new technologies.
Digital Government
Senate committee passes tsunami bill
It would allocate $35 million a year to repair tsunami detection technology along the Pacific coast and create a national tsunami warning system.
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Va.'s gov-elect appoints tech czar
Aneesh Chopra served on the Governor's Electronic Health Records Task Force.
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Houston counts down to SAP enterprise software liftoff
The city of Houston is dragging its antiquated IT system into the 21st century with the aim of improving efficiency and customer service.<@SM>
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Survey: CIOs insecure about President's Management Agenda
An AFFIRM study shows a decline in respondents who think the federal government is making progress on OMB’s lines of business and e-government.
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Official: Katrina taught DHS procurement lessons
The storm showed the need for contingency planning within each federal department and across them, said Elaine Duke, the department’s acting chief procurement officer.
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NRC to publish notice on e-submissions
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission's proposed rule would require electronic submissions to all the agency’s adjudicatory boards and other parties in proceedings.
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