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Intercepts

Plugging DOD's network holes. Titan Rain presentation. Able Danger IT angles. Grand Challenge rules.

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Commerce gets Senate nod for e-gov money

The Senate Appropriations Committee approved late Friday approximately two-thirds of the Commerce Department’s fiscal 2005 e-government budget.

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ACS wins state Medicaid work

New Mexico pact could total $82.5 million for integrator and is just the latest deal in a customer relationship dating to 1994.

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Feds train to achieve Six Sigma results

Discipline has saved the Navy millions on 500 projects

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San Diego County launches regional health net

Program could improve care for uninsured patients showing up in emergency rooms.

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Amtower: Migrating feds

Is government seeing the start of a mass exodus?

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Web extra: GIS volunteers offered expertise during Katrina

GISCorps assembled a team of experts to support relief efforts.

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FirstGov completes its search

Government Web portal will use search engine that clusters results

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Google: Fit for intelligence work?

Some question whether search engine can detect complex patterns

Modernization

Katrina highlights need for state telecommunicator teams

Deploying such teams requires formal approval through a congressionally ratified agreement among states to request mutual aid.

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Agarwal tapped to lead California's new tech department

P.K. Agarwal has been vice president of Affiliated Computer Services since 2003, but he has served as a California state official for many years.

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Web extra: GIS aids the Coast Guard

Geographic information system experts give officers the coordinates they need to rescue people after Hurricane Katrina.

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Feds enroll in institute to keep up-to-date

Not everything a chief information officer needs to know can be learned on the job. Some CIOs say they have to step away from their day-to-day responsibilities to gain a broader perspective and see what lies ahead.

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GIS comes to the rescue

After hurricane, geographic systems vital to disaster relief

Cybersecurity

White hat, gray hat, black hat

Hackers can teach government and industry valuable IT security lessons

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The end of the Perry era at GSA?

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Modernization

FAR rule would reinforce IT security

The interim rule puts the information security provisions of the Federal Information Security Management Act into the Federal Acquisition Regulation.

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Blum gets competitive OMB post

Federal competitive sourcing initiative manager Mathew Blum will become OMB's new associate administrator for competitive sourcing.

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Ciber gets aerospace contract

The consulting firm will help a NASA center develop a curriculum for its engineers.

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Law enforcement net goes IP

The 41 million-plus transmissions carried by the National Law Enforcement Telecommunication System each month can now be encrypted.