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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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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.
Cybersecurity
White hat, gray hat, black hat
Hackers can teach government and industry valuable IT security lessons
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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