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Senate curbs e-gov in Commerce, Justice spending bill
The Senate spending bill limits the power of federal agencies to transfer money to fund e-government projects.
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GSA wants more standardization for procurement
The General Services Administration is the standard bearer for much of the $140 billion civilian agencies spend on products and services each year.
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Evans: Service centers may bear transition costs
OMB wants three major departments to migrate to a shared service provider for financial management during the next fiscal year.
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Brailer: Health IT vision takes shape
After responding to the crisis following Hurricane Katrina, the national health IT coordinator sees more opportunity to drive technology use.
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Sat comms aid Mississippi recovery efforts
Virginia company is lending communications trailer to Mississippi to help in hurricane recovery efforts and plans to send a similar one to Louisiana.
Modernization
DOD renews deal with Booz Allen for HR integration support
The Defense Department has renewed a contract with Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. for continued information management support to the Joint Requirements and Integration Office.
Digital Government
Integrators appoint new executives
NCI, in preparation for going public, hires an investor relations vice president, while SI gets a new executive vice president for strategic programs.
Modernization
Unisys to provide prison phones
The integrator will replace an inmate telephone system with new technologies under a Bureau of Prisons contract.
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OMB tops list of best federal workplaces
A new ranking of the best places to work in the federal government shows that employees are happier in their jobs than they were two years ago.
Modernization
MetaCarta enters civilian government market
The Environmental Protection Agency is MetaCarta's first government customer outside of defense, intelligence and homeland security agencies.
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Booz gets new DIMHRS contract
The company has supported contract with Joint Requirements and Integration Office since 2002.
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Lockheed Martin gets Social Security purchase agreement
SSA has awarded a five-year blanket purchase agreement worth as much as $124 million for information technology services, including medical document scanning.
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Senator seeks to curtail emergency purchase card limits
Sen. Charles Grassley is trying to rein in newly increased purchase card limits that Congress passed as part of a Hurricane Katrina aid package.
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Navy picks IT support vendors
CSC and CACI were chosen in separate actions to support IT for some Navy programs.
Modernization
Telos wins Defense messaging contract
The contract could be worth up to $34 million for support of messaging systems at the Pentagon.
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Ohio taps ACS for electronic benefits transfer
Affiliated Computer Services Inc. will provide the state with transaction processing for electronic benefits transfer and other services.
Digital Government
Rand pegs health IT savings at $81B a year
Think tank report encourages the federal government to do more to accelerate the adoption of such technology.
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Core.gov undergoing renovation
OMB is revamping Core.gov, its repository for governmentwide reusable components.
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