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DOD to ship handhelds to FEMA workers on Gulf Coast
The Theater Medical Information Program is shipping handheld devices to Federal Emergency Management Agency workers to help them treat Americans displaced by Hurricane Katrina.
Modernization
Red Cross works to restore communications at shelters
Red Cross CIO Steve Cooper says the organization is working to restore communications with its 300 shelters in the region devastated by Hurricane Katrina.
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Katrina knocks out critical Army supply link
The Army has restarted a critical overseas supply chain after Hurricane Katrina knocked out communications with its Louisianna logistics center
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Energy Department using Web to collect price gouging data
The Energy Department is collecting information on possible price gouging at the gas pump through its Web site.
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911 wiped out in many areas
Rescue workers say there is no communications infrastructure in some areas hit by Hurricane Katrina.
Modernization
Army comms unit backs FEMA, DOD
93rd Signal Brigade to provide voice, video and data communications for Katrina relief.
Modernization
Katrina smashes Coast Guard IT
As the U.S. Coast Guard handles search and rescue efforts on the Gulf Coast from Hurricane Katrina’s wrath, it also copes with the loss of much of its IT based in the region.
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Navy sends understaffed hospital ship to ravaged Gulf Coast
The USNS Comfort will sail Saturday with only enough medical personnel to staff 250 of the ship's 1,000 hospital beds.
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GAO: More data needed for contracting reforms
Agencies could improve the federal contracting process through better reporting on suspension and debarment cases, auditors say.
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FEMA uses closed NASA facility
Agency moves Hurricane Katrina operations headquarters to Stennis Space Center in Mississippi.
Modernization
Air Force comms unit to aid Katrina relief effort
The Air Force's 5th Combat Communications Group will provide public telephone services for Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., and a makeshift hospital in New Orleans.
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CSC wins $86M EPA deal
Computer Sciences Corp. said it won an engineering services contract to support the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Water.
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USDA keeps paychecks coming, despite Katrina
The Agriculture Department's finance center in New Orleans completed the payroll for nearly 500,000 federal workers before the hurricane hit.
Modernization
DHS, Navy and MCI deploy mobile command posts to Gulf Coast
Mobile communications vans are being deployed to the hurricane battered Gulf Coast to fill in telecom gaps.
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DHS picks Booz Allen for engineering contract
The company will provide information technology support and program management.
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DISA marshals support for Katrina relief operations
The agency is sending satellite communications resources to the Gulf Coast.
Digital Government
SAIC to go public
Employee-owned firm sets 2006 target for offering publicly-traded stock.
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Reed named to VA management post
Rita Reed named deputy assistant secretary for management at the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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