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Bureaucratus: A tribute
Last spring, the federal information technology community lost an important person, Federal Computer Week's Milton "Bureaucratus" Zall
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Groups protest contracting proposals
Battle under way over Senate amendments to help subcontractors on government contracts.
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Administration unveils civil service plan
Draft legislation would do away with General Schedule pay system
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IRS seeks filing and payment compliance
Agency taps a modernization tool to find tax cheaters
Modernization
Waterbury, Conn., seals HR software deal with Lawson
Under the contract, Lawson will provide a centralized application to help the city manage human resources information, such as time accumulation and compensation, and to process payroll.
Digital Government
Take your medicine
How many federal agencies have adopted the health information technology standards that Congress approved in 2003 and 2004 as part of a White House-sponsored e-government initiative?
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Chertoff: CIO, CFO did not get more power
A reorganization of the Homeland Security Department did not recommend more authority for the CIO and CFO.
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Opposition to Senate bill increases
A proposed amendment would prohibit contractors from marking up prices of subcontractor services.
Digital Government
Parcel data is hot real estate
A Center for Technology in Government study finds strong demand for more -- and more accurate -- land information.
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The best & worst places to work in federal IT
An FCW survey of IT wokers offers insights into what workers like ... and what they don't
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Senate skeptical of GSA's reorg plan
The effort to reorganize the General Services Administration's acquisition services, pushed by House lawmakers and the Bush administration, is coming under fire from Senate appropriators.
Modernization
GAO report says Defense business EA has ‘limited utility’
The Defense Department has invested four years and $318 million into developing a business enterprise architecture, but has very little to show for its efforts, according to the Government Accountability Office.
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Rothwell: DHS needs more acquisition staff
The biggest challenge for chief acquisition officers governmentwide is either rebuilding or growing their workforce, DHS's chief acquisition officer said.
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Navy gets a software deal
A new licensing agreement allows Microsoft to deepen its reach into the Navy and lets the service move ahead with an initiative to standardize software across 16 overseas installations.
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Patent examiners battle stress
USPTO struggles with hiring, retention issues amid morale problems
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Intercepts
AKO interpretation; ITES-2S fuss; The China IT syndrome; Meyerrose on the move; Changing the charter.
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