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In this corner

Small firms ready for the bell in the fight for larger contracts

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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

Modernization

Have hard drive, will travel

FCW's Smart Shoppers guide looks at portable hard drives

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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

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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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Storage on the run

When it comes to portable storage media, you've got options

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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.

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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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Editorial: Setting priorities

It will be almost impossible to share information effectively without fully empowered CIOs, and that hasn't happened yet.