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Army to speed up some FCS
The Army announced today it will deploy some Future Combat System technologies faster than originally planned.
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Application Accepted
Of the 13 million loan and grant applications it received this year, the Education Department’s Federal Student Aid Office got 82 percent of them—nearly 10.7 million—online.
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9/11 report urges info sharing, biometrics
The long-awaited report calls for better information sharing and adoption of biometric technologies.
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Stone confirmed as TSA boss
Rear Adm. David Stone has been confirmed as the new administrator of the Transportation Security Administration.
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Web appointments for immigrants to go nationwide
USCIS hopes to have its Internet-based appointment system available across the country by September.
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Agriculture awards EDS $93 million e-travel contract
The Agriculture Department selected EDS Corp. to provide employee travel services under the General Services Administration's e-Travel Service contract vehicle.
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Boosting CIOs' stature
Experts and lawmakers debated ways to improve the effectiveness of federal CIOs.
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At last: IRS starts using modern database for returns
The tax agency is processing 1040EZ forms on a new central database system, marking the first time in 40 years that individual tax returns have been processed using modern technology.
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HHS to test Medicare portal
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will try to speed up the use of electronic prescriptions too.
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Lee preaches Get It Right gospel
The Defense Department plays a major role in GSA's campaign to prevent contracting abuses, Deirdre Lee says.
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Protest puts off IRS competitive sourcing deal
Union officials say the contract was for supporting mainframe operations at 10 campuses where the IRS has large data centers.
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Army delays full FCS to 2014
That's four years past the previous target for a brigade fully equipped with the Future Combat System.
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Experts: Cybersecurity needs education, standards, partnerships
There's a dire need for functional cybersecurity, experts tell the House Science Committee.
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IRS auditors call for constraints on contractors' computer access
Investigators say some contractors blatantly circumvented IRS security policies and procedures.
Digital Government
Nine get $2M for health information exchange
The Connecting Communities for Better Health program chose nine groups out of 134 applicants.
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E-gov redefines the workforce
When Norm Enger agreed nearly two years ago to manage the Office of Personnel Management’s five Quicksilver e-government projects, he wasn’t sure how much success each initiative would find.
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Standards body eyes JTRS
The military's Joint Tactical Radio System architecture may become an international commercial standard.
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