Acquisition
SBA extends comment period
Comments on proposed changes to the small business classification system can now be made until July.
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Committee chairs air SAFETY concerns
The House lawmakers blame bureaucracy for slowing development of anti-terror tech.
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Defense prepares for IPv6
DOD hired SI International to help develop procedures for moving the military to the next Internet Protocol version.
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Anteon gets Navy contract
The company will provide services for evaluating ship survivability.
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PEC hires Schambach
TSA'a soon-to-be-former CIO will lead PEC Solutions' civilian federal business.
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Justice plans info sharing
The proposal will help law enforcement agencies share case data, officials say.
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OPM ends diploma mill acceptance
The Office of Personnel Management pulled the plug on using credentials from diploma mills and cut off tuition reimbursements to unaccredited institutions.
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Border UAVs to fly in June
The Border Patrol will start using a pair of unmanned aerial vehicles on the Arizona-Mexico border.
Modernization
Analysts see turbulence ahead for some vendors
Push for better services, cost savings means change for the sellers of management software
Modernization
Standards groups take shape
New organization to help showcase evolving business process sector
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Marching toward business process transformation
New generations of software are helping major institutions map, manage and streamline operations
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OPM opens bidding for e-learning services
Request for proposals to expand the vendors who can provide online learning services has been in the works since early 2003.
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Allegany goes wireless
The Md. county has almost finished a broadband network for ISPs.
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Northrop wins support deal
The Defense Department will pay Northrop Grumman up to $220 million over five years for analytical support.
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Defense bill has ASIA minor
But the Defense Authorization bill before the House avoids major controversial aspects of acquisition.
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House Committee approves DOD budget
It would include money for IED jammers, UAVs and $10.5 billion for other science and technology efforts.
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Symantec boosts firewall management
The company added scalable Web-based management and Java-based remote access to its enterprise firewall.
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