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Northrop lands first ITES project

Earlier this month, the Army signed the first Information Technology Enterprise Solutions task order with Northrop Grumman Corp. to update computer operating systems at the U.S. Military Academy

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Blue Force Tracking gains ground

Army, Marines coordinate efforts

Digital Government

Handhelds face new mobile competition

The U.S. market for handheld devices shrank in 2003.

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Shimkus answers his calling

Lawmaker works to connect E911 with rural America

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Consumers wowed by Web sites

Some federal sites among top survey performers

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Your own people may be the problem

A recent independent audit of computer systems at five Internal Revenue Service field offices found dozens of security lapses.

Modernization

Get a handle on handhelds

New tools bring mobile computers into the enterprise management fold

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CAC lessons

If the CIO Council and the Office of Management and Budget sign off on a policy that would require all federal agencies to adopt smart card technology for their employees' ID cards, agencies can follow certain steps recommended by those who have already gone through the process.

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Nuke agency shines bright in security

NRC, DOT explain big jumps in security grades

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Air Force moves online

Portal nears 2004 service IT goal

Digital Government

Congress gets tough on grants funding

Lawmakers issued an ultimatum to Bush administration officials to develop basic plans for improving state and local preparations for homeland security or get no grants funding for fiscal 2005

Modernization

Xplore tablet can take a beating

You can tell at first glance that Xplore's iX104-TPC tablet PC is one tough tablet.

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Army: Use our Microsoft stuff

Contractors must use the Army's Microsoft inventory when providing the service's organizations with desktop and notebook computers.

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FTS' culture clash

Tensions between headquarters, regions cited as reason for review

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Portal bliss

Air Force officials hope to add 750,000 subscribers during the first week of April to the Air Force portal to improve collaboration and data sharing.

Modernization

Apple gets juiced up

Upgrades redefine the Mac's role

People

Retooling e-authentication

Draft document recommends that agencies use commercial credentials

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The science of project management

NASA teams with consortium to study management discipline

People

Counterpoint: A missed opportunity

Colleen Kelley, president of the National Treasury Employees Union, says the Homeland Security Department's human resources proposals lack fairness, credibility and transparency.

Acquisition

SBA seeks to classify 'small'

Proposed small-business rules draw criticism, caution