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A break from bad news
The Federal 100 is our way of saying thanks for what can be a thankless task.
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Titan, Lockheed, delay merger vote
Titan agreed to move the date to allow more time for government investigations of the defense IT contractor.
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DHS forms funding task force
A group of state and local leaders has been formed to examine the Homeland Security funding process.
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Irish minister urges e-voting
Concerns about electronic voting in Ireland prompted a government minister to defend the system as tested and a source of savings.
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Identix contract reaffirmed
Company officials say they will provide biometrics systems and services to DHS following the dismissal of a rival's protest.
Modernization
Microsoft ends government giveaways
Officials say a planned three-month campaign of sending free software to government clients has ended. The feds didn't like it in the first place.
Acquisition
EDS, Lockheed file new HITS protests
Lockheed officials say the HUD Information Technology Services solicitation still favors EDS. Meanwhile, EDS wants the new bid to be limited in scope.
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Michigan cops buy E Team software
The collaboration software will be the basis for the Michigan State Police Emergency Management Division's geospatial and emergency management systems.
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GAO: Homeland Security reviews IT slowly
The Homeland Security Department has problems reviewing major IT projects in a timely manner, according to a General Accounting Office report.
Digital Government
Four politicians get Cyber Champion awards
The Business Software Alliance cited four members of Congress for their work on policy issues of interest to the commercial software industry.
People
DOD seeks $28.7B for IT
As promised, the Defense Department's fiscal 2005 budget splits the military's information technology budget into business and warfighting categories.
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Democrats push for more homeland security, first responder funds
A new research report says DHS already issued $6.9 billion in grants for those areas for fiscal 2004.
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DARPA aims for machine cognition
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency wants to develop computers that can think and learn from past experience.
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States slow DHS grant disbursement
An inspector general's report concludes that delays in getting money to local agencies are largely at the state level.
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Army extends Northrop deal
Northrop Grumman won a $101 million follow-on contract to support the Army's Personnel Electronic Records Management program.
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Military deploys IT task force
The Standing Joint Task Force Headquarters consists of 58 people specializing in operations, planning and information management.
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U.K. rethinks portal
The U.K. Office of the e-Envoy said it developed the Directgov portal for citizens who want a more intuitive way to find government services.
People
Social Security, IRS numbers fuel identification theft
The lack of reliable information systems for authenticating personal identities is a large part of the problem, experts told Congress.
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