Digital Government
Liberty Alliance moves into next phase
An alliance of organizations working to develop standards for electronically managing identity data across enterprises and agencies is moving into the second phase of its efforts to simplify the sign-on process
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For summer, OMB puts agencies on a business case diet
The Office of Management and Budget is asking agencies to slim down the volume of material they submit with their annual IT budget proposals.<br><@SM>
Digital Government
Consolidation gone too far
Editorial: A cautionary taleas the federal government goes about consolidating systems and outsourcing a growing portion of its work
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Reverse auctions save Navy millions
The Naval Supply Systems Command has cut its acquisition costs with help from software to manage reverse auctions
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Interagency team studies geospatial preparedness
An interagency team is developing a comprehensive national strategy for delivering geospatial data to emergency responders.<@SM>
Digital Government
Technology briefs
Anteon acquiring homeland security firm; PureEdge gets DOD approval
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FAA finds benefits in sharing
The FAA has its employees thinking about knowledge management, and more are jumping on the collaboration bandwagon
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DARPA funds TIA privacy study
Air Force Research Laboratory awards contract to focus on privacy protection in terrorist tracking applications
Digital Government
Brains of storage?
Some SRM vendors describe their products as the brains of storage
Digital Government
AMD chip to compete with Itanium
Compatible with existing processors, Opteron eases migration to newer technology
Acquisition
DFAS officials rethink outsourcing deal
Officials are re-evaluating contract after an audit detemined the work could have been performed more efficiently in-house
Digital Government
FDA plans food-tracking system
Goal is to trace source of criminally contaminated food, foodborne illnesses
People
USDA puts finishing touches on IT overhaul
The Agriculture Department has completed the foundation of its Common Computing Environment
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Funding issues slow e-gov progress
Congress must fully fund the government's central e-government account, officials and experts say
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DOD presses for new personnel system
Officials are pushing ahead with their proposal to overhaul the department's civilian personnel system
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Homeland Security to take immigration filings online
Beginning May 29, the Homeland Security Department will accept some immigration filings online. <br>
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