Digital Government
Logistics depend on partnership
The government has been a trendsetter in many aspects of eprocurement, but the public sector must team with industry to create more efficient logistics systems
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Portland phoning in permit process
Officials in Portland, Ore., say their new interactive voice response system is saving time for both employees and contractors.
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Teams map DOD paperless procurement
The Defense Department has teams in place to guide the implementation of DOD's endtoend paperless procurement process
Digital Government
Network Appliance focusing on feds
Network Appliance Inc. has created a federal subsidiary to focus on a growing segment of the company's business
Acquisition
OFPP calls for fresh procurement ideas
The Office of Federal Procurement Policy is looking for ways agencies can work with contractors to improve the federal government's business arrangements
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DOD tackling global logistics
The armed services are attempting to streamline logistics systems to speed accurate data to warfighters, enhancing their ability to make battlefield decisions
Acquisition
DARPA fuels security R&D
DARPA has awarded four contracts to Secure Computing Corp., pumping more than $6 million into research and development for secure networks
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Government raises bar on telework
The Transportation Department set an ambitious telecommuting goal for agencies in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area
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Minnesota, Tennessee join e-gov ranks
Both states recently debuted applications that enable people to renew vehicle registrations or driver's licenses online
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Army seeks 'brain center' for battlefield
The Army issued the final RFP for an automated system that will serve as a 'brain center' for the networks supporting forces in the field
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Spacecom handling cyberattack, defense
Space Command is considering whether to form a unified subcommand to take charge of computer network defense and attack missions
Digital Government
NetMax sweetens open-source networking
Cybernet Systems' NetMax Professional Suite will work as a workgrouptype file server or as a fullfeatured enterprise Internet server
Digital Government
Congress leaves tech issues on ice
Congress soon will hit the campaign trail, leaving behind several brewing IT issues.
Digital Government
Energy looking outside for security help
The Energy Department has decided to hire outside experts to tame security problems at its nuclear facilities
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Site revamped with business in mind
The New England EPA office reworks its Web site to make it easier for small businesses to find information on complying with regulations
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DOD prepping portal for info sharing
The new portal is meant to help the department's CIOs share information and improve interoperability among DOD's computer systems
Digital Government
OMB to reinforce agencies' cookie diet
OMB will take action to reinforce the administration's Web privacy policies after a congressional report found several federal agencies in violation
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