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GAO: DOD needs better process improvement management

The Defense Department isn't meeting all of its statutory requirements for improving processes related to the development, acquisition, and engineering of software and systems, investigators find.

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Audit: IRS killed online project just before deployment

The IRS hopes to revive a canceled project to allow taxpayers to view their tax records online, according to an audit.

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Microsoft can keep selling Word, judge rules

The federal appeals panel held that Microsoft can continue to sell Word during its appeal of a patent-infringement ruling.

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DISA will use telework to retain displaced employees

The Defense Systems Information Agency will use teleworking to retain employees as it relocates to Fort Meade, Md.

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U.S. and Mexico talk safety across the fence

U.S. and Mexican officials announced an agreement to set up a cross-border network to enhance safety and law enforcement at the border.

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6 must-have features for top-flight Web sites

Here are six goals that agency Web sites should shoot for if they want to be among the best.

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USPTO eyes unified communication system

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office wants to learn about unified Internet Protocol communication systems that could cut its operating costs.

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Administration wants help archiving its Facebook, Twitter content

The Executive Office of the President wants to hire a company to crawl and archive Web sites that have content covered by the Presidential Records Act.

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Top 5 FCW stories

We like to think everything we publish is interesting and useful to our readers, but some stories are undeniably hot.

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Top 5 ways to think about Gov 2.0

When considering modern communications, social networking and emerging technology, government has many different connotations, such as process, provider, partner, product and protector.

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A few creative options for working without Word

If a deal isn't reached in the Microsoft Word patent infrigement case, what are the alternatives?

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Wealthy, well-educated more likely to engage in online civic activities

The findings from a study indicate the Obama administration might have more work to do to meet its goal of increasing broad public involvement in policymaking.

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IG faults VA for mismanagement of IT project

The failure of the VA's RSA project is due more to systemic IT management problems than to contracting issues, according to a new report from the IG's office.

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Air Force angers small businesses with code decision

Officials are opting for a NAICS code that sets a larger small-business size standard after switching this spring from a code with a more restrictive size standard.

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Microsoft continues battle to save Word

Microsoft's appeal essentially argues that a district court judge who held against it was incompetent as a gatekeeper and in striking the "delicate balance" needed in patent law disputes.

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Army expects new network to reduce costs 65 percent

The Army has ordered a new optical network linking White Sands and Fort Bliss that it expects to cut costs by more than half.

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NASA could outsource flights, insource IT

While budget woes leave future space missions in question, the department's cloud computing programs could help curb costs.

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Analysis: Still struggling to protect remote data

Three years after encryption mandate, transmitting information from the field continues to be risky.