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FEMA deploys e-signature solution for disaster victims
Computer application is designed to quicken the pace of processing release forms for disaster relief funding and loans.
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SEC plans to modernize how it discloses financial data
The agency wants to move to a more interactive process and replace the current forms-based system.
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DISA issues RFI for Net-Centric Enterprise Services
The Defense Information Systems Agency seeks to develop a collaboration system that works on classified and unclassified networks.
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IG: GSA must improve information security
Audit says agency must improve contractor oversight and encrypt all mobile devices.
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Report: DOD needs to require more RFID tags
An inspector general's report finds about 10 percent of contracts lack the required RFID clause.
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New manager takes on troubled border security program
Air Force Col. Mark Borkowski said he will determine if SBInet has the right management structure, authorities and personnel, and will review whether Boeing is the right contractor for the program.
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GSA’s consolidation 2.0 project
Agency looks to a shared services model to eliminate costly redundancies in the procurement system.
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Army struggles to make FCS perform for Hill
The Army, which restructured its high-tech Future Combat System this summer, faces an August 2009 deadline to show Congress that it should continue funding the multibillion-dollar program.
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Letter: TWIC troubles are greater than at first glance
Implementation of Transportation Workers Identification Credential standard at port is not a smooth process, as one reader notes that being enrolled and having a card are two different things.
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Ike recovery keeps VA technology staff busy
A team will head out to recover computers from a medical clinic demolished in the storm.
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Goddard Center official seeks to transform IT
The NASA facility's chief information officer plans to improve information technology security.
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Industry officials give tips on transition to next-generation Internet
Most agencies have the equipment they need; using it regularly is the hard part.
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Panel bemoans transportation worker ID program delays
"DHS has a history of mismanaging large programs," House Homeland Security Committee chairman says; department pushes back program's effective date from Sept. 25 to April 15.
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Letter: Politicians are people, too
A reader writes that politicians should be able to use private e-mail accounts.
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Intelligence turns to open market for data
Social networking sites, blogs and chat rooms unveil classified information for analysts.
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Air Force opens bidding for virtual air base
MyBase will place personnel in a geospatially accurate training room, where instructors will teach both technical and flying missions.
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FEMA nears emergency alert standard
Goal is to create a national infrastructure so digital messages can be sent to TVs, radios and desktop computers.
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GAO raps Census’ handheld plans
GAO wants Census officials to establish criteria to determine whether the handheld computers are capable of performing required tasks.
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What's Brewin: Powering Through
New (and old) radios, open communications and a satellite bridge support relief efforts after Hurricane Gustav.
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