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Government’s other IT workforce

The federal government doesn’t know how many contract IT workers it employs. Nor does it care, as long as the work gets done. But with $67 billion in IT funds sloshing around in the federal budget, ignoring the bulk of the workforce iceberg also ignores regulatory, policy and demographic issues.

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Secure business processes

Metastorm receives EAL-2 Common Criteria Certification for Metastorm e-Work, v. 6.6.1.

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Strategic retreat

The agreement between the Office of Personnel Management and the Bureau of Public Debt’s Administrative Resource Center to cancel their relationship under the financial-management Line of Business initiative could prove to be a breakthrough in federal project management.

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VA finally gets its IT all in one basket

Between Dec. 18 and next April, the Veterans Affairs Department expects to complete what a chorus of administration, congressional and IT experts have been advocating for years—centralizing its IT organization.

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The rise of the contractor workforce

Vendors offer a glimpse behind the corporate veil

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Robert Gellman | @Info.Policy: Chief privacy officers stuck in the middle

CPOs face several institutional problems: little power, limited resources and no natural support base.

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FTI delay leaves FAA paying for two systems at once

The agency now plans to complete the transition to the FAA Telecommunications Infrastructure by December 2008, not December 2007 as originally planned.

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William Goodson to lead fed sales at Autodesk

The seasoned exec was named vice president of sales for Autodesk Government, a unit of the company that serves federal, state and local government agencies.

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USAID, USPS sign AT&T deals

The company will provide voice, data and IT services to the agencies.

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FAA awards GTSI $63M contract

Under the five-year contract, GTSI will provide the agency with high-end solutions involving Sun, Cisco and other IT peripheral devices

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Court group deploys SPSS software

The National Center for State Courts has bought predictive analytics software to examine data on court sentencing, judicial and staff workload, and court performance.

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Verizon to provide voice for Forest Service

The task order could span five years and was issued under GSA's Connections contract.

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Texas Guard goes wireless for rapid response

It has started to use Fortress Technologies’ rapid response communications kit to help it share critical information and save time and lives in disasters.

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U.S. moves to protect spectrum

DOD's Spectrum Summit kicks off as the United States opposes the use of some spectrum eyed for mobile services.

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Deft consolidation

Agencies turn to server virtualization to reverse the risk and liability of costly computer sprawl.

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Technology briefs

Users face steep Vista upgrade; L.A. social services selects Lagan software to handle calls.

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VA to consolidate IT staff under CIO

The Veterans Affairs Department later this month will begin moving all IT staff that have not already been placed under the authority of the department CIO.<@SM>

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Companies focus wares on IPv6 transition

Hexago sees a market for gateway devices to span the gap between IPv4 and IPv6.

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Web extra: Virtualization specialists

Here's a look at some of the many forms of server virtualization.

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Web extra: Virtualization management tools are the next battleground

Most observers agree that VMware is leading the pack when it comes to providing sophisticated virtual machine management features.