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Interior launches FBMS in two bureaus, BLM next
The Department of Interior’s Financial Business Modernization System is up and running.
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Long view of IT oversight
FDA eases OMB 300 reporting requirements with portfolio management software.
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Senators to FBI: Get a VCF refund
The Senate’s draft of the appropriations bill for the Justice Department and the FBI would order the bureau to use “all means necessary” to try to recover funds from the vendor of its failed Virtual Case File project.
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Mimi Browning | Executive Suite: The myths and realities of IT cost savings
The perennial congressional question—“What did I get for the $200 million I gave you last year?”—can be difficult to answer.
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Intel introduces quad-core processors
They are expected to boost the performance of servers and workstations.
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N.Y. county chooses Salient for Medicaid
The Salient Performance Management solution will provide real-time access to transactional and select nontransactional program data, according to the company.
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Working group to offer IPv6 recommendations
The deadline for agencies to upgrade their network backbones to the latest IP version is less than two years away.
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DOD unveils next-generation CAC
The new card complies with Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 and has added security features, Pentagon officials said.
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Policing terror
Pioneering law enforcement agencies use data sharing and analysis tools to step up anti-terrorism contributions.
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Semirugged Toughbook offers dual-core processing
The Toughbook CF-74 provides enough protection to withstand the bumps and spills of business travel.
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SBA: Small PC makers exist
The Small Business Administration made the announcement in a ruling denying a request for a waiver of the Nonmanufacturer Rule.
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Microsoft takes the Linux pledge, partners with Novell
The companies will work together on virtualization, management and document compatibility.
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Circuit
Only NASA can prevent forest fires; Read the fine print; Decode IPv6 and win prizes; Students hit the books to stop terrorists.
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Army extends broadband to helicopters
It has also started to deploy 38 palletized versions of its Joint Network Node in Iraq that will bring IP networking based on commercial gear down to the infantry company level.
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In Afghanistan, cell phones double as C2 systems
Afghanistan infantry battalions and the Taliban take advantage of the country's burgeoning cellular network infrastructure.
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CMS taps EDS for anti-fraud support services
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services inoculates itself against fraud and abuse with two task orders valued at up to $120 million that it awarded to Electronic Data Systems Corp.
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SBA, DOT make e-gov gains
The Small Business Administration and the Transportation Department both made dramatic improvements this quarter in the e-government portion of the President’s Management Agenda scorecard.<@SM>
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DHS forum will bring together cybersecurity products, integrators
The free event in January will introduce integrators to new cybersecurity products funded by the Homeland Security Department’s Science and Technology Directorate.
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