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VA drops Peaches 3 plan for governmentwide vehicle
The Veterans Affairs Department has dropped plans for its next-generation departmentwide contract to purchase hardware and software and instead will use NASA’s Scientific and Engineering Workstation Procurement contract vehicle.
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L.A. taps Memex intell system
It will facilitate the management and sharing of intelligence information among federal, state and local law enforcement agencies.
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Wash. state extends camera contract
Under the $10 million extension, Digimarc will provide its Digimarc Camera Tower for secure identification.
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Malcolm Fry | Enterprise architecture, European style
While U.S. federal agencies scurry to get their enterprise architectures in line, their British counterparts have been deploying another framework altogether for managing IT—the IT Infrastructure Library.<@SM>
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Special Report | NIST’s goal: Keep digital evidence fresh
Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology are known for sweating the nitty-gritty details of dull but vital standards for everything from bulletproof vests to medical measurement devices and IT encryption. And now, agency experts are bringing the same precision to computer forensics, fully aware that the final say lies in the notoriously low-tech realm of the judicial system.
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Panel: ATF not required to pay teleworkers' broadband costs
The Federal Services Impasses Panel rejected NTEU arguments that the costs of teleworkers’ broadband could be offset by potential savings in office space.
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Metastorm BPM upgrade
Metastorm Inc. released Metastorm BPM 7, the latest version of its business process management suite.
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Spending database bill clears first hurdle
A key Senate committee approved legislation requiring the Office of Management and Budget to develop and maintain a massive database to track all kinds of federal spending.<@SM>
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Hill studies spending database
Few technical experts doubt the feasibility of establishing a central, searchable database that can track all types of federal spending. But whether such an idea is politically feasible is something else entirely.
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Senate bill backs OPM modernization
Senate lawmakers restored funding for a major retirement systems upgrade that the House zeroed out.
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Report: DHS contracting lacks accountability, controls
Reps. Tom Davis (R-Va.) and Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) released a report detailing contract mismanagement that included awarding too many sole-source contracts, having too few qualified contracting personnel, and constant cost, schedule and performance shortfalls. <@SM>
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Defense BTA battles governance and culture
Thomas Modly, deputy undersecretary of Defense for financial management, surprised his audience at a recent conference when he claimed that intolerance is a desirable attribute for achieving business transformation.
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OMB updates financial-reporting guidance
The Office of Management and Budget has updated guidance for governmentwide financial reporting required under OMB Circular A-136.
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Army to require built-in security
Netcom plans to require all new computers to include a hardware-based security technology called the Trusted Platform Module.
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Vendors try to turn down the heat
Sun and HP appeal to data-center managers with energy-saving servers, cooling systems.
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Wagering on Wi-Fi
Will municipal Wi-FI’s current growing pains give way to ubiquitous coverage, or will the wireless boom fall back to earth?
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Web extra: Wi-Fi lunch is free, but dessert will cost you
Philadelphia's plan to build the first public wireless network in a large city piqued interests as far away as Savannah, Ga., and Cincinnati.
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A picture-perfect Vista?
Maybe not, but there’s a lot to like about Microsoft’s forthcoming operating system, including a snazzy user interface, stronger security and improved network features.
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