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Joanne Woytek | Staying on course with SEWP
Joanne Woytek is the program manager for NASA’s Scientific and Engineering Workstation Procurement govenrmentwide acquisition contract—one of only four true GWACs authorized by the Office of Management and Budget.
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GAO criticizes DOD classification program
Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence has little involvement or oversight of how components are implementing classification program, GAO says.
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A flurry of HR LOB activity
The government’s efforts to consolidate human resources functions are moving into high gear. Over the next several weeks, the HR Line of Business interagency task force—led by the Office of Personnel Management—will issue additional requirements that agencies and private companies must meet to be considered HR shared-services providers.
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Labor starts A-76 competition for program analysts
The Labor Department is competing 51 program analyst positions in its Bureau of Labor Statistics' Office of Technology and Survey Processing under A-76.
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EVM pilot takes closer look at system costs
Under a pilot program that ended in March, OMB worked with the departments of Agriculture and Housing and Urban Development and with the Environmental Protection Agency to use EVM to calculate the baseline cost of legacy systems versus the costs of implementing new applications and the potential savings from that system. Here are the results.
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As data breaches pile up, OMB cracks down
The flood of recent data breaches appears to be the product of a perfect storm of inadequate security controls, enforcement and training. As a result, the Office of Management and Budget has announced a deadline for agencies to implement data security safeguards, and Congress is watching to ensure that agencies comply.<@SM>
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Terry Pudas | Transformation on many fronts
Terry Pudas enjoys home improvement projects and cooking. He finds working with his hands a welcome contrast to his job at the Office of Force Transformation, where he serves as acting director and is known as a key strategist for Defense Department transformation.
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Symantec combines threat intell feeds, consulting
Consultants periodically tweak the Symantec Threat and Vulnerability Management Program, which allows users to remediate threats and vulnerabilities while adhering to compliance requirements.
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ManTech takes subcontract role on Army modernization
The integrator will contribute information technology and telecommunications services on the infrastructure project.
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FAA seeks to extend contract for old telecom system
Auditors from the Government Accountability Office have proposed abandoning the new system and outsourcing telecommunications services, if delays continue.
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Agencies slow in adopting IPv6, survey finds
Almost 65 percent of respondents said funding and budgets were the top challenges they face.
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LexisNexis unveils Advanced Government Solutions package
A new set of offerings uses the firm's access to archived information to provide government users with specialized capabilities.
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OMB beefs up protections for sensitive information
Johnson spells out specific steps that agencies should follow to protect data that users take off site or access from remote locations.
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Duane Andrews moves to QinetiQ
Andrews was chief operating officer at Science Applications International Corporation before QinetiQ hired him as CEO of North American operations.
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VA’s IT centralization could slow security fixes
Lawmakers and oversight authorities are expressing doubts that the way the Veterans Affairs Department is centralizing its IT organization will ensure that security is marbled throughout its agencies.<@SM>
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Oasis OKs standard
A new open IT standard, capable of facilitating data sharing across local, regional, national and international governments and organizations, has been ratified by the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards.
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OFPP gets ready to move beyond Safavian
On the same day the former chief of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy was convicted, the White House’s nominee to lead the office Safavian once ran said he will make government contracting more transparent and accountable.
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