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IG gives GSA passing grade on financials

The General Services Administration has made enough improvements in financial management to satisfy its inspector general and likely keep its biggest customer, the Defense Department.

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GSA report finds more benefits than costs for telework

Agencies save much more than they spend in equipping employees to work from home, but management support is still often lacking.

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Google unveils government search portal

It is targeted toward federal employees as a portal into the U.S. government that they can also tailor to their personal preferences.

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Black Box partners with Nortel

NextiraOne Federal, doing business as Black Box Network Services, is now the largest independent reseller of Nortel communications gear.

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UPDATED: FAA telecom outage reported at new Atlanta tower

The contractor blamed the outage on a maintenance interruption to the FAA Telecommunications Infrastructure service.

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Feds get insider's view of Windows Vista

Some agencies hope to avoid logistical and managerial headaches by working with Microsoft early in the process of adopting the Windows Vista operating system.

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Bindows 2.0 provides Section 508 tools for developers

Framework includes support for Section 508-compliant accessibility in Internet Explorer, the first AJAX platform of its kind to do so.

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Quick look: Itronix goes semirugged

GoBook VR-1 is tougher than the average business laptop.

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The Pipeline

How to manage?; Gonna wipe that data right off my hard drive

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VA data theft sparks marketing blitz

Effective PR often is tied to what happens in the world.

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COOP policies lack leadership

Policy-makers push telework to the center of business continuity planning.

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IWN moves to second phase

General Dynamics, Lockheed will vie for $3B wireless contract

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Lost conference costs more than dollars

The canceled Army show also results in missed opportunities.

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Encryption from the database to the laptop PC

Vendor initiatives abound for securing sensitive data.

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Netco Government Services buys Multimax

The combined company, under chief executive Carlteon Jones, will retain the Multimax brand.

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Walker: Limit the information agencies collect

Limiting the personal information that is collected and restricting the information that is stored are practical measures for avoiding information breaches.

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GSA cleans up processes that led to $900m accounting problems

The General Services Administration has changed policies and standardized processes so it can achieve a clean audit this year after statements about its accounting of $900 million in budgetary resources sank last year’s audit.<@SM>

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University of New Hampshire revamps storage plan

The university crafts a storage blueprint and plans to award a contract later this month.

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House aviation chairman endorses FAA telecom funding

An Appropriations Committee staffer confirmed that the FTI program was funded at the level of the president’s request of $28 million.

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GPO seeks vendor to run D.C. identity card facility

The cards are part of a Homeland Security Presidential Directive requiring agencies to issue standard ID credentials to all employees and contractors.