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Apptis wins $16M IT contract with FTC
The company will provide support services, including a managed call center and on-site support.
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USDA takes aim at infrastructure consolidation
Agriculture Department CIO David Combs’ plan is to take the complex issues, worry and costs out of the hands of the department’s agencies and offices, and let them concentrate on their mission priorities.
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XO subsidiary looks for federal market
Nextlink is offering broadband wireless service to government agencies.
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Step-by-step migration
With the Office of Management and Budget expecting more agencies to migrate over the next few years to shared-services providers—otherwise known as centers of excellence—for human resources and financial management, the Housing and Urban Development Department's successful migration to the Treasury Department’s HR Connect presents a valuable case study.<@SM>
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Private sector gets into the game
As more and more agencies consider the move to centers of excellence under the Office of Management and Budget’s Lines of Business initiatives for human resources and financial management, some are finding the private sector a viable alternative.<@SM>
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Q&A: Education working from the ground up
When the Office of Management and Budget named three consortia to lead the Grants Line of Business initiative, it marked a clear direction for the program. Agencies will have to use one of three shared-services providers for grants management systems or justify to OMB their rationale for building their own systems. GCN asked program managers from the Administration for Children and Families in the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Education and the National Science Foundation to describe their focus and how they are different from each other.<@SM>
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Q&A: Administration for Children and Families ready to serve
When the Office of Management and Budget named three consortia to lead the Grants Line of Business initiative, it marked a clear direction for the program. Agencies will have to use one of three shared-services providers for grants management systems or justify to OMB their rationale for building their own systems. GCN asked program managers from the Administration for Children and Families in the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Education and the National Science Foundation to describe their focus and how they are different from each other.<@SM>
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Air Force IT modernization ahead of schedule
The Air Force’s IT modernization effort is moving forward rapidly, and the service should reach its targets for 2012 ahead of schedule, according to the Air Force CIO.
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Q&A: NSF looks to the FastLane for Grants
When the Office of Management and Budget named three consortia to lead the Grants Line of Business initiative, it marked a clear direction for the program. Agencies will have to use one of three shared-services providers for grants management systems or justify to OMB their rationale for building their own systems. GCN asked program managers from the Administration for Children and Families in the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Education and the National Science Foundation to describe their focus and how they are different from each other.<@SM>
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AT&T wins defense contracts
The company will conduct a local-area network upgrade for the Army and Air Force Exchange Services under a three-year, $4.8 million contract.
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OPM uses its buying power to support health IT
The Office of Personnel Management is pushing the adoption of health IT from the inside. With the weight of its 8 million-member Federal Employee Health Benefits program behind it, OPM earlier this month said it will make the implementation of health technology—including electronic health records, e-prescribing and linking disease management to health IT—part of the performance plans for its contracted carriers. The change will take two to four years, officials said.
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Spurway: Battle of the paperwork bulge
Here are 4 things to consider before you invest in software to speed FOIA requests.
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Picture perfect
High-end displays now offer size and performance without sacrificing desk space or tight budgets
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Storage on the quick
Step-by-step guide to buying the right entry-level network-attached storage system
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GSA struggling to regain momentum
Lurita Alexis Doan is about to have her hands full. After she was nominated by President Bush to take over the struggling General Services Administration, government and industry experts said that both restoring the agency’s morale and winning back customers will be chief among several high priorities.<@SM>
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Projecting a good image
Use these three buying criteria to make your short list for multimedia projectors.
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