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Justice submits its security tool as the standard for every agency to follow
Using a homegrown accountability client, the Justice Department is attempting to become a Center of Excellence for the Cybersecurity Line of Business Consolidation initiative.
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Local terminologies pose barriers to change
They’ve all agreed to drive on the right side of the road, but to implement the change gradually.
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Operation health IT
A consumer in the not-too-distant future will go to a drug store and pick up a prescribed medicine, knowing that the pharmacist has received an electronic order from a physician.
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OPM, VA push standards from the purse
The administration’s biggest ally in getting doctors’ offices and hospitals to use electronic health records just might be under its own control.
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IRS to e-filers: Use approved encryption
The IRS has directed e-file program participants who transmit directly to the agency’s Electronic Management System to use only IRS-approved encryption methods for the 2006 and subsequent filing seasons.
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SI nabs IPv6 transition task
The integrator will support DOD's move to the new Internet technology.
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GSA sends hurricane relief
The General Services Administration has been sending supplies and services to the areas affected by Hurricane Katrina.
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Linda Combs | OMB banking on financial upgrades
When President Bush nominated Linda Combs to be the next Office of Management and Budget controller, the confirmation process was almost second nature to her.
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Networx award dates pushed back
The Networx telecommunications contract will be awarded later than originally planned, said General Services Administration Administrator Stephen Perry.
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Army plans to upgrade intelligence analysis system
The Army will upgrade Pathfinder, a widely used but two-decade-old intelligence analysis system.
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DOD satellite systems boost Gulf cell coverage
In an unusual step, the Pentagon is using military satellite systems to help improve cell phone coverage in the Gulf Coast states.
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Coast Guard tech situation improving
The Coast Guard has regained most of its IT capabilities along the Gulf Coast.
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Carriers scramble to restore Gulf Coast mobile phone coverage
Wireless companies dispatch mobile units to restore lost service in storm-struck region.
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HHS seeks volunteers for Katrina disaster relief
The agency has created a Web site for medical professionals and IT and communications personnel with experience in health care IT who want to volunteer for Hurricane Katrina disaster relief efforts.
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Red Cross works to restore communications at shelters
Red Cross CIO Steve Cooper says the organization is working to restore communications with its 300 shelters in the region devastated by Hurricane Katrina.
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DHS, Navy and MCI deploy mobile command posts to Gulf Coast
Mobile communications vans are being deployed to the hurricane battered Gulf Coast to fill in telecom gaps.
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Air Force comms unit to aid Katrina relief effort
The Air Force's 5th Combat Communications Group will provide public telephone services for Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., and a makeshift hospital in New Orleans.
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Katrina smashes Coast Guard IT
As the U.S. Coast Guard handles search and rescue efforts on the Gulf Coast from Hurricane Katrina’s wrath, it also copes with the loss of much of its IT based in the region.
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Army comms unit backs FEMA, DOD
93rd Signal Brigade to provide voice, video and data communications for Katrina relief.
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