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NASCIO outlines IT management practices

The National Association of State Chief Information Officers offers advice to states on proven information technology management frameworks.

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Modernization means faster tax refunds

The IRS is speeding tax refunds with a new digital system that is replacing a 40-year-old dinosaur.

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OMB insistent on IPv6

Federal agencies must head to the next generation of IP by 2008, according to an OMB official.

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Black Hawk up

The Army’s Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Ala., is using dashboards to help coordinate its Black Hawk helicopter modernization program.

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Monster gets OPM contract

Monster Government Solutions gets a $27 million contract with OPM despite failure at DHS.

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Senate jumps into 21st century with voice over IP

Senate officials want to convert the entire Senate phone system to voice over IP.

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Dashboards: cool tool

Are we there yet?

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Efficient e-forms ready for e-gov

A look at products from three vendors that can help agencies move key processes online

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GAO says Defense comes up short on its EA efforts

The Defense Department has invested nearly four years and $318 million into developing a business enterprise architecture, yet according to a recent Government Accountability Office report, the department has very little to show for its efforts.

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Web-based system proposed to track radioactive material

Nuclear Regulatory Commission seeking better way to track nuclear waste that could be used for weapons of mass destruction.

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Feds look for more smart card memory

The government expects to buy smart cards in large quantities — as many as 150,000 cards per month for the next two to three years.

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Unisys gets Defense RFID agreement

Two-year blanket purchase agreement allows DOD to place orders worth up to $5 million each, carries no ceiling and includes the Coast Guard.

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AT&T sells circuits to DISA

The Defense Information Systems Agency has ordered $2.3 million worth of secure circuits from AT&T Government Solutions.

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GAO report says Defense business EA has ‘limited utility’

The Defense Department has invested four years and $318 million into developing a business enterprise architecture, but has very little to show for its efforts, according to the Government Accountability Office.

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Storage on the run

When it comes to portable storage media, you've got options

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Waterbury, Conn., seals HR software deal with Lawson

Under the contract, Lawson will provide a centralized application to help the city manage human resources information, such as time accumulation and compensation, and to process payroll.

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Have hard drive, will travel

FCW's Smart Shoppers guide looks at portable hard drives

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More than a view in a vista

Microsoft confuses the names of EHR and new Office software, but VA argues VistA came long before MS Office Vista.

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DHS awards $2.7 million for radiation-detection tech

Rapiscan Systems wins contract to test device to accurately identify objects emitting radiation.

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EDS to protest Army portal contract award

The company says the military did not choose the right service for AKO.