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DOD, intell join forces to save
The intelligence community and DOD strike deal to buy software together.
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TIGTA: The IRS lacks secure Web servers
With unauthorized servers, the Internal Revenue Service risks having someone illicitly access taxpayer and personally identifiable information.
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GAO: U.S., Canada can’t agree on fingerprints, info sharing
DHS and Canadian officials couldn’t agree on how a joint border office in N.Y. would operate, according to a new GAO report.
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DHS' Cohen made questionable picks on research projects, IG says
DHS Inspector General Richard Skinner later finds choices acceptable.
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A boost for state aid
States learn to offset the risk of human services modernization projects with flexible tech approaches.
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Miller: Independent oversight works
Independent oversight keeps projects moving and avoids conflicts of interest.
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Buzz of the Week: Have many feds gone AWOL?
Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) has raised a ruckus by lambasting federal agencies for tolerating employee absenteeism.
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DOD asserts more oversight of undefined contracts
Defense Department officials require more reports to manage work on risky contracts with undefined terms.
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GAO: Census' handhelds need more scrutiny
Handheld computers and software experienced problems during dress rehearsals for the 2010 census, the Government Accountability Office says.
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Agencies must create performance snapshots
The Office and Management and Budget wants to make annual reports more readable and usable by Congress and the public.
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Workforce tops new OFPP chief's priorities
New acting Office of Federal Procurement Policy Administrator Lesly Field sees recruitment, retention as critical for acquisition.
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Social networkers respond to Hurricane Gustav
More than 500 people are contributing government and commercial information feeds to the Gustav Information Center.
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Army seeks information assurance ideas
Army officials are exploring what role industry could play in helping protect sensitive but unclassified information.
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Top 5 e-gov sites revealed
The Brookings Institution has ranked the top federal Web sites, with USA.gov coming out on top.
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ODNI defends contractor use
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence said it is appropriate that contractors counted for 27 percent of the intelligence workforce funded by the National Intelligence Program in fiscal 2007.
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