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DHS' trusted-traveler program expands
About 1,100 people have enrolled in the Homeland Security Department’s Global Entry trusted-traveler program, which will expand to four more airports this fall.
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Agencies can get power management software
The tool, which automatically shuts down laptops and workstations, can save $50 per machine per year, the General Services Administration says.
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Services contracts lead in Iraq funding
Agencies obligated 80 percent of the money spent on contracts in Iraq to services contracts, the Congressional Budget Office reports.
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Also in the news: McKinnon down to last chance to avoid U.S. trial
A European court granted Gary McKinnon, a British man who allegedly hacked DOD and NASA systems, a stay of extradition while it decides whether to hear his appeal, according to CNET.
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Agencies get more leeway on staff reductions
A final rule from the Office of Personnel Management allows agencies to arrange employees in smaller groups by pay systems or pay bands when planning force reductions.
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Justice wants criminal intell systems to include terrorism info
A proposed rule from the Justice Department aims to expand the use of state criminal intelligence systems for maintaining suspected terrorism-related intelligence.
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SBA measures economic impact on HUBZones
Officials plan to evaluate in detail how the federal contracts affect poor areas.
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BLM launches an enhanced library of digital images
The Bureau of Land Management’s Web-based library includes historical images of the West.
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Massachusetts requires EHRs in hospitals by 2015
Health care cost containment bill also creates a way to develop a statewide HIE and promotes health IT in other ways.
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TIGTA: IRS improves IT governance
Although the Internal Revenue Service is improving its oversight of IT projects, the agency must continue to intensify its project management prowess.
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Letter: Veterans' businesses need to have higher priority
A reader writes, "Vet-owned businesses should be given the same special treatment given to 8(a) businesses."
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Letter: Civil servants among the best
One reader defends the role of career civil servants and the hard work they do on a daily basis.
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Twitter takes flight in Congress
Political advocates and the presidential campaigns have spurred broader use of the social-networking technology among lawmakers in recent weeks.
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PHRs will automatically contain Medicare data in CMS pilot program
A project in Arizona and Utah will test the value of online PHRs that might include information such as prescriptions and lab results.
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Missing laptop found, but security questions remain
A vendor in TSA’s Registered Traveler program temporarily lost a laptop containing the unencrypted personal enrollment data of thousands of program participants.
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