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Companies rally for more IT work visas
The Compete America coalition, which includes many IT companies such as Boeing, Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft, asked lawmakers to raise the 65,000 annual cap on H-1b visas for highly skilled foreign workers.
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Air Force hires Northrop Grumman to manage weather systems
Under the $239 million contract, the service's Weather Agency will receive operational support, integrated logistics, and systems engineering and development.
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Evans: Users would miss improvements from e-gov
Before e-government, it was challenging for individuals to access federal services, and it was more expensive for agencies to deliver them.
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NASA IG: Manage official e-mail messages better
Incomplete guidance and lack of training have led to poor records management, a report states.
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Letter: Reader pinpoints contractors' position in management
Even when management is well-intentioned, it can't seem to get out of its own way, and becomes its own worst enemy.
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OMB to Congress: Information access improving
The fifth annual e-government report details progress on several data-sharing initiatives.
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Government in the movies
We are going to conduct a March Madness-style bracket competition to find the best movie with a government theme.
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Bill proposes new employee verification system
The system, which would be based on databases operated in each state, would offer an option of including biometric data.
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DHS: SBInet system not being mothballed
Homeland Security Department officials say they accepted the prototype for Project 28 because the basic design will work in some, though not all, terrains.
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Cyber Storm II stirring
DHS is preparing to lead federal agencies, states, foreign governments and industry in a weeklong cybersecurity exercise next month.
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NRC CIO looks to modernize agency
At the top of Darren Ash's list is updating videoconferencing systems and improving broadband access at remote sites.
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IBM protests FBI fingerprint system award
The Government Accountability Office has until June 4 to make a decision.
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Fountain: FISMA's fifth birthday
This is a good time to assess what has worked and what more needs to be done for security.
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Kelman: Keeping an eye on the prize
By offering prizes, you can get more research bang for the buck, but will agencies take a risk?
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IG: DOD fails to keep contractor performance records
The inspector general found that the Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System didn't include ratings on all active system contracts and many entries were late.
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Clearances: Faster, but not better
Lawmakers worry about the quality of security clearances as agencies speed their processing.
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4 studies in collaboration — Case 4: MAX Federal Community
Budget managers do their number crunching in a collegial online workplace.
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4 studies in collaboration — Case 3: Puget Sound Information Challenge
Good ideas come to government agencies that ask people to contribute them.
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