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Tapella becomes Public Printer

He has been involved with GPO's digital transformation for the past five years.

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Letter: Local responders need access to online database

Local organizations are the ones in charge of dealing with emergencies, so they should have access to FEMA's planned National Emergency Management Information System.

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Justice's Paul becomes acting OMB chief architect

Kshemendra Paul temporarily replaces Dick Burk.

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New wiki targets federal IT community

The GovITwiki aims to be a one-stop shop for questions about the often complex government IT arena.

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SSA cuts disability claims backlog

The agency plans to go nationwide with a process that uses a predictive model to analyze selected data elements in electronic files and identify claims that can be handled quickly.

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Justice's Paul becomes acting OMB chief architect

Kshemendra Paul is on a three-month detail, temporarily replacing Dick Burk, who retired last month.

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AeA names new president, CEO

Christopher Hansen Will replace William Archey.

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Letter: Bush to nominate new DHS general counsel

Gus Coldebella has worked at the department for two years.

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Air Force to expand radio over IP

CIO Lt. Gen. Peterson called improving tactical communications one of his highest priorities.

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Get a Life!: The pay raise dilemma

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Letter: DOD prototyping policy is long overdue

There is no substitute for experience with a working system -- even if it is just modeled -- to test policies and procedures, technologies and processes, algorithms and heuristics.

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CMS taps Citizant for business modeling

Under the $1 million contract, the company will produce and document business process models to help the CIO make investment decisions.

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State issues new rules for Blackwater

Agency bolsters electronic surveillance of private security officers in Iraq.

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GAO: Census needs more risk management

Information technology for the 2010 census could arrive late and perform badly because of the bureau's poor planning, GAO said.

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DOD plans new media hub at Fort Meade

Some programs the military services now control will transfer to the authority of the assistant secretary of Defense for public affairs next year.

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TWIC card enrollment to begin

Port workers will start enrolling Oct. 16 to receive government-issued biometric ID cards, three months behind schedule.

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Bush threatens to veto a bill that would strengthen IGs

President Bush threatens to veto a bill that would safeguard IGs' authority

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Young promises acquisition changes

New policy mandates use of competitive prototyping in large DOD programs

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Renaming State's blog

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HSPD-12 plaintiffs get week extension on paperwork

Three appeals court judges working on the NASA case made the move after deciding they had not had time to consider all the material filed with a motion to extend the deadline.