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Emergency responders to have online info source
FEMA awarded a contract to make its Emergency Management Information System a single repository for emergency management information.
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Budget agreement in Michigan averts 35,000 layoffs
State employees, including 1,700 in the IT Department, spent much of the weekend wondering if they should report to work today.
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TechTeam Government Solutions names three VPs
The company, a wholly owned subsidiary of TechTeam Global, is pushing business development.
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DHS signs on to create threat assessment coordination group
Lawmakers hope the group will improve how federal, state and local officials create and share intelligence.
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Letter: DISA behind the SOA curve
The agency wastes money on testing when industry solutions already exist.
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Letter: State Department Web site still dry
The new Dipnote blog has not made a difference in openness or entertainment, a reader says.
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Talking across the fence
IT industry groups have complex relationships with the federal agencies and lawmakers they often collaborate with
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Tickets to travel
How border states, with the blessing of the Homeland SecurityDepartment, are setting their own card standards for identifying travelers at border crossings
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Risher | The IT pay conundrum
Setting the stage for pay-for-performance for information technology specialists
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DOD relents and names a CMO
Many agree that a chief management officer is needed but some question the particulars
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DHS under more scrutiny after attacks
Agencies told to hold contractors accountable for cybersecurity when they write contracts
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Buzz of the Week | Embracing Web 2.0
The State Department's entry into the blogosphere last week intrigued us. It was unusual, especially for a government agency whose history dates to 1789.
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A few minutes with... Kevin Carroll
Kevin Carroll retired last week as the Army’s program executive officer for enterprise information systems after eight years at the helm of the service’s top information technology shop. In an interview with Federal Computer Week, Carroll reflected on his time in the Army.
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OMB mandates the use of foreign-trade system
New requirement is related to the regulation of imported goods under the Safe Ports Act of 2006.
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OPM: Calling all SES hopefuls
Agency seeks to expand feds’ enrollment in executive leadership training program
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SEC case proves merit pay is hard
Arbitrator identifies subjective practices in SEC’s merit compensation system
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NARA security classification chief steps down
J. William Leonard has been responsible for overseeing the policies of the governmentwide security classification system and the National Industrial Security Program since 2002.
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