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General asks for shakeup in DOD’s C2 programs
Officials spearheading an experimental effort to streamline management of the military's information technology capabilities want more than $1 billion in adjustments to the fiscal 2009 budget request for command-and-control (C2) systems. Air Force Maj. Gen. Michael Hostage, who leads the requirements and integration directorate at the Joint Forces Command, said he submitted seven program change requests to senior Defense Department officials at the end of August. Hostage submitted his recommendations to the high-powered Deputy's Advisory Working…
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Feds offered data-sharing tool for anti-terrorism efforts
Agencies can use the architecture to support their information-sharing missions.
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OMB to explore Government 2.0
A deal with New Paradigm will help agencies craft e-gov strategies
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DOD launches workforce study of contracting skills
Effort will study the skills and competencies of 26,000 DOD acquisition employees
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Agencies can rehire retired experts
OFPP urges agencies to take advantage of a provision in GSA Modernization Act
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DARPA leads new AI research
Computer scientists have long sought to develop computers that can match the subject expertise that humans acquire during a career or a lifetime. Despite intensive work with expert systems and other forms of artificial intelligence, researchers have discovered that building a computer that can learn like a person is more difficult that they expected. Now, with a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) program called Bootstrapped Learning, the agency wants to generate renewed interest in achieving…
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Giuliani: Federal workforce is too big
If elected president, he would invest more money in technology rather than replace many retiring workers.
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HUD awards $42.6M program management contract
The Housing and Urban Development Department has awarded a $42.6 million contract to G&B Solutions of McLean, Va., to provide program management services and institutionalize program management approaches departmentwide.
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GAO: VA data still at risk
Agency officials have taken numerous steps to secure sensitive data, but those initiatives are not comprehensive or mature enough to be effective, GAO auditors say.
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GAO analysts vote for union representation
By a wide margin, analysts at the Government Accountability Office voted Sept. 19 to be represented by the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers.
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Military finance agency to cut workforce
The Defense Finance and Accounting Service plans to trim the number of employees from 14,000 to less than 10,000 within four years.
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GAO: VA data still at risk
Agency officials have taken numerous steps to secure sensitive data, but those initiatives are not comprehensive or mature enough to be effective, GAO auditors say.
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N.Y. county joins global tech network
Westchester County has accepted its invitation to join the Global Digital City Network, which provides a forum for information sharing and promoting joint initiatives.
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HUBZone program vulnerable to fraud, lawmaker says
Holes in the SBA program's certification process leave it open to abuses, Rep. Nydia Velazquez (D-N.Y.) said.
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Lawmakers want OMB to address core problems with IT projects
Research by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee finds that 20 percent of all federal IT projects need to be rebaselined.
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Agency programs performing better, PART shows
Programs saw better ratings because they have adopted more effective performance measures and improved the data gathering of those measures, an OMB official said.
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