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State Department opens up with Dipnote blog
Officials hope to take some of the secrecy out of diplomacy though the Web log.
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VA: IT, security progress to accelerate in 2008
But GAO said the department is lagging in its reorganization and management processes.
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Privacy, IT officers come together to create policy
Notifying agencies and individuals about data breaches has forged new relationships.
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Army center to get knowledge management help
The Army Defense Ammunition Center has hired SI International to evaluate training courses and develop Web-based processes.
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OPM wants new evaluation of security clearance process
Director Linda Springer, citing progress on the security clearance backlog, has called for an updated report from the Government Accountability Office.
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GSA tones down request for federal spending database
The agency modified the RFP to ask only for analyzed data, not technical services.
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DISA on the lookout for unknown technologies
The agency issued a request for information to find out what industry has available that DOD doesn't know about.
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Air Force names Lord to lead Cyber Command
Maj. Gen. William Lord will continue determining the Air Force's cyberspace strategy.
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House committee would tighten oversight of Deepwater program
Provisions in the Coast Guard authorization bill would direct the service to appoint a chief acquisition officer for its modernization program and to conduct technical reviews of all design proposals and changes.
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England to be DOD's first chief management officer
In his new role, DOD Deputy Secretary Gordon England has the lead in ensuring the Pentagon's business functions are in sync with the military's warfighting missions.
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DHS deputy secretary resigns
Michael Jackson, who has held the position since March 2005, will step down Oct. 26.
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Air Force 'shocked' by Chinese actions in space
Secretary Michael Wynne says the service must defense U.S. space assets.
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Lawmakers to DHS: Investigate response to cyberattacks
The House Homeland Security Committee has requested that the Homeland Security Department's inspector general investigate cyberattacks on DHS that originated from Chinese-language Web sites and actions by Unisys that the committee called incompetent and possibly illegal and may have failed to detect the intrusions.
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DOD failed to stop exploitation
With private security firm Blackwater USA under fire for its role in a recent shooting incident in Baghdad, new details are emerging about another problem involving contractors in Iraq: the working and living conditions of international laborers employed on U.S. government projects.
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HUD’s housing locator aids victims
Online rental listings fill in the large gaps discovered after Hurricane Katrina hit
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Security finalistsThe International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium, a nonprofit group for information security professionals, announced the finalists of its 4th annual Government Information Security Leadership Awards. (ISC)2 is giving three awards in three different categories. The 2007 final nominees are: Category: Nonmanagerial IT Security Professional Anthony Celata, designated approving authority, Trojan Network Control Center, Army Information Security Command. Cheri Gatland-Lightner, project manager, Office of the Chief Information Security Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Health and…
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DOD failed to stop exploitation
Documents describe human trafficking violations by DOD contractors in Iraq
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Agencies still struggle to manage IT
Senators press OMB officials to reverse repeated history of IT project failures
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