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Air Force seeks new ideas for support missions

It wants technologies that could offset limitations such as force reductions and budget shortfalls.

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DOD, intell community to collaborate on network access control

They are preparing a memo to formalize collaboration on an authentication mechanism named attribute-based access control, a DOD official said.

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FAA chief to lead Aerospace Industries Association

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FBI expanding access to fingerprint database

The State Department will provide all consulates and embassies with the ability to use the Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System.

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FAS names General Supplies and Services leaders

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Postal Service CTO to retire

Robert Otto, who is also the CIO at USPS, will step down Oct. 1, the agency announced today.

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Forest Service wants internal IT call center

The agency is seeking proposals for a center that would resolve common and simple problems for agency employees.

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IT public relations firm names new execs

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State CIOs' priority: Consolidating data centers

They seek to to improve their service delivery, reinforce their ability to protect systems and the data they contain, reduce costs, and streamline IT functions, according to a NASCIO report.

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ITS names Alliant team

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GAO releases guide to monitor program costs

The agency has released a draft of its GAO Cost Assessment Guide, intended to establish a consistent approach to managing program costs governmentwide.

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GAO: NASA needs a plan for management modernization

The space agency must show how all its systems will work together before it can begin integrating them, GAO said.

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OPM updates regs to reflect modernized retirement system

The Office of Personnel Management addresses electronic signatures, online benefit decisions and electronic records.

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Watch out, YouTube

More federal agencies take steps to get their message across using online video content.

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Air Force stands behind industry code

IG dispute with the service about NetCents coding clouds its small-business set-aside.

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Former Office of Personnel Management employees plead guilty to stealing

Two accounting technicians stole more than $27,500, according to OPM.

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House axes stability ops center

Lawmakers want to cut project’s funding, surprising some.

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Are they A-76 winners or second-class feds?

Public/private jobs competitions are unpopular with lawmakers, fraught with anxiety for employees and increasingly not worth the trouble for companies invited to compete.

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GAO site gets a facelift

Its new home page features a tabbed approach and aims to improve site usability.

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Security clearance process needs new ideas

Agency working group issues RFI for industry to offer alternatives to current procedures.